Joshua 19:36

Paleo Hebrew Niqqud

RBT Hebrew Interlinear:

ואדמה וַאֲדָמָה

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

אדמה

ʼĂdâmâh

Definition

Adamah, a place in Palestine

Root

the same as H127 (אדמה);

Exhaustive

the same as אדמה; Adamah, a place in Palestine; Adamah.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H128

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

אֲדָמָה

noun feminine • Root אדם • Strongs_Numbers • Page 67

Properly the firm, hard body of the earth; hence the firm earth, ground, land, country; a town in the tribe of Naftali.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

אֲדָמָה

f. prim. • Page 27

1. Earth, the element. Gen. 2:19. 2. Earth, ground, which we cultivate. Gen. 4:2. 3. Land, country. Gen. 28:15. 4. The globe, whole earth. Gen. 4:11.

אֲדָמָה

noun proper • Page 27

One of the five cities destroyed with the valley of Siddim, and sunk in the Dead Sea. Gen. 10:19. 14:2. Hos. 11:8.

Conjunction, Noun proper name

LXX:

LXX Usage Statistics

H0128:

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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%)

וחצור וְחָצוֹר׃

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

חצור

Châtsôwr

Definition

Chatsor, the name (thus simply) of two places in Palestine and of one in Arabia

Root

a collective form of H2691 (חצר); village;

Exhaustive

a collective form of חצר; village; Chatsor, the name (thus simply) of two places in Palestine and of one in Arabia; Hazor.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H2674

אדד

ʼĂdad

Definition

Adad (or Hadad), an Edomite

Root

probably an orthographical variation for H2301 (חדד);

Exhaustive

probably an orthographical variation for חדד; Adad (or Hadad), an Edomite; Hadad.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H111

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

חָצוֹר

proper name • Root חצר • Strongs / High • Page 516

An enclosed place, a castle. 1. Proper name of a Canaanitish city in the north of Palestine, upon the marshy sea or lake Samochonitis (Josh. 11, 1). Later, the name of a whole kingdom.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

חָצוֹר

noun proper • Page 243

(a court) proper name of several places: 1. a city in Naphtali (Josh. 11:1, 12:19, 19:36); 2. city in Benjamin (Neh. 11:33); 3. a country in Arabia (Jer. 49:28).

Conjunction, Noun proper name

LXX: ασωρ

LXX Usage Statistics

H2674:

ασωρ 12× (62.5%)

Hazor_§Hazor@Jos.11.1:

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RBT Translation:

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RBT Paraphrase:
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Julia Smith Literal 1876 Translation:
And Adamah, and Ramah, and Hazor,

LITV Translation:
and Adamah, and Ramah, and Hazor,

Brenton Septuagint Translation:
and Armaith, and Arael, and Hazor,