Joshua 15:55

Paleo Hebrew Niqqud

RBT Hebrew Interlinear:

מעון׀ מָעוֹן׀

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STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

מעון

Mâʻôwn

Definition

Maon, the name of an Israelite and of a place in Palestine

Root

the same as H4583 (מעון); a residence;

Exhaustive

the same as מעון; a residence; Maon, the name of an Israelite and of a place in Palestine; Maon, Maonites. Compare בית בעל מעון, מעוניlemma מעוני third vowel, corrected to מעוני.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H4584

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

מָעוֹן

noun masculine / noun proper • Root עון • Strongs / High • Page 881

1. A habitation, dwelling-place, of Jerusalem, the temple, or heaven; metaphorically, a lair for wild beasts. 2. An orthographical variation of מָעוֹן, a refuge. 3. The eye, look. 4. As a proper name (Maon), it refers to a city in Judah. 5. Another city near Petra. Also, a city in Reuben, often in compounds like Baal-meon.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

מָעוֹן

noun masculine • Root עון • Page 391

1. A dwelling of God (Ps. 68: 6) or of wild beasts (Nah. 2: 12). 2. A place of refuge (Ps. 90: 1). 3. Proper name of a city in the tribe of Judah (Josh. 15: 55). 4. Name of a people mentioned with the Amalekites (Judg. 10: 12).

Noun proper name

LXX: μααν μαων

LXX Usage Statistics

H4584:

μααν 4× (48.0%)

μαων 2× (25.0%)

כרמל כַּרְמֶל

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STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

כרמל

Karmel

Definition

Karmel, the name of a hill and of a town in Palestine

Root

the same as H3759 (כרמל);

Exhaustive

the same as כרמל; Karmel, the name of a hill and of a town in Palestine; Carmel, fruitful (plentiful) field, (place).

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H3760

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

כַּרְמֶל

noun proper • Root כרם • Strongs / High • Page 740

A fertile mountain range or pasture-district, specifically Mount Carmel; a mountain-city west of the Dead Sea; crimson-splendour.

Noun proper name

LXX: καρμήλῳ κάρμηλον καρμήλιον κάρμηλοσ καρμηλίου

LXX Usage Statistics

H3760:

καρμήλῳ 5× (12.8%)

κάρμηλον 4× (11.5%)

καρμήλιον 4× (11.5%)

κάρμηλοσ 4× (9.4%)

καρμηλίου 3× (8.6%)

t? 3× (7.1%)

t? 3× (6.6%)

ὡσ 2× (6.2%)

χερμελ 2× (5.7%)

καρμήλου 2× (5.7%)

וזיף וָזִיף

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

זיף

Zîyph

Definition

Ziph, the name of a place in Palestine; also of an Israelite

Root

from the same as H2203 (זפת); flowing;

Exhaustive

from the same as זפת; flowing; Ziph, the name of a place in Palestine; also of an Israelite; Ziph.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H2128

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

זִיף

verb • Root זיף • Strongs / High • Page 429

II. (not used) to lend, to borrow.

זִיף

proper name • Root זוף • Strongs / High • Page 431

1. (melting-place) a place in Judah. 2. a masculine proper name.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

זִיף

proper name • Page 201

Proper name of a city in the tribe of Judah, Josh. 15: 55, 2 Chr. 11: 8. The gentile noun is זִיפִי, 1 Sam. 23: 19, 26: 1.

Conjunction, Noun proper name

LXX: ζιφ --- ζιφαῖοι

LXX Usage Statistics

H2128:

ζιφ 6× (45.6%)

--- 2× (16.0%)

ζιφαῖοι 2× (13.6%)

ויוטה וְיוּטָּה׃

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

יטה

Yuṭṭâh

Definition

Juttah (or Jutah), a place in Palestine

Root

or יוטה; from H5186 (נטה); extended;

Exhaustive

or יוטה; from נטה; extended; Juttah (or Jutah), a place in Palestine; Juttah.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H3194

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

טִיטָה

verb • Root טוה • Lemma_Lookup • Page 553

A variant form of טֶהְטָה. Pih. (redupl.) (not used) to twist or interweave into one another strongly, of a basket, to twist its folds into one another, of the serpent.

יַטָּה

proper noun • Root נטה • Lemma_Lookup • Page 606

Proper noun for a city in Judah, south of Hebron, which was assigned to the priests. Also spelled יִטָּה.

פָּלִיטָה

unknown • Lemma_Lookup • Page 1172

See פְּלֵטָה.

פְּלֵיטָה

noun feminine • Root פלט • Lemma_Lookup • Page 1171

f. Deliverance, preservation, escape; hence the remnant, the part saved from punishment; concrete same as פְּלִיטִים the dispersed, the fugitives.

קְשִׂיטָה

noun feminine • Root קשט • Lemma_Lookup • Page 1304

a thing weighed, and so the name of a stamped silver-piece of a certain value (like a shekel).

שְׁחִיטָה

noun feminine • Root שחט • Lemma_Lookup • Page 1407

A slaughter, of the victims in sacrifice.

Conjunction, Noun proper name

LXX:

LXX Usage Statistics

H3194:

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RBT Translation:

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RBT Paraphrase:
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Julia Smith Literal 1876 Translation:
Maon, Carmel, and Ziph and Juttah

LITV Translation:
Maon, Carmel and Ziph, and Juttah,

Brenton Septuagint Translation:
Maon, and Carmel, and Ziph, and Juttah,