Joshua 18:25

Paleo Hebrew Niqqud

RBT Hebrew Interlinear:

גבעון גִּבְעוֹן

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STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

גבעון

Gibʻôwn

Definition

Gibon, a place in Palestine

Root

from the same as H1387 (גבע); hilly;

Exhaustive

from the same as גבע; hilly; Gibon, a place in Palestine; Gibeon.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H1391

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

גִּבְעוֹן

proper noun • Root גבע • Strongs / High • Page 300

(hill-place) A proper name of a hill-town four Roman miles from Bethel, and the leading place of the four confederate cities (Gibeon, Kephira, Be'erot, Kirjat-Je'arim). It was allotted to Benjamin and given to the priests. It was the site of a legal sanctuary with the tabernacle and an altar.

Noun proper name

LXX: γαβαων t? γαβαωνίτασ '' γαβαωνῖται

LXX Usage Statistics

H1391:

γαβαων 35× (68.4%)

t? 6× (8.9%)

γαβαωνίτασ 3× (5.6%)

'' 2× (3.7%)

γαβαωνῖται 2× (3.4%)

והרמה וְהָרָמָה

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

רמה

Râmâh

Definition

Ramah, the name of four places in Palestine

Root

the same as H7413 (רמה);

Exhaustive

the same as רמה; Ramah, the name of four places in Palestine; Ramah.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H7414

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

רָמָה

verb • Root רמה • Strongs / High • Page 1340

I. Transitive: 1. To cast into, precipitate, or shoot (as an archer). 2. To cause to fall, to bring to ruin, to make stumble; hence to deceive, disappoint, to betray. (Pih. form רִמָּה: to cast down; to deceive/betray/act with cunning).

רָמָה

verb • Root רמם • Strongs / High • Page 1340

II. (Not used) Intransitive: Same as רָם; to be high, elevated; of a building, to be set high, to be firm; of men, to be strong.

רָמָה

verb • Root רפה • Strongs / High • Page 1340

III. (Not used) Intransitive: To be sunk, bowed; hence metaphorically to be weary, slack. A collateral form of רָפָה II.

רָמָה

verb • Root רמה • Strongs / High • Page 1340

IV. (Not used) Intransitive: To be red. Identical with רָדַם I.

רָמָה

noun masculine • Root רמם • Strongs / High • Page 1340

1. An elevated place, a height, often for idolatrous purposes. 2. N. p. of a city in Benjamin. 3. N. p. of the native city and dwelling place of Samuel. 4. N. p. of a city in Naphtali and Asher. 5. Reference to Ramoth-Gilead.

רָמָה

adjective • Root רם • Strongs / High • Page 1340

An adjective, feminine form of רָם, and then a substantive.

רָמָה

verb • Root רמה • Strongs / High • Page 1342

to bring forth, of mares, to whelp, after the Arab. to bear, of a wild animal.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

רָמָה

verb • Page 620

1. to throw. Only Ex. 15: 1, 21. 2. to shoot (with a bow.) Jer. 4: 29; Ps. 78: 9. Pi. to deceive, beguile, (primarily to cause to fall, to trip up). Prov. 26: 19; Gen. 29: 25.

רָמָה

noun feminine • Root רום • Page 620

1. a height, high place. 1 Sam. 22: 6. Particularly for the worship of idols, Ezek. 16: 24, 25, 39. 2. proper name of several cities (e.g., in Benjamin, Ephraim, Naphtali).

Conjunction, Particle definite article, Noun proper name

LXX: ραμα αρμαθαιμ αραμα

LXX Usage Statistics

H7414:

ραμα 18× (50.9%)

αρμαθαιμ 9× (25.4%)

αραμα 2× (6.5%)

ובארות וּבְאֵרוֹת׃

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

בארות

Bᵉʼêrôwth

Definition

Beeroth, a place in Palestine

Root

feminine plural of H875 (באר); wells;

Exhaustive

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H881

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

בְּאֵרוֹת

proper name • Page 85

Proper name of a city in the tribe of Benjamin, between Jerusalem and Shechem (2 Sam. 4:2, 3, 23, 37).

Conjunction, Noun proper name

LXX:

LXX Usage Statistics

H0881:

No stats available

RBT Translation:

No verse found

RBT Paraphrase:
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Julia Smith Literal 1876 Translation:
Gibeon and Ramah and Beeroth,

LITV Translation:
Gibeon, and Ramah, and Beeroth,

Brenton Septuagint Translation:
Gibeon, and Ramah, and Beeroth;