Joshua 15:60

Paleo Hebrew Niqqud

RBT Hebrew Interlinear:

קרית קִרְיַת־

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

קרית בעל

Qiryath Baʻal

Definition

Kirjath-Baal, a place in Palestine

Root

from H7151 (קריה) and H1168 (בעל); city of Baal;

Exhaustive

from קריה and בעל; city of Baal; Kirjath-Baal, a place in Palestine; Kirjathbaal.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H7154

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

בְּעֵל

noun masculine • Consonantal / Medium • Page 265

Aramaic masculine same as Hebrew בַּעַל in the sense lord, possessor; therefore בְּעֵל טְעֵם prop. lord of the (royal) decree i.e. either stadtholder, or chancellor.

Matched via consonantal key only

בַּעַל

noun masculine • Root בעל • Consonantal / Medium • Page 262

1. Master, lord, possessor, owner; husband; (in plural construct before city names) dwellers, citizens. 2. Baal, the supreme god of the Syro-Phoenician peoples.

Matched via consonantal key only

בַּעַל

noun proper masculine • Consonantal / Medium • Page 264

a) A personal proper name (1 Chr. 5:5; 8:30). b) The proper name of a city in Simeon, which may be identical with Ba'alath-Beer.

Matched via consonantal key only

בָּעַל

verb • Root בעל • Consonantal / Medium • Page 262

(Not used in Qal) 1. To be big, mighty, strong, to vanquish. 2. Metaphorically to possess, to have.

Matched via consonantal key only

בָּעַל

verb • Root בעל • Consonantal / Medium • Page 264

To be lord, possessor, to rule; oftener to take to wife, to marry (prop. according to the oriental view to rule the woman).

Matched via consonantal key only

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

בַּעַל

noun • Root בעל • Page 107

1. lord, owner. (Ex. 21:28; Judg. 19:22). 2. husband (as the lord of the wife). (2 Sam. 11:26; Ex. 21:22). 3. Joined with many substantives of different significations, it denotes one who possesses or is otherwise connected with the thing denoted by the noun. (Ex. 24:14, Prov. 1:17, Is. 41:15).

בַּעַל

noun masculine • Root בעל • Page 108

Masters, owners, inhabitants, or citizens. Gen. 37: 19 (masters of arrows); Gen. 49: 23 (masters of an oath/covenant). Joined with city name, denotes an inhabitant (Josh. 24: 11, Judg. 9: 2). Name of the tutelary god of the Phenicians and Syrians (Judg. 6: 25, 1 K. 18: 18). Often identified with Hercules (Ἡρακλῆς) by the Greeks. Plural: הַבְּעָלִים (the Baals or Baalim).

בַּעַל

chald. idem. • Root בעל • Page 108

Same as the Hebrew equivalent. Ezra 4: 8. See טְעֵם.

בָּעַל

verb • Page 107

1. to possess, command, rule over. (Is. 26:13; 1 Chr. 4:22). 2. to take for a wife, to marry. (Deut. 21:13, 24:1; Is. 62:5). 3. construed with בְּ, to despise, loathe. (Jer. 3:14, 31:32).

Noun proper name

LXX: καριαθβααλ

LXX Usage Statistics

H7154:

καριαθβααλ 3× (75.0%)

בעל בַּ֗עַל

a baal

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

קרית בעל

Qiryath Baʻal

Definition

Kirjath-Baal, a place in Palestine

Root

from H7151 (קריה) and H1168 (בעל); city of Baal;

Exhaustive

from קריה and בעל; city of Baal; Kirjath-Baal, a place in Palestine; Kirjathbaal.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H7154

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

בְּעֵל

noun masculine • Consonantal / Medium • Page 265

Aramaic masculine same as Hebrew בַּעַל in the sense lord, possessor; therefore בְּעֵל טְעֵם prop. lord of the (royal) decree i.e. either stadtholder, or chancellor.

Matched via consonantal key only

בַּעַל

noun masculine • Root בעל • Consonantal / Medium • Page 262

1. Master, lord, possessor, owner; husband; (in plural construct before city names) dwellers, citizens. 2. Baal, the supreme god of the Syro-Phoenician peoples.

Matched via consonantal key only

בַּעַל

noun proper masculine • Consonantal / Medium • Page 264

a) A personal proper name (1 Chr. 5:5; 8:30). b) The proper name of a city in Simeon, which may be identical with Ba'alath-Beer.

Matched via consonantal key only

בָּעַל

verb • Root בעל • Consonantal / Medium • Page 262

(Not used in Qal) 1. To be big, mighty, strong, to vanquish. 2. Metaphorically to possess, to have.

Matched via consonantal key only

בָּעַל

verb • Root בעל • Consonantal / Medium • Page 264

To be lord, possessor, to rule; oftener to take to wife, to marry (prop. according to the oriental view to rule the woman).

Matched via consonantal key only

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

בַּעַל

noun • Root בעל • Page 107

1. lord, owner. (Ex. 21:28; Judg. 19:22). 2. husband (as the lord of the wife). (2 Sam. 11:26; Ex. 21:22). 3. Joined with many substantives of different significations, it denotes one who possesses or is otherwise connected with the thing denoted by the noun. (Ex. 24:14, Prov. 1:17, Is. 41:15).

בַּעַל

noun masculine • Root בעל • Page 108

Masters, owners, inhabitants, or citizens. Gen. 37: 19 (masters of arrows); Gen. 49: 23 (masters of an oath/covenant). Joined with city name, denotes an inhabitant (Josh. 24: 11, Judg. 9: 2). Name of the tutelary god of the Phenicians and Syrians (Judg. 6: 25, 1 K. 18: 18). Often identified with Hercules (Ἡρακλῆς) by the Greeks. Plural: הַבְּעָלִים (the Baals or Baalim).

בַּעַל

chald. idem. • Root בעל • Page 108

Same as the Hebrew equivalent. Ezra 4: 8. See טְעֵם.

בָּעַל

verb • Page 107

1. to possess, command, rule over. (Is. 26:13; 1 Chr. 4:22). 2. to take for a wife, to marry. (Deut. 21:13, 24:1; Is. 62:5). 3. construed with בְּ, to despise, loathe. (Jer. 3:14, 31:32).

Noun proper name

LXX: καριαθβααλ

LXX Usage Statistics

H7154:

καριαθβααλ 3× (75.0%)

היא הִיא

herself

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

הוא

hûwʼ

Definition

he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are

Root

of which the feminine (beyond the Pentateuch) is היא; a primitive word, the third person pronoun singular;

Exhaustive

of which the feminine (beyond the Pentateuch) is היא; a primitive word, the third person pronoun singular; he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are; he, as for her, him(-self), it, the same, she (herself), such, that (...it), these, they, this, those, which (is), who.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H1931

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

הוּא

personal pronoun • Root הו • Strongs / High • Page 392

Personal pronoun, 3rd person singular masculine: he, it. It can also be used for emphasis (he himself), as a demonstrative (this, that), to indicate self, or to strengthen other pronouns (I myself, thou thyself).

הוּא

pronoun • Strongs / High • Page 393

Personal pronoun, 3rd person singular masculine: he, it. Can also mean 'the same', 'himself'. It is also used as a designation for God, and can include the verb 'to be'.

הוּא

aramaic personal pronoun (aramaic) • Strongs / High • Page 393

Aramaic personal pronoun of the 3rd person, he.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

הוּא

chald. • Page 178

idem. behold, as for as simply. So in Syr. Dan. 2:43.

הוּא

pronoun • Page 182

1. he, and as a neuter it. In the Pentateuch, used for both genders. 2. self, same, selfsame. Is. 7:14, Ps. 44:5. 3. serves as the substantive verb 'to be' (copula). Is. 43:25. Also used as 'thou (art) the same' in 2 Sam. 7:28.

הוּא

chald. pron. • Page 182

idem (the same). Dan. 2:21.

הוּא

chald. • Page 182

see הֲוָה.

הוּא

unknown • Page 217

see הָוָה.

Pronoun personal third person feminine singular

LXX: αὐτὸσ ἐστιν ἐκείνῃ οὗτοσ ---

LXX Usage Statistics

H1931:

αὐτὸσ 321× (16.5%)

ἐστιν 260× (13.7%)

ἐκείνῃ 197× (10.6%)

οὗτοσ 160× (8.4%)

--- 103× (5.6%)

ἐκείνῳ 67× (3.6%)

ἐστίν 54× (2.9%)

ἐστὶν 54× (2.7%)

'' 50× (2.3%)

τοῦτο 42× (2.2%)

קרית קִרְיַת

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

קרית יערים

Qiryath Yᵉʻârîym

Definition

Kirjath-Jearim or Kirjath-Arim, a place in Palestine

Root

or (Jeremiah 26:20) with the article interposed; or (Joshua 18:28) simply the former part of the word; or קרית ערים; from H7151 (קריה) and the plural of H3293 (יער) or H5892 (עיר); city of forests, or city of towns;

Exhaustive

or (Jeremiah 26:20) with the article interposed; or (Joshua 18:28) simply the former part of the word; or קרית ערים; from קריה and the plural of יער or עיר; city of forests, or city of towns; Kirjath-Jearim or Kirjath-Arim, a place in Palestine; Kirjath, Kirjath-jearim, Kirjath-arim.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H7157

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

קִרְיַת יְעָרִים

noun proper • Strongs / High • Page 1298

City of forests (see יְעָרִים).

Noun proper name

LXX: καριαθιαριμ πόλισ ιαριμ καριαθβααλ πόλεωσ

LXX Usage Statistics

H7157:

καριαθιαριμ 21× (44.0%)

πόλισ 7× (14.3%)

ιαριμ 5× (8.3%)

καριαθβααλ 3× (6.6%)

πόλεωσ 3× (5.6%)

πόλιν 2× (4.4%)

καριαθιαριν 2× (4.4%)

δαυιδ 2× (3.7%)

ιαϊρ 2× (3.7%)

ιαριν 2× (3.1%)

יערים יְעָרים

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

קרית יערים

Qiryath Yᵉʻârîym

Definition

Kirjath-Jearim or Kirjath-Arim, a place in Palestine

Root

or (Jeremiah 26:20) with the article interposed; or (Joshua 18:28) simply the former part of the word; or קרית ערים; from H7151 (קריה) and the plural of H3293 (יער) or H5892 (עיר); city of forests, or city of towns;

Exhaustive

or (Jeremiah 26:20) with the article interposed; or (Joshua 18:28) simply the former part of the word; or קרית ערים; from קריה and the plural of יער or עיר; city of forests, or city of towns; Kirjath-Jearim or Kirjath-Arim, a place in Palestine; Kirjath, Kirjath-jearim, Kirjath-arim.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H7157

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

קִרְיַת יְעָרִים

noun proper • Strongs / High • Page 1298

City of forests (see יְעָרִים).

Noun proper name

LXX: καριαθιαριμ πόλισ ιαριμ καριαθβααλ πόλεωσ

LXX Usage Statistics

H7157:

καριαθιαριμ 21× (44.0%)

πόλισ 7× (14.3%)

ιαριμ 5× (8.3%)

καριαθβααλ 3× (6.6%)

πόλεωσ 3× (5.6%)

πόλιν 2× (4.4%)

καριαθιαριν 2× (4.4%)

δαυιδ 2× (3.7%)

ιαϊρ 2× (3.7%)

ιαριν 2× (3.1%)

והרבה וְהָרַבָּה

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

ה

Definition

the

Root

Demonstrative primitive

Exhaustive

definite article, the, used for all numbers and genders; originally a pronoun demonstrative, this. interrogative particle in direct and indirect questions; in disjunctive questions: whether--or.

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

רבה

Rabbâh

Definition

Rabbah, the name of two places in Palestine, East and West

Root

feminine of H7227 (רב); great;

Exhaustive

feminine of רב; great; Rabbah, the name of two places in Palestine, East and West; Rabbah, Rabbath.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H7237

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

רַבָּה

noun feminine • Root רב • Strongs / High • Page 1316

The great, the principal one; metropolis. Noun proper (n. p.) for the metropolis of the Ammonites (Rabbah), the metropolis of Moab, and a city in Judah.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

רִבָּה

pi. v. • Root רבה • Page 605

1. To make numerous, to increase (Judg. 9:29, Ps. 44:13). 2. To nourish, to bring up (Ezek. 19:2, Lam. 2:22).

רַבָּה

noun • Root רבה • Page 605

Literally 'a chief city'. Often refers to the capital of the Ammonites.

Conjunction, Particle definite article, Noun proper name

LXX: ραββαθ ραββα

LXX Usage Statistics

H7237:

ραββαθ 8× (52.7%)

ραββα 4× (26.3%)

ערים עָרִים

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

עיר

ʻîyr

Definition

a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)

Root

or (in the plural) ער; or עיר; (Judges 10:4), from H5782 (עור)

Exhaustive

or (in the plural) ער; or עיר; (Judges 10:4), from עור; a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post); Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H5892

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

עִיר

noun proper masculine • Strongs / High • Page 1061

Proper name masculine meaning 'one setting up, strengthening'.

עִיר

noun feminine • Root עור • Strongs / High • Page 1083

1. An enclosed, fenced place, proceeding from the verb-idea 'to fence round, encircle, enclose'; hence town, city. 2. dwelling.

עִיר

noun feminine • Strongs / High • Page 1084

1. A tower, a castle, a tower of watch; 2. A city generally, also a village, hamlet, or encampment; 3. Part of a city; 4. Metaphor for the inhabitants of a city.

עִיר

noun masculine • Root עיר • Strongs / High • Page 1084

Heat, anger, wrath.

עִיר

noun proper masculine • Root עיר • Strongs / High • Page 1084

A proper name (a man mentioned in 1 Chr. 7, 12).

עִיר

noun masculine (aramaic) • Root עיר • Strongs / High • Page 1084

A watcher (Aram.), referring to archangels, good angels, or fallen ones.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

הֵעִיר

verb • Root עור • Page 498

1. To awaken from sleep. Zech. 4:1. 2. To stir up (e.g., the leviathan). Job 41:2; Deut. 32:11. 3. intrans. to awake. Ps. 35:23; Job 8:6.

עִיר

noun feminine • Page 505

I. a city. References include city of God (Ps. 46: 5), the holy city (Neh. 11: 1), and several proper names like city of salt and city of palms (Jericho).

עִיר

noun • Page 505

II. perhaps anger, hostile attack. Jer. 15:8; Hos. 11:9. Comp. Arab. med. Vav to attack, assault.

עִיר

m. chald. • Page 505

a watcher, a name of angels in the later Jewish demonology, so called because they watch over the souls of men. Dan. 4: 10, 14, 20.

Noun common masculine plural absolute

LXX: πόλεισ πόλιν πόλεωσ πόλει πόλισ

LXX Usage Statistics

H5892b:

πόλεισ 250× (22.9%)

πόλιν 200× (17.5%)

πόλεωσ 192× (17.0%)

πόλει 120× (9.9%)

πόλισ 83× (7.5%)

πόλεσιν 76× (6.1%)

πόλεων 50× (4.4%)

'' 35× (3.1%)

--- 26× (2.7%)

pεἰσ 16× (1.7%)

שתים שְׁתַּיִם

dual/twofold

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

שנים

shᵉnayim

Definition

two; also (as ordinal) twofold

Root

dual of H8145 (שני); feminine שתים;

Exhaustive

dual of שני; feminine שתים; two; also (as ordinal) twofold; both, couple, double, second, twain, [phrase] twelfth, [phrase] twelve, [phrase] twenty (sixscore) thousand, twice, two.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H8147

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

שְׁנַיִם

numeral • Root שנה • Strongs / High • Page 1459

Two. (Masculine dual numeral, absolute state; construct state is שְׁנֵי). Used as a numeral, substitute, or adjective, referring to a pair or the double.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

שְׁנַיִם

masc. dual • Root שנה • Page 691

two. Includes contracted forms שְׁנֵי and שְׁתֵּי used for the number twelve. References: Gen. 7: 9, 15; Gen. 2: 25.

Adjective cardinal number feminine dual absolute

LXX: δύο δώδεκα '' δέκα ἀμφότεροι

LXX Usage Statistics

H8147:

δύο 437× (51.1%)

δώδεκα 72× (8.9%)

'' 47× (5.2%)

δέκα 35× (4.4%)

ἀμφότεροι 26× (3.3%)

ἀμφότερα 21× (2.7%)

εἴκοσι 19× (2.3%)

δυσὶν 16× (1.6%)

ἀμφοτέρων 15× (1.9%)

--- 13× (1.7%)

וחצריהןס וְחַצְרֵיהֶן׃ס

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

חצר

châtsêr

Definition

a yard (as inclosed by a fence); also a hamlet (as similarly surrounded with walls)

Root

(masculine and feminine); from H2690 (חצר) in its original sense;

Exhaustive

(masculine and feminine); from חצר in its original sense; a yard (as inclosed by a fence); also a hamlet (as similarly surrounded with walls); court, tower, village.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H2691

הן

Definition

their, personal posessive - noun suffix: 3rd person feminine plural

Root

Exhaustive

Personal posessive pronoun - suffix for nouns, adjectives and passive participles: 3rd person feminine plural

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H9029

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

חָצֵר

verb / intransitive • Root חצר • Strongs / High • Page 519

An intransitive verb not used in the Kal stem with two primary meanings: 1. to sound shrill, to clang, to peal, of a voice or musical instrument. 2. to bloom, to be green, to sprout forth.

חָצֵר

noun / common gender • Root חצר • Strongs / High • Page 520

1. A court, atrium, of a palace or temple; an uncovered enclosed space, a court-yard. Also a guard-court or prison. 2. A village, a hamlet, a villa, enclosed within itself, often belonging to city districts.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

חָצֵר

noun masculine • Root חצר • Page 244

1. court before a building. Neh. 8:16. Est. 5:2. especially of the tabernacle and temple, Ex. 27:9 ff. 2. a small place, village, such as were attached to larger towns. Josh. 13:23, 28.

Conjunction, Noun common masculine plural construct, Suffix pronominal third person feminine plural

LXX: αὐλῆσ αὐλὴν αὐλῇ αὐλαῖσ κῶμαι

LXX Usage Statistics

H2691b:

αὐλῆσ 47× (25.7%)

αὐλὴν 26× (13.9%)

αὐλῇ 23× (11.2%)

αὐλαῖσ 13× (6.6%)

κῶμαι 12× (5.4%)

ἐπαύλεισ 10× (5.3%)

--- 9× (5.8%)

'' 8× (4.4%)

αὐλήν 6× (3.1%)

αὐλὴ 5× (3.0%)

RBT Translation:

No verse found

RBT Paraphrase:
No verse found

Julia Smith Literal 1876 Translation:
The city of Baal, (this the City of Forests) and Rabbah; two cities and their enclosures:

LITV Translation:
Kirjath-baal, which is Kirjath-jearim, and Rabbah; two cities and their villages.

Brenton Septuagint Translation:
Kiriath-baal, this is the city of Jearim, and Sotheba: two cities, and their villages: