Joshua 19:42

Paleo Hebrew Niqqud

RBT Hebrew Interlinear:

ושעלבין וְשַׁעֲלַבִּין

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

שעלבים

Shaʻalbîym

Definition

Shaalbim or Shaalabbin, a place in Palestine

Root

or שעלבין; plural from H7776 (שועל); fox-holes;

Exhaustive

or שעלבין; plural from שועל; fox-holes; Shaalbim or Shaalabbin, a place in Palestine; Shaalabbin, Shaalbim.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H8169

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

שַׁעַלְבִּים

noun proper • Consonantal / Low • Page 1464

Properly 'place of jackals.' Name of a city in Dan, on the slope of mount Ephraim (Sha'albim or Shaalabbin).

Matched after stripping common prefixes

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

שַׁעַלְבִים

proper name • Page 692

a place name. (Judg. 1: 35, 1 K. 4: 9).

Conjunction, Noun proper name

LXX:

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H8169:

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ואילון וְאַיָּלוֹן

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

אילון

ʼAyâlôwn

Definition

Ajalon, the name of five places in Palestine

Root

from H354 (איל); deer-field;

Exhaustive

from איל; deer-field; Ajalon, the name of five places in Palestine; Aijalon, Ajalon.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H357

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

אֵילוֹן

noun proper • Root איל • Lemma_Lookup • Page 114

oak-grove, oak-bush; 1. proper noun of a town in the tribe of Dan; 2. proper noun of a Hittite; 3. proper noun of a judge belonging to Zebulun

אַיָּלוֹן

noun proper • Lemma_Lookup • Page 114

deerfield; proper noun of a Levitical city in the tribe of Dan; also a city in the territory of Zebulun

עֵמֶק אַיָּלוֹן

noun proper • Root עמק • Lemma_Lookup • Page 1107

Valley of Ajalon (so called from the Levitical city in Dan).

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

אַיָּלוֹן

prop. name • Root אלון • Page 44

(turpentine-tree) proper name of a city in the tribe of Dan (Josh. 19:43, 1 K. 4:49).

Conjunction, Noun proper name

LXX:

LXX Usage Statistics

H0357:

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ויתלה וְיִתְלָה׃

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

יתלה

Yithlâh

Definition

Jithlah, a place in Palestine

Root

probably from H8518 (תלה); it will hang, i.e. be high;

Exhaustive

probably from תלה; it will hang, i.e. be high; Jithlah, a place in Palestine; Jethlah.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H3494

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

יִתְלָה

noun proper • Root יהל • Strongs / High • Page 664

(Hill-place) Proper name of a place in Dan.

Conjunction, Noun proper name

LXX:

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H3494:

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RBT Translation:

No verse found

RBT Paraphrase:
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Julia Smith Literal 1876 Translation:
And Shaalabbin and Ajalon and Jethlah,

LITV Translation:
and Shaalabbin, and Ajalon, and Jethlah,

Brenton Septuagint Translation:
and Shaalabbin, and Ammon, and Ithlah,