Joshua 15:52

Paleo Hebrew Niqqud

RBT Hebrew Interlinear:

ארב אֲרַב

ambuscade

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ארב

ʼĂrâb

Definition

Arab, a place in Palestine

Root

from H693 (ארב); ambush;

Exhaustive

from ארב; ambush; Arab, a place in Palestine; Arab.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H694

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

אֲרַב

noun proper • Lemma_Lookup • Page 183

Court; proper name of a city in the tribe of Judah (Josh. 15: 52).

אֵרֶב

noun masculine • Root ארב • Lemma_Lookup • Page 182

1. Cunning plots, laying wait. 2. Ground-form of אָרְבָּה.

אֶרֶב

noun masculine • Root ארב • Lemma_Lookup • Page 182

1. A lying-in-wait, lurking or ambush. 2. Place of lying-in-wait, covert, den. 3. (not used) Court-yard, village. 4. Proper name of a city (Arab).

אָרַב

verb • Root ארב • Lemma_Lookup • Page 182

I. To bind, attach, weave; figuratively: to weave plots, to lurk, to lie in wait.

אָרַב

verb • Root ארב • Lemma_Lookup • Page 182

II. (not used) To browse; see אַרְבֶּה.

אָרַב

verb • Root ארב • Lemma_Lookup • Page 755

to lie in wait

אֹרֶב

noun • Root ארב • Lemma_Lookup • Page 182

As a collective; see אָרַב I.

אַרְבֵּאל

proper name • Lemma_Lookup • Page 183

El's court; proper name of a hamlet in upper Galilee in the tribe of Naphtali, and a city in Assyria in the neighbourhood of Gaugamela.

אֲרֻבָּה

noun feminine • Root ארב • Lemma_Lookup • Page 183

Properly the latticed, enclosed, hence generally window (e.g. of heaven), flood-gate; dove-cote; chimney or hole for smoke.

אַרְבֶּה

noun masculine • Lemma_Lookup • Page 183

A locust, especially that species which appears in swarms (gryllus gregarius).

אָרְבָּה

noun feminine • Root ארב • Lemma_Lookup • Page 183

Properly noose, hence figuratively plot; also signifies wrist or joint.

אֲרֻבּוֹת

noun proper • Root ארב • Lemma_Lookup • Page 183

Court; proper name of a place in the tribe of Judah.

אַרְבַּע

proper name • Root ארבעל • Lemma_Lookup • Page 183

Giant; proper name of the progenitor of the giants in Phenician and Babylonian mythology (Ba'al-Hercules); also the proper name of the ancient city Hebron (Kiryat Arba).

אַרְבַּע

cardinal number • Root רבע • Lemma_Lookup • Page 183

The cardinal number four.

אַרְבַּע

numeral • Root רבע • Lemma_Lookup • Page 184

Four.

בֵּית אַרְבֵּאל

proper name • Lemma_Lookup • Page 239

See אַרְבֵּאל.

מַאֲרֵב

noun masculine • Root ארב • Lemma_Lookup • Page 802

ambush, troops posted as scouts.

קִרְיַת אַרְבַּע

noun proper • Lemma_Lookup • Page 1298

City of Arba[all], also termed חֶבְרוֹן (Hebron).

קִרְיַת אַרְבַּע

noun proper • Lemma_Lookup • Page 1298

City of Arba[all], also termed Hebron.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

אֲרַב

proper name • Page 69

proper name of a city in the hilly country of Judah. Josh. 15: 52. Hence the gentile noun אֲרְבִי, 2 Sam. 23: 35.

Noun proper name

LXX:

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H0694:

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ורומה וְרוּמָה

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ו

wə

Definition

and

Root

From H8505; a prefix

Exhaustive

The conjunctive ו is not merely a fixed coordinator with a stable semantic value (“and/but/or/then”). Its core function is linkage, not meaning. It binds units into a single discourse field—phrases, clauses, or whole scenes—while leaving the logical relation to be inferred from aspect, word order, genre, and context.

So the variability in translation (“and / but / or / even / then”) is not polyvalence in the particle; it is underspecification by design. The language expects the reader/hearer to perceive the relation rather than have it encoded.

Crucially, conjunctive ו does not imply temporal sequence. It implies continuity of attention. Think of it as:
- “this belongs with what precedes,”
- “remain within the same frame,”
“do not reset the discourse.”
This is why Hebrew can chain dozens of clauses with ו without subordination or explicit logic markers. The text advances by accumulation, not by branching syntactic trees. Meaning arises from the interaction:
- Aspect (qatal / yiqtol / participle),
- Position (fronted elements, resumptive nouns),
- Genre (law, narrative, oracle),
- Context (who speaks, to whom).
The ו simply keeps the circuit closed so these cues can operate together. Remove tense assumptions, and the system becomes coherent.

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

רומה

Rûwmâh

Definition

Rumah, a place in Palestine

Root

from H7311 (רום); height;

Exhaustive

from רום; height; Rumah, a place in Palestine; Rumah.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H7316

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

רוּמָה

noun feminine • Strongs / High • Page 1329

exaltation, pride; used as an adverb, proudly.

רוּמָה

noun proper • Strongs / High • Page 1329

(height) name of a locality in the neighbourhood of Shechem.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

רוּמָה

proper noun • Root רום • Page 612

Name of a place, perhaps identical with אֲרוּמָה.

Conjunction, Noun proper name

LXX:

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H7316:

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ואשען וְאֶשְׁעָן׃

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ו

wə

Definition

and

Root

From H8505; a prefix

Exhaustive

The conjunctive ו is not merely a fixed coordinator with a stable semantic value (“and/but/or/then”). Its core function is linkage, not meaning. It binds units into a single discourse field—phrases, clauses, or whole scenes—while leaving the logical relation to be inferred from aspect, word order, genre, and context.

So the variability in translation (“and / but / or / even / then”) is not polyvalence in the particle; it is underspecification by design. The language expects the reader/hearer to perceive the relation rather than have it encoded.

Crucially, conjunctive ו does not imply temporal sequence. It implies continuity of attention. Think of it as:
- “this belongs with what precedes,”
- “remain within the same frame,”
“do not reset the discourse.”
This is why Hebrew can chain dozens of clauses with ו without subordination or explicit logic markers. The text advances by accumulation, not by branching syntactic trees. Meaning arises from the interaction:
- Aspect (qatal / yiqtol / participle),
- Position (fronted elements, resumptive nouns),
- Genre (law, narrative, oracle),
- Context (who speaks, to whom).
The ו simply keeps the circuit closed so these cues can operate together. Remove tense assumptions, and the system becomes coherent.

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

אשען

ʼEshʻân

Definition

Eshan, a place in Palestine

Root

from H8172 (שען); support;

Exhaustive

from שען; support; Eshan, a place in Palestine; Eshean.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H824

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

אֶשְׁעָן

noun proper • Root שען • Lemma_Lookup • Page 202

Name of a city in Judah (declivity, slope)

Conjunction, Noun proper name

LXX:

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H0824:

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RBT Translation:

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RBT Paraphrase:
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Julia Smith Literal 1876 Translation:
Arab, and Dumah and Eshean,

LITV Translation:
Arab and Dumah, and Eshean,

Brenton Septuagint Translation:
Aerem, and Remna, and Soma,