Joshua 19:29

Paleo Hebrew Niqqud

RBT Hebrew Interlinear:

ושב וְשָׁב

and he has turned back

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

שוב

shûwb

Definition

to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

a primitive root; to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again; ((break, build, circumcise, dig, do anything, do evil, feed, lay down, lie down, lodge, make, rejoice, send, take, weep)) [idiom] again, (cause to) answer ([phrase] again), [idiom] in any case (wise), [idiom] at all, averse, bring (again, back, home again), call (to mind), carry again (back), cease, [idiom] certainly, come again (back), [idiom] consider, [phrase] continually, convert, deliver (again), [phrase] deny, draw back, fetch home again, [idiom] fro, get (oneself) (back) again, [idiom] give (again), go again (back, home), (go) out, hinder, let, (see) more, [idiom] needs, be past, [idiom] pay, pervert, pull in again, put (again, up again), recall, recompense, recover, refresh, relieve, render (again), requite, rescue, restore, retrieve, (cause to, make to) return, reverse, reward, [phrase] say nay, send back, set again, slide back, still, [idiom] surely, take back (off), (cause to, make to) turn (again, self again, away, back, back again, backward, from, off), withdraw.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H7725

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

שׁוּב

verb • Root שוב • Strongs / High • Page 755

to return to

שׁוּב

verb • Strongs / High • Page 1389

Intransitive: properly, to turn; to turn away from; to revolve; to come back or revert to; to be restored; to return home; to remain behind.

שׁוּב

verb • Root שוב • Strongs / High • Page 1391

To turn, turn back, return (intransitive); to turn about, turn away (i.e., not to expect war), to convert, repent, to turn the face, to turn the hand (for attack or protection), to turn away anger (of God or man); to drive back, to withhold, to hinder, to lead back.

שׁוּב

unknown • Strongs / High • Page 1363

Aramaic example of interchange with ת.

שׁוּב

unknown • Strongs / High • Page 1363

Example of interchange of שׁ and ת.

שׁוּב

verb • Strongs / High • Page 1390

To turn back, to return (to an earlier state, place, or person). To be converted, to repent (turn to God). Also, to repeat (used commonly with another verb to express the idea of doing again).

שׁוּב

adverb • Root שוב • Strongs / High • Page 1390

Again, besides, in addition (used as an adverb, often abridged or associated with the infinitive לָשׁוּב).

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

שׂוֹב

verb • Root שיב • Page 635

To have gray hairs; see שֵׂיב.

שׁוּב

verb / fut. יָשׁוּב / apoc. יָשֵׁב • Page 657

1. to turn, turn back, return. Gen. 27: 45. 2 Chr. 30: 9. 2. to cease, desist, from a purpose or from evil. Jer. 4: 28. Ezek. 18: 24. 3. to turn back from a person.

שׁוּב

verb • Root שוב • Page 658

To turn back, to return. (2) Spoken of things without life, to go or come back (Is. 29:17, Gen. 3:19). (3) Joined with another verb, forms a periphrasis of 'again' or 'anew' (Gen. 30:31 אָשׁוּבָה, 2 K. 1:13 וַיָּשָׁב וַיִּשְׁלַח). (4) Causative, to lead or bring back (Num. 10:36). (5) Particularly in the phrase שׁוּב שְׁבוּת 'to bring back captives' (Ezek. 35:9).

conjunctive, Verb Qal sequential perfect third person masculine singular

LXX: ἐπέστρεψεν ἀπέστρεψεν ἐπιστρέψαι ἐπιστρέψει ''

LXX Usage Statistics

H7725:

ἐπέστρεψεν 58× (5.0%)

ἀπέστρεψεν 36× (3.2%)

ἐπιστρέψαι 35× (2.9%)

ἐπιστρέψει 30× (2.6%)

'' 24× (2.0%)

ἀποστρέψαι 23× (1.8%)

ἀποστρέψω 21× (1.9%)

ἀνέστρεψεν 21× (1.9%)

πάλιν 21× (1.8%)

ἐπιστρέψω 20× (1.8%)

הגבול הַגְּבוּל

None

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

גבול

gᵉbûwl

Definition

properly, a cord (as twisted), i.e. (by implication) a boundary; by extension the territory inclosed

Root

or גבל; (shortened) from H1379 (גבל);

Exhaustive

or גבל; (shortened) from גבל; properly, a cord (as twisted), i.e. (by implication) a boundary; by extension the territory inclosed; border, bound, coast, [idiom] great, landmark, limit, quarter, space.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H1366

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

גְּבוּל

noun masculine • Root גבל • Strongs / High • Page 295

The extremity or last part of a thing, by which it is enclosed or encompassed. Hence: 1. border, edge, surrounding margin. 2. border in the widest sense, such as the border of a province, a district with its border, territory.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

גְּבוּל

noun masculine • Root גבל • Page 125

1. bound, limit, border. Num. 34: 3 ff. Deut. 3 : 16, 17. Josh. 13: 23, 27. 15:47. 2. territory. Ex. 10: 14. 3. edge, border, margin. Ezek. 43: 13, 17, 20. Plur. גְּבוּלִים territory, like the Lat. fines. 1 Sam. 5: 6. 2 K. 15: 16. 18: 8.

Particle definite article, Noun common both singular absolute

LXX: ὅρια ὁρίων ὅριον ὅριά ὁρίοισ

LXX Usage Statistics

H1366:

ὅρια 85× (34.5%)

ὁρίων 63× (25.0%)

ὅριον 30× (12.5%)

ὅριά 13× (5.1%)

ὁρίοισ 11× (4.1%)

αὐτῆσ 8× (2.5%)

ὁρίου 5× (2.3%)

ὁρίῳ 4× (1.6%)

--- 3× (1.4%)

ὁριεῖ 3× (1.4%)

הרמה הָרָמָה

None

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

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).

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%)

ועד וְעַד־

and until

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

עד

ʻad

Definition

as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)

Root

properly, the same as H5703 (עד) (used as a preposition, adverb or conjunction; especially with a preposition);

Exhaustive

properly, the same as עד (used as a preposition, adverb or conjunction; especially with a preposition); as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with); against, and, as, at, before, by (that), even (to), for(-asmuch as), (hither-) to, [phrase] how long, into, as long (much) as, (so) that, till, toward, until, when, while, ([phrase] as) yet.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H5704

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

עַד

particle • Strongs / High • Page 1053

A particle expressing continuance, progress, or duration; until, unto, as far as, up to, during, even, exceedingly. Denotes limits in space, time (till now, forever), or degree (highest limit).

עַד

noun • Root עדה ערה • Strongs / High • Page 1053

Progress, advance (in space); duration, perpetuitas; hence, eternity, perpetuity, everlasting.

עַד

adverb / preposition • Root עוד • Strongs / High • Page 1060

Adverb: again, once more (repetition); continuedly, continually (continuance of action); longer, further, advanced state. Also Preposition/Conjunction: till, now, during (a time), while still.

עַד

preposition / conjunction • Strongs / High • Page 1054

1. (Of space) To, unto, as far as, even to; also like, as. 2. (Of time/Conj.) Till now, whilst that, until, so that, to the degree that. 3. (Particle) Even (used to intensify meaning).

עַד

noun masculine • Root עדה • Strongs / High • Page 1054

Booty, spoil (parallel to plunder).

עַד

noun masculine • Root עדה • Strongs / High • Page 1054

Dress, ornament (found only in proper names).

עַד

noun masculine • Strongs / High • Page 1054

Witness, testimony (collateral form of עֵד).

עַד

aram. prep. (aramaic) • Strongs / High • Page 1054

(Aramaic, same as Hebr. עַד 2) During, until, till at the last; to the intent that.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

עַד

m. subst. / preposition / conj. • Root עדה • Page 491

1. as a subst. eternity, duration. Ps. 9: 19. 19: 10. 2. as a subst. booty, prey. Gen. 49: 27. 3. as a prep. unto, until, spoken of time and space. Hab. 1: 2. 4. as a prep. during, while. Judg. 3: 26. 5. as a conj. until, construed with a pret. Josh.

עַד

chald. prep. and conj. • Page 492

As in Hebrew (preceding page).

Conjunction, Preposition

LXX: ἕωσ εἰσ '' ---

LXX Usage Statistics

H5704:

ἕωσ 1013× (78.3%)

εἰσ 28× (2.2%)

'' 26× (1.7%)

--- 24× (1.9%)

ἕωσ 22× (1.7%)

μέχρι 12× (0.9%)

ἔτι 11× (0.8%)

ἐπὶ 9× (0.7%)

dἕωσ 7× (0.5%)

πρὸσ 7× (0.6%)

עיר עיר

an awake city

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 both singular construct

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%)

מבצר מִבְצַר־

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

מבצר

mibtsâr

Definition

a fortification, castle, or fortified city; figuratively, a defender

Root

also (in plural) feminine (Daniel 11:l5) מבצרה; from H1219 (בצר);

Exhaustive

also (in plural) feminine (Daniel 11:l5) מבצרה; from בצר; a fortification, castle, or fortified city; figuratively, a defender; (de-, most) fenced, fortress, (most) strong (hold).

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H4013

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

מִבְצָר

masculine noun • Root בצר • Strongs / High • Page 803

A fortification, fortress, citadel.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

מִבְצָר

m. plur. -ים verbal • Root בצר • Page 353

a fortified place, a fortress. Is. 17:3. עִיר מִבְצָר a fenced city, Num. 32: 17, 36. Josh. 10: 20. 19:35. Perhaps applied to fortified temples, Dan. 11: 39.

Noun common both singular construct

LXX: ὀχυρώματα ὀχυρὰσ ὀχύρωμα ὀχυρὰν τειχήρεισ

LXX Usage Statistics

H4013:

ὀχυρώματα 5× (11.1%)

ὀχυρὰσ 3× (7.6%)

ὀχύρωμα 3× (7.6%)

ὀχυρὰν 2× (5.6%)

τειχήρεισ 2× (5.2%)

ὀχυρώματά 2× (4.8%)

צר צר

adversary

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

צר

Tsôr

Definition

Tsor, a place in Palestine

Root

or צור; the same as H6864 (צר); a rock;

Exhaustive

or צור; the same as צר; a rock; Tsor, a place in Palestine; Tyre, Tyrus.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H6865

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

צֹר

noun proper • Strongs / High • Page 1225

Tyre (City).

צֹר

noun masculine • Root צרר • Strongs / High • Page 1248

m. 1. Stone, rock. 2. The edge. 3. (Tyre) Proper name of the very old seaport city in Phoenicia.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

צֹר

m. 1. • Page 575

1. a rock, i. q. צוּר no. 1. Ezek. 3: 9. 2. a knife. Ex. 4: 25. 3. Tyre, i. q. צוֹר q. v.

Noun proper name

LXX: τύρου σορ τύροσ τύρον τύριοσ

LXX Usage Statistics

H6865:

τύρου 21× (47.1%)

σορ 9× (19.6%)

τύροσ 6× (13.4%)

τύρον 3× (6.5%)

τύριοσ 2× (4.6%)

ושב וְשָׁב

and he has turned back

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

שוב

shûwb

Definition

to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

a primitive root; to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again; ((break, build, circumcise, dig, do anything, do evil, feed, lay down, lie down, lodge, make, rejoice, send, take, weep)) [idiom] again, (cause to) answer ([phrase] again), [idiom] in any case (wise), [idiom] at all, averse, bring (again, back, home again), call (to mind), carry again (back), cease, [idiom] certainly, come again (back), [idiom] consider, [phrase] continually, convert, deliver (again), [phrase] deny, draw back, fetch home again, [idiom] fro, get (oneself) (back) again, [idiom] give (again), go again (back, home), (go) out, hinder, let, (see) more, [idiom] needs, be past, [idiom] pay, pervert, pull in again, put (again, up again), recall, recompense, recover, refresh, relieve, render (again), requite, rescue, restore, retrieve, (cause to, make to) return, reverse, reward, [phrase] say nay, send back, set again, slide back, still, [idiom] surely, take back (off), (cause to, make to) turn (again, self again, away, back, back again, backward, from, off), withdraw.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H7725

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

שׁוּב

verb • Root שוב • Strongs / High • Page 755

to return to

שׁוּב

verb • Strongs / High • Page 1389

Intransitive: properly, to turn; to turn away from; to revolve; to come back or revert to; to be restored; to return home; to remain behind.

שׁוּב

verb • Root שוב • Strongs / High • Page 1391

To turn, turn back, return (intransitive); to turn about, turn away (i.e., not to expect war), to convert, repent, to turn the face, to turn the hand (for attack or protection), to turn away anger (of God or man); to drive back, to withhold, to hinder, to lead back.

שׁוּב

unknown • Strongs / High • Page 1363

Aramaic example of interchange with ת.

שׁוּב

unknown • Strongs / High • Page 1363

Example of interchange of שׁ and ת.

שׁוּב

verb • Strongs / High • Page 1390

To turn back, to return (to an earlier state, place, or person). To be converted, to repent (turn to God). Also, to repeat (used commonly with another verb to express the idea of doing again).

שׁוּב

adverb • Root שוב • Strongs / High • Page 1390

Again, besides, in addition (used as an adverb, often abridged or associated with the infinitive לָשׁוּב).

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

שׂוֹב

verb • Root שיב • Page 635

To have gray hairs; see שֵׂיב.

שׁוּב

verb / fut. יָשׁוּב / apoc. יָשֵׁב • Page 657

1. to turn, turn back, return. Gen. 27: 45. 2 Chr. 30: 9. 2. to cease, desist, from a purpose or from evil. Jer. 4: 28. Ezek. 18: 24. 3. to turn back from a person.

שׁוּב

verb • Root שוב • Page 658

To turn back, to return. (2) Spoken of things without life, to go or come back (Is. 29:17, Gen. 3:19). (3) Joined with another verb, forms a periphrasis of 'again' or 'anew' (Gen. 30:31 אָשׁוּבָה, 2 K. 1:13 וַיָּשָׁב וַיִּשְׁלַח). (4) Causative, to lead or bring back (Num. 10:36). (5) Particularly in the phrase שׁוּב שְׁבוּת 'to bring back captives' (Ezek. 35:9).

conjunctive, Verb Qal sequential perfect third person masculine singular

LXX: ἐπέστρεψεν ἀπέστρεψεν ἐπιστρέψαι ἐπιστρέψει ''

LXX Usage Statistics

H7725:

ἐπέστρεψεν 58× (5.0%)

ἀπέστρεψεν 36× (3.2%)

ἐπιστρέψαι 35× (2.9%)

ἐπιστρέψει 30× (2.6%)

'' 24× (2.0%)

ἀποστρέψαι 23× (1.8%)

ἀποστρέψω 21× (1.9%)

ἀνέστρεψεν 21× (1.9%)

πάλιν 21× (1.8%)

ἐπιστρέψω 20× (1.8%)

הגבול הַגְּבוּל

None

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

גבול

gᵉbûwl

Definition

properly, a cord (as twisted), i.e. (by implication) a boundary; by extension the territory inclosed

Root

or גבל; (shortened) from H1379 (גבל);

Exhaustive

or גבל; (shortened) from גבל; properly, a cord (as twisted), i.e. (by implication) a boundary; by extension the territory inclosed; border, bound, coast, [idiom] great, landmark, limit, quarter, space.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H1366

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

גְּבוּל

noun masculine • Root גבל • Strongs / High • Page 295

The extremity or last part of a thing, by which it is enclosed or encompassed. Hence: 1. border, edge, surrounding margin. 2. border in the widest sense, such as the border of a province, a district with its border, territory.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

גְּבוּל

noun masculine • Root גבל • Page 125

1. bound, limit, border. Num. 34: 3 ff. Deut. 3 : 16, 17. Josh. 13: 23, 27. 15:47. 2. territory. Ex. 10: 14. 3. edge, border, margin. Ezek. 43: 13, 17, 20. Plur. גְּבוּלִים territory, like the Lat. fines. 1 Sam. 5: 6. 2 K. 15: 16. 18: 8.

Particle definite article, Noun common both singular absolute

LXX: ὅρια ὁρίων ὅριον ὅριά ὁρίοισ

LXX Usage Statistics

H1366:

ὅρια 85× (34.5%)

ὁρίων 63× (25.0%)

ὅριον 30× (12.5%)

ὅριά 13× (5.1%)

ὁρίοισ 11× (4.1%)

αὐτῆσ 8× (2.5%)

ὁρίου 5× (2.3%)

ὁρίῳ 4× (1.6%)

--- 3× (1.4%)

ὁριεῖ 3× (1.4%)

חסה חֹסָה

she pitied

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

חסה

Chôçâh

Definition

Chosah, an Israelite; also a place in Palestine

Root

from H2620 (חסה); hopeful;

Exhaustive

from חסה; hopeful; Chosah, an Israelite; also a place in Palestine; Hosah.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H2621

הה

hâhh

Definition

ah! expressing grief

Root

a shortened form of H162 (אהה);

Exhaustive

a shortened form of אהה; ah! expressing grief; woe worth.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H1929

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

חָסָה

verb • Root חסה • Consonantal / Low • Page 508

To flee towards something for protection; to seek refuge; to trust.

Matched after stripping common prefixes

חָסָה

noun proper masculine • Root חסה • Consonantal / Low • Page 508

A proper name, meaning a refuge or protection (from El).

Matched after stripping common prefixes

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

הָהּ

interj. of lament • Page 182

formed by an onomatopoeia, i. q. אֲהָהּ wo! alas! Ezek. 30:2.

Noun proper name

LXX: ωσα ὦ

LXX Usage Statistics

H2621:

ωσα 3× (58.5%)

Hosah_§Hosah@Jos.19.29:

ὦ 2× (100.0%)

ויהיו וְיִהְיוּ

and they are becoming

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

היה

hâyâh

Definition

to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)

Root

a primitive root (compare H1933 (הוא));

Exhaustive

a primitive root (compare הוא); to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary); beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H1961

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

הָיָה

verb • Root היה • Strongs / High • Page 397

To be, to exist, to live, to become. A substantive verb used to unite a subject and predicate. It can also mean to happen, to arise, or to belong to. Used in a wide variety of grammatical constructions.

הָיָה

verb • Root היה • Strongs / High • Page 591

To be, to become, to exist. The common Hebrew verb for 'to be', considered the root of the divine name.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

הַיָּה

noun feminine • Page 185

Keri הַוָּה suffering, calamity. Job 6: 2; 30: 13.

הָיָה

verb • Page 184

1. To be (Ex. 20:3, Num. 10:31, etc.); 2. to become (Ex. 4:4, Hos. 3:3, etc.); 3. to happen (Is. 19:15).

Conjunction, Verb Qal third person masculine plural

LXX: ἔσται ἐγένετο ἦν ἐγενήθη ἔσονται

LXX Usage Statistics

H1961:

ἔσται 827× (22.9%)

ἐγένετο 634× (16.8%)

ἦν 280× (7.9%)

ἐγενήθη 215× (5.8%)

ἔσονται 160× (4.5%)

ἦσαν 134× (3.8%)

ἐγένοντο 83× (2.3%)

'' 74× (1.9%)

--- 73× (2.2%)

εἶναι 67× (1.7%)

תצאתיו תֹצְאֹתָיו

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

תוצאה

tôwtsâʼâh

Definition

(only in plural collective) exit, i.e. (geographical) boundary, or (figuratively) deliverance, (actively) source

Root

or תצאה; from H3318 (יצא);

Exhaustive

or תצאה; from יצא; (only in plural collective) exit, i.e. (geographical) boundary, or (figuratively) deliverance, (actively) source; border(-s), going(-s) forth (out), issues, outgoings.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H8444

הו

Definition

his, personal posessive - noun suffix: 3rd person masculine singular

Root

Exhaustive

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

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H9023

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

LXX: διέξοδοσ διέξοδοι

LXX Usage Statistics

H8444:

διέξοδοσ 17× (69.5%)

διέξοδοι 2× (9.3%)

הימה הַיָּמָּה

None

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

ים

yâm

Definition

a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artifical basin; locally, the west, or (rarely) the south

Root

from an unused root meaning to roar;

Exhaustive

from an unused root meaning to roar; a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artifical basin; locally, the west, or (rarely) the south; sea ([idiom] -faring man, (-shore)), south, west (-ern, side, -ward).

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H3220

ה

Definition

to

Root

Exhaustive

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H9011

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

יָם

noun / masculine • Root ימם • Strongs / High • Page 613

A heap, conflux, or collection of water; a sea. The plural form יַמִּים is also used poetically for the singular. Figuratively, it can refer to a 'sea of clouds' or great rivers such as the Nile and the Euphrates. The construct state is יַם.

יָם

noun / masculine • Root ימם • Strongs / High • Page 614

Sea, lake; specifically used for bodies of water like the Red Sea, the Jordan, the Mediterranean, and the Dead Sea. Also refers to the west, a large basin (the brazen sea), streams, and figuratively, a mass of people or an army.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

יָם

m. prim. • Page 284

A sea, an inland sea, or a lake. Specifically: the sea of Chinnereth (Num. 34:11), the Salt sea (Gen. 14:3), the Dead sea (Deut. 3:17), the sea of Reeds/Red sea (Ex. 15:4), and the Great sea/Mediterranean.

Particle definite article, Noun common both singular absolute, Suffix directional he

LXX: θάλασσαν θαλάσσησ θάλασσα θαλάσσῃ ''

LXX Usage Statistics

H3220:

θάλασσαν 144× (32.9%)

θαλάσσησ 126× (29.8%)

θάλασσα 39× (9.2%)

θαλάσσῃ 19× (4.2%)

'' 8× (1.9%)

θαλασσῶν 6× (1.6%)

--- 6× (1.6%)

ὕδωρ 6× (1.5%)

ἐρυθρὰν 5× (1.1%)

pεἰσ 4× (1.1%)

מחבל מֵחֶבֶל

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

חבל

chebel

Definition

a rope (as twisted), especially a measuring line; by implication, a district or inheritance (as measured); or a noose (as of cords); figuratively, a company (as if tied together); also a throe (especially of parturition); also ruin

Root

or חבל; from H2254 (חבל);

Exhaustive

or חבל; from חבל; a rope (as twisted), especially a measuring line; by implication, a district or inheritance (as measured); or a noose (as of cords); figuratively, a company (as if tied together); also a throe (especially of parturition); also ruin; band, coast, company, cord, country, destruction, line, lot, pain, pang, portion, region, rope, snare, sorrow, tackling.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H2256

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

חֲבַל

verb • Root חבל • Consonantal / Medium • Page 453

(not used) Aram. tr. same as Hebr. חָבַל II. to wound, to injure.

Matched via consonantal key only

חֲבָל

noun masculine • Consonantal / Medium • Page 453

Aram. m. hurt, damage.

Matched via consonantal key only

חֲבֹל

noun masculine • Consonantal / Medium • Page 453

1. a pledge. 2. perverseness, sinning.

Matched via consonantal key only

חִבֵּל

verb • Root חבל • Consonantal / Medium • Page 452

A denominative from חֵבֶל. The fundamental signification is of twisting and binding in the widest sense.

Matched via consonantal key only

חִבֵּל

verb • Root חבל • Consonantal / Medium • Page 452

To destroy; to cause corruption.

Matched via consonantal key only

חִבֵּל

verb • Root חבל • Consonantal / Medium • Page 453

Pih. to bring forth, with pain.

Matched via consonantal key only

חֵבֶל

noun / masculine • Root חבל • Consonantal / Medium • Page 452

A cord, rope, lace, chain, or leash. Figuratively: a band or net (of sin, misery, death); a measuring line, portion, lot, district, region; splendid bindings; a band of men; destruction.

Matched via consonantal key only

חֵבֶל

noun • Consonantal / Medium • Page 453

writhings, twistings, the pains of birth, tormenta.

Matched via consonantal key only

חַבֵּל

verb • Root חבל • Consonantal / Medium • Page 453

Pa. (inf. חַבָּלָה) to destroy, a house; to kill; to fell.

Matched via consonantal key only

חָבַל

verb • Root חבל • Consonantal / Medium • Page 451

1. to wind together, to bind together (e.g., a rope), hence to associate together. 2. Figuratively: to pledge, to take something as a pledge. 3. Figuratively: to act perversely, corruptly.

Matched via consonantal key only

חָבַל

verb • Root חבל • Consonantal / Medium • Page 452

To transgress, to sin. Figuratively: to twist, to bend from pain (e.g., childbirth); to conceive, to copulate.

Matched via consonantal key only

חָבַל

verb • Root חבל • Consonantal / Medium • Page 452

To wound, to injure. To cut into, to make a notch in; hence to damage, to corrupt, to destroy. (Kal not used).

Matched via consonantal key only

חָבַל

verb • Root חבל • Consonantal / Medium • Page 452

To conduct, to lead, to manage (e.g. people, war); to steer a ship. (Not used in Kal).

Matched via consonantal key only

חֹבֵל

noun masculine • Root חבל • Consonantal / Medium • Page 453

helm-work (from חבל III.), prop. a (ship's) steering, guiding, gubernaculum.

Matched via consonantal key only

חֹבֵל

noun masculine • Consonantal / Medium • Page 453

1. a steersman. 2. collect. sailors.

Matched via consonantal key only

חֻבַּל

verb • Root חבל • Consonantal / Medium • Page 452

To be broken; figuratively, to be destroyed (spoken of the spirit).

Matched via consonantal key only

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

חֶבֶל

noun masculine • Root חבל • Page 212

1. line, rope, cord (Josh. 2:15, Ecc. 12:6). 2. especially a measuring-line (Am. 7:17, 2 Sam. 8:2). 3. a portion of land measured out and assigned to any one by lot (Josh. 17:14, 19:9, Ps. 16:6, Deut. 32:9). 4. a district of country, a region (Deut. 3:4, 13:14). 5. a snare, net (Ps. 140:6, Job 18:10, Ps. 18:5, 116:3). 6. a band or company of men (1 Sam. 10:5, 10).

חֲבָל

m. verbal from חָבַל no. ii • Root חבל • Page 212

a pawn, pledge. (Ezek. 18:12, 16, 33:15).

חֲבָל

m. chald. • Page 212

hurt, injury. (Dan. 3:25).

חֲבָל

m. chald. • Page 212

injury. (Ezra 4:22).

חִבֵּל

noun masculine • Root חבל • Page 212

found only Prov. 23:34. a part of a ship, probably the mast, so called from the ropes (חֶבֶל) by which it is made fast.

חֵבֶל

noun masculine • Root חבל • Page 211

Pains or throes of a woman in childbirth. Usually in the plural חֲבָלִים (Is. 13:8; 66:7; Jer. 13:21; 22:23). Verbal from חָבַל no. III. 2.

Prep-M, Noun common both singular absolute

LXX: σχοίνισμα ὠδῖνεσ σχοινία σχοινίοισ σχοινίον

LXX Usage Statistics

H2256a:

σχοίνισμα 9× (13.8%)

ὠδῖνεσ 8× (12.9%)

σχοινία 8× (11.9%)

σχοινίοισ 5× (7.2%)

σχοινίον 4× (6.6%)

σχοινίῳ 3× (4.2%)

---% 3× (3.4%)

ὠδῖνασ 2× (3.3%)

σχοινίσματα 2× (3.3%)

--- 2× (3.3%)

אכזיבה אַכְזִיבָה׃

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

אכזיב

ʼAkzîyb

Definition

Akzib, the name of two places in Palestine

Root

from H391 (אכזב); deceitful (in the sense of a winter-torrent which fails in summer);

Exhaustive

from אכזב; deceitful (in the sense of a winter-torrent which fails in summer); Akzib, the name of two places in Palestine; Achzib.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H392

ה

Definition

to

Root

Exhaustive

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H9011

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

אַכְזִיב

noun proper • Strongs_Numbers • Page 123

1. n. p. of a seaport in the territory of Asher (Ecdippa), now Dsib, el-Zib. 2. n. p. of a city of the tribe Judah.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

אַכְזִיב

prop. name • Page 47

(Deceived, deception,) 1. a maritime city in the tribe of Asher, between Acco and Tyre, Ecdippa, now Zib. Josh. 19: 29. Judg. 1: 31.

Noun proper name , Suffix directional he

LXX:

LXX Usage Statistics

H0392:

No stats available

RBT Translation:

No verse found

RBT Paraphrase:
No verse found

Julia Smith Literal 1876 Translation:
And the bound turned back to Ramah and even to the city of the fortress of Tyre; and the bound turned back to Hosah: and its outgoings were the sea from the region of Achzib.

LITV Translation:
And the border turns to Ramah, and to the strong city Tyre. And the border turns to Hosah, and the outer limits of it are at the sea from the line to Achzib,

Brenton Septuagint Translation:
And the borders shall turn back to Ramah, and to the fountain of Masphassat, and the Tyrians; and the borders shall return to Jasiph, and their going forth shall be the sea, and Mahalab, and Achzib,