Joshua 16:7

Paleo Hebrew Niqqud

RBT Hebrew Interlinear:

וירד וְיָרַד

and he is climbing down

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ו

wāw

Definition

sequential 'and'

Root

From H8505; a prefix

Exhaustive

Vav Conversive/Consecutive: The category “vav conversive / vav consecutive” is not an ancient grammatical datum; it is a modern explanatory construct, developed by early Hebraists to force Biblical Hebrew into a Latin/chronological tense model that it simply does not share.

The notion arose in early modern grammar (17th–19th c.) when scholars assumed:
- verbs must encode tense,
- narratives must advance by past → present → future,
- therefore Hebrew forms that “don’t behave” must be converted.

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

ירד

yârad

Definition

to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications)

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

a primitive root; to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications); [idiom] abundantly, bring down, carry down, cast down, (cause to) come(-ing) down, fall (down), get down, go(-ing) down(-ward), hang down, [idiom] indeed, let down, light (down), put down (off), (cause to, let) run down, sink, subdue, take down.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H3381

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

יָרַד

verb • Root ירד • Strongs / High • Page 644

to fall from or down, to go down, descend, come down.

יָרַד

verb • Root ירד • Strongs / High • Page 645

To go down, descend. This verb has numerous applications, including: to be brought down, to fall down, to run downwards (like a boundary), to sink or perish, to descend (like a shadow on a sundial), to come down (as a manifestation of God), to rush down to battle, to enter a lower place (e.g., a ship or well), to walk down to a lower location, to travel to a lower country, to flow down (like a stream), or to fall (like rain or dew).

יָרַד

verb • Root ירד • Strongs / High • Page 755

to go down to

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

יָרַד

verb • Page 297

To go down, to descend. Used for journeys from higher to lower terrain, such as to Egypt (Gen. 12:10), Philistia (1 Sam. 13:20), or southwards (1 Sam. 25:1). Also refers to inanimate objects, such as a road leading down (Prov. 7:27) or streams flowing down (Deut. 9:21). Metaphorically, it means to fall in wealth or circumstances (Deut. 28:43). Hiphil form הוֹרִיד: to make to go down, to bring down, or to cast down (Gen. 37:25, Prov. 21:22). Hophal form הוּרַד is the passive of Hiphil (Gen. 39:1).

conjunctive, Verb Qal sequential perfect third person masculine singular

LXX: κατέβη κατέβησαν καταβήσεται κατάβηθι καταβῆναι

LXX Usage Statistics

H3381:

κατέβη 76× (19.3%)

κατέβησαν 24× (6.1%)

καταβήσεται 23× (5.8%)

κατάβηθι 20× (5.3%)

καταβῆναι 9× (2.4%)

καταβαινόντων 9× (2.3%)

καταβήσονται 8× (2.0%)

καταβαίνοντεσ 7× (1.7%)

καταβήσῃ 7× (1.9%)

κατέβην 6× (1.6%)

מינוחה מִיָּנוֹחָה

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

מ

mi / min

Definition

from

Root

Abbreviated from H4480

Exhaustive

(mem) — from / out of

Core value: emergence, separation, derivation
מ does not merely indicate origin in time (“after”). It marks boundary-crossing:
- source,
- differentiation,
- contrast,
- extraction.
Aonically, מ indicates transition between states.
not “after X” but “out from within X.”
This is why מ can signal both cause and contrast: both involve standing on the far side of a boundary.

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

ינוח

Yânôwach

Definition

Janoach or Janochah, a place in Palestine

Root

from H3240 (ינח); quiet;

Exhaustive

from ינח; quiet; Janoach or Janochah, a place in Palestine; Janoah, Janohah.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H3239

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

יָנוֹחַ

noun proper • Root נוח • Strongs / High • Page 618

A resting-place. A proper name of a city on the confines of Ephraim and Manasseh, and another city in the extreme north of Palestine.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

יָנֹוחַ

noun proper • Root ינוח • Page 286

(he rests) Proper name of a place on the borders of Ephraim and Manasseh (2 K. 15:29, Josh. 16:6).

Prep-M, Noun proper name

LXX:

LXX Usage Statistics

H3239b:

No stats available

עטרות עֲטָרוֹת

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

עטרות

ʻĂṭârôwth

Definition

Ataroth, the name (thus simply) of two places in Palestine

Root

or עטרת; plural of H5850 (עטרה);

Exhaustive

or עטרת; plural of עטרה; Ataroth, the name (thus simply) of two places in Palestine; Ataroth.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H5852

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

עֲטָרוֹת

noun proper plural • Root עטרה • Strongs / High • Page 1079

N. p. (plural of crowns) of a city in Gad (Num. 32, 3 34). Also various places distinguished by adjuncts: עַטְרוֹת שׁוֹפָן, עַטְרוֹת אֶדֶר, עַטְרוֹת בֵּית־יוֹאָב.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

עֲטָרוֹת

proper name • Page 502

1. a city in the tribe of Gad (Num. 32:3, 34). 2. another in the tribe of Ephraim (Josh. 16:7).

Noun proper name

LXX: αταρωθ

LXX Usage Statistics

H5852:

αταρωθ 3× (75.0%)

ונערתה וְנַעֲרָתָה

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

נערה

Naʻărâh

Definition

Naarah, the name of an Israelitess, and of a place in Palestine

Root

the same as H5291 (נערה);

Exhaustive

the same as נערה; Naarah, the name of an Israelitess, and of a place in Palestine; Naarah, Naarath.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H5292

ה

Definition

to

Root

Exhaustive

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H9011

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

נַעֲרָה

noun / feminine / proper name • Root נער • Strongs / High • Page 978

A maiden, young woman, female servant; also a waterfall. It is also a proper name for a city in Ephraim and a female name.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

נַעֲרָה

fem. of נַעַר / dec. xii. e. • Root נער • Page 448

1. a young female, a maiden. Judg. 19:3 ff. Est. 2:9, 13. 2. a hand-maid, maid-servant. Prov. 9:3, 31:15. 3. proper name of a city on the borders of the tribe of Ephraim, Josh. 16:7.

Conjunction, Noun proper name , Suffix directional he

LXX:

LXX Usage Statistics

H5292a:

No stats available

ופגע וּפָגַע

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ו

wāw

Definition

sequential 'and'

Root

From H8505; a prefix

Exhaustive

Vav Conversive/Consecutive: The category “vav conversive / vav consecutive” is not an ancient grammatical datum; it is a modern explanatory construct, developed by early Hebraists to force Biblical Hebrew into a Latin/chronological tense model that it simply does not share.

The notion arose in early modern grammar (17th–19th c.) when scholars assumed:
- verbs must encode tense,
- narratives must advance by past → present → future,
- therefore Hebrew forms that “don’t behave” must be converted.

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

פגע

pâgaʻ

Definition

to impinge, by accident or violence, or (figuratively) by importunity

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

a primitive root; to impinge, by accident or violence, or (figuratively) by importunity; come (betwixt), cause to entreat, fall (upon), make intercession, intercessor, intreat, lay, light (upon), meet (together), pray, reach, run.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H6293

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

פֶּגַע

noun masculine • Consonantal / Low • Page 1154

Incident, event, fate.

Matched after stripping common prefixes

פָּגַע

verb • Consonantal / Low • Page 1153

Transitive: properly to push, to strike, upon a person or thing; hence to meet with, to light upon, to border upon; to stumble upon one; to intercede for; or to attack, kill, or slay.

Matched after stripping common prefixes

פָּגַע

verb • Root פגע • Consonantal / Low • Page 1154

To attack, to press upon. Hiphil (מַפְגִּיעַ) means an assailant, enemy, or to press entreatingly, to intercede (an intercessor, mediator).

Matched after stripping common prefixes

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

פָּגַע

verb • Root פגע • Page 536

1. to meet, light upon (Ex. 23:4). 2. to fall on, injure or kill (Judg. 8:21). 3. to reach to, border on (Josh. 16:7). 4. to address with a supplication, entreat (Ruth 1:16, Jer. 7:16). 5. to visit. Hiphil: to cause to fall (Is. 53:6), to fall on, to supplicate.

conjunctive, Verb Qal sequential perfect third person masculine singular

LXX: συνάψει ἀπήντησεν συναντήσῃ συνήντησαν ἀπάντησον

LXX Usage Statistics

H6293:

συνάψει 7× (13.2%)

ἀπήντησεν 3× (5.8%)

συναντήσῃ 2× (4.0%)

συνήντησαν 2× (4.0%)

ἀπάντησον 2× (4.0%)

ἀνεῖλεν 2× (3.7%)

ἄνελε 2× (3.7%)

---% 2× (3.3%)

ביריחו בִּירִיחוֹ

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ב

bə

Definition

in, by

Root

A primitive particle; a prefix

Exhaustive

(beth) — in / within / by means of

Core value: interiority, enclosure, participation

ב does not primarily mean “in time” (“when”) or even “in space.” It marks being inside a domain, whether that domain is:
- spatial (house, land),
- conceptual (wisdom, covenant),
- modal (strength, fear),
- instrumental (by means of).
Aonically, ב marks immersion.
not “when X happened” but “within the state or field of X.”
This is why ב־יום does not need to mean “on the day (chronological)” but “within the day-realm / condition”.

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

יריחו

Yᵉrîychôw

Definition

Jericho or Jerecho, a place in Palestine

Root

or ירחו; or variation (1 Kings 16:34) יריחה; perhaps from H3394 (ירח); its month; or else from H7306 (רוח); fragrant;

Exhaustive

or ירחו; or variation (1 Kings 16:34) יריחה; perhaps from ירח; its month; or else from רוח; fragrant; Jericho or Jerecho, a place in Palestine; Jericho.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H3405

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

יְרִיחוֹ

proper name • Page 298

Jericho, a celebrated city of Palestine, not far from Jordan and the Dead sea, in the tribe of Benjamin. Also spelled יְרֵחוֹ and יְרִיחֹה. Num. 22: 1. Josh 2: 1, 2, 3. 1 K. 16: 34.

Preposition, Noun proper name

LXX: ιεριχω pκατὰ --- pεἰσ

LXX Usage Statistics

H3405:

ιεριχω 46× (71.2%)

pκατὰ 7× (12.0%)

--- 4× (6.8%)

pεἰσ 3× (5.1%)

ויצא וְיָצָא

and he is going out

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ו

wāw

Definition

sequential 'and'

Root

From H8505; a prefix

Exhaustive

Vav Conversive/Consecutive: The category “vav conversive / vav consecutive” is not an ancient grammatical datum; it is a modern explanatory construct, developed by early Hebraists to force Biblical Hebrew into a Latin/chronological tense model that it simply does not share.

The notion arose in early modern grammar (17th–19th c.) when scholars assumed:
- verbs must encode tense,
- narratives must advance by past → present → future,
- therefore Hebrew forms that “don’t behave” must be converted.

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

יצא

yâtsâʼ

Definition

to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

a primitive root; to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.; [idiom] after, appear, [idiom] assuredly, bear out, [idiom] begotten, break out, bring forth (out, up), carry out, come (abroad, out, thereat, without), [phrase] be condemned, depart(-ing, -ure), draw forth, in the end, escape, exact, fail, fall (out), fetch forth (out), get away (forth, hence, out), (able to, cause to, let) go abroad (forth, on, out), going out, grow, have forth (out), issue out, lay (lie) out, lead out, pluck out, proceed, pull out, put away, be risen, [idiom] scarce, send with commandment, shoot forth, spread, spring out, stand out, [idiom] still, [idiom] surely, take forth (out), at any time, [idiom] to (and fro), utter.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H3318

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

יָצָא

verb • Root יצא • Strongs / High • Page 631

intransitive verb, 1. expressing self-activity, to go out, to go forth.

יָצָא

verb • Root יצא • Strongs / High • Page 632

To go out, go forth, come out, proceed. It has a wide range of applications including to walk, to go to war, to travel, to be freed, to be born, to sprout, to arise, to appear, to escape, to be published or issued.

יָצָא

verb • Root יצא • Strongs / High • Page 929

A root that interchanges with נָצָה, showing y/n interchange.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

יָצָא

verb • Page 292

To go out, to go forth. Gen. 44:4, Amos 4:3. Special meanings: (1) to arise (sun/stars) Gen. 19:23; (2) to spring up (plants) Job 5:6; (3) to be begotten or descended from Gen. 17:6; (4) to expire, be finished (time) Ex. 23:16; (5) to become free Ex. 21:2; (6) to be laid out or expended (money) 2 K. 12:13; (7) to escape Ecc. 7:18.

conjunctive, Verb Qal sequential perfect third person masculine singular

LXX: ἐξῆλθεν ἐξελεύσεται ἐξῆλθον ἐξήγαγεν ''

LXX Usage Statistics

H3318:

ἐξῆλθεν 178× (15.7%)

ἐξελεύσεται 78× (7.2%)

ἐξῆλθον 39× (3.4%)

ἐξήγαγεν 39× (3.5%)

'' 25× (2.1%)

ἐξελθεῖν 23× (1.9%)

αὐτοὺσ 23× (1.6%)

ἐξελεύσονται 22× (2.0%)

ἐκπορευόμενοσ 21× (1.7%)

ἐξήγαγον 19× (1.7%)

הירדן הַיַּרְדֵּן׃

the Descending

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

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

ירדן

Yardên

Definition

Jarden, the principal river of Palestine

Root

from H3381 (ירד); a descender;

Exhaustive

from ירד; a descender; Jarden, the principal river of Palestine; Jordan.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H3383

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

יַרְדֵּן

proper noun • Root ירד • Strongs / High • Page 646

The great river of Palestine, the Jordan. The name was also used for a river in Crete. The lexicon suggests it is derived from the root יָרַד (to descend).

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

יַרְדֵּן

proper name • Root ירד • Page 297

Jordan, the largest river of Palestine, commonly used with the definite article. Refers to the river itself and the 'country on the Jordan' (Ps. 42:7). Now called El Sharai by Arabians.

Particle definite article, Noun proper name

LXX: ιορδάνου ιορδάνην ιορδάνησ ιορδάνῃ ---

LXX Usage Statistics

H3383:

ιορδάνου 95× (52.2%)

ιορδάνην 63× (34.1%)

ιορδάνησ 10× (5.1%)

ιορδάνῃ 5× (2.4%)

--- 3× (1.9%)

pἐπὶ 2× (1.2%)

RBT Translation:

No verse found

RBT Paraphrase:
No verse found

Julia Smith Literal 1876 Translation:
And it went down from Janohah to Ataroth and to Naarath, and struck upon Jericho, and went out at Jordan.

LITV Translation:
and went down from Janohah to Ataroth, and to Naarath, and touched on Jericho, and went out at the Jordan.

Brenton Septuagint Translation:
and to Macho, and Ataroth, and these are their villages; and they will come to Jericho, and will issue at Jordan.