Joshua 5:11

Paleo Hebrew Niqqud

RBT Hebrew Interlinear:

ויאכלו וַיֹּאכְל֜וּ

and they are eating

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

אכל

ʼâkal

Definition

to eat (literally or figuratively)

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

a primitive root; to eat (literally or figuratively); [idiom] at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, [idiom] freely, [idiom] in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, [idiom] quite.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H398

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

אָכַל

verb • Strongs_Numbers • Page 123

prop. to annihilate, to rub away, hence 1. to eat, applied to men. 2. to animals, figuratively, to devour somewhat.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

אָכַל

verb • Page 48

1. To eat; applied to men and animals. Figuratively applied to the sword, fire, hunger, and pestilence. 2. To consume, destroy (Deut. 7:16; Jer. 10:25). 3. To enjoy (Prov. 30:20). Includes various forms: Niph. (to be eaten), Pu. (to be consumed), Hiph. (to feed/cause to eat), Hoph. (to be made shorter).

conjunctive, Verb Qal sequential imperfect third person masculine plural

LXX:

LXX Usage Statistics

H0398:

No stats available

מעבור מֵעֲבוּר

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

עבור

ʻâbûwr

Definition

passed, i.e. kept over; used only of stored grain

Root

the same as H5668 (עבור);

Exhaustive

the same as עבור; passed, i.e. kept over; used only of stored grain; old corn.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H5669

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

עָבוּר

noun masculine • Root עבר • Strongs / High • Page 1045

Masculine noun/preposition/conjunction. Prop. what is produced/brought forth. 1. Produce, fruit of the earth, grain. 2. (Construct state עֲבוּר) In consequence, used as: a) A preposition (בַּעֲבוּר) for, on account of, or in order to; b) Followed by a noun: for the sake of; c) A conjunction: because, so that.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

עָבוּר

noun masculine • Page 487

Grain. Josh. 5: 11, 12. (Syr. and Chald. idem.)

Prep-M, Noun common both singular construct

LXX: σίτου

LXX Usage Statistics

H5669:

σίτου 2× (100.0%)

הארץ הָאָרֶץ

the Earthly One

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

ארץ

ʼerets

Definition

the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

Root

from an unused root probably meaning to be firm;

Exhaustive

from an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land); [idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H776

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

אֶרֶץ

verb • Strongs_Numbers • Page 193

(Not used) To be hard, firm, dense. (Root of the following noun)

אֶרֶץ

noun feminine • Strongs_Numbers • Page 193

Earth, as firm land i.e. a dense firm mass, in opposition to water. Includes meanings: a) the earth in opposition to heaven; b) earth as an element/material; c) the ground; d) piece of land/field; e) land of habitation or fatherland.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

אֶרֶץ

noun masculine • Page 73

Earth, land. (masc. rarely, Gen. 13: 6; Is. 9: 18).

אֶרֶץ

noun feminine • Page 74

1. earth; also inhabitants of the earth, Gen. 6:11. 11:1. 2. land; e.g. אֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם the land of Egypt. Sometimes Palestine, Joel 1:2. 3. jurisdiction of a city. Josh. 8:1. Plur. אֲרָצוֹת lands.

Particle definite article, Noun common both singular absolute

LXX:

LXX Usage Statistics

H0776:

No stats available

ממחרת מִמָּחֳרַת

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

מחרת

mochŏrâth

Definition

the morrow or (adverbially) tomorrow

Root

or מחרתם; (1 Samuel 30:17), feminine from the same as H4279 (מחר);

Exhaustive

or מחרתם; (1 Samuel 30:17), feminine from the same as מחר; the morrow or (adverbially) tomorrow; morrow, next day.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H4283

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

חֶרֶת

verb • Root חרך • Consonantal / Low • Page 463

Same as Aramaic חֲרַךְ, assumed for חֲרָכָה.

Matched after stripping common prefixes

חָרַת

verb • Root חרש • Consonantal / Low • Page 463

(not used) Aramaic intransitive verb, same as Hebrew חָרַשׁ.

Matched after stripping common prefixes

חָרַת

verb • Root חרש • Consonantal / Low • Page 538

To engrave. Same as חָרַשׁ.

Matched after stripping common prefixes

חָרַת

verb • Consonantal / Low • Page 538

A verb root, not used in this form. Intransitive, same as חָרַשׁ I, חָרַשׁ II, and חָרַץ.

Matched after stripping common prefixes

חָרַת

unknown • Consonantal / Low • Page 1363

Expected form related to חָרַשׁ.

Matched after stripping common prefixes

חֹרֶת

noun proper • Root חרת • Consonantal / Low • Page 538

A proper name of a forest in the western part of the Judah-mountains.

Matched after stripping common prefixes

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

מָחֳרָת

f. const. • Root מחר • Page 370

the morrow, the following day. Num. 11:32. Jon. 4:7. Gen. 19:34. Ex. 9:6. Lev. 23:11, 15:16. Num. 33:3. 1 Sam. 20:27.

Prep-M, Noun common feminine singular construct

LXX: ἐπαύριον --- αὔριον

LXX Usage Statistics

H4283:

ἐπαύριον 21× (66.8%)

--- 4× (15.6%)

αὔριον 4× (10.9%)

הפסח הַפֶּסַח

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

פסח

peçach

Definition

a pretermission, i.e. exemption; used only techically of the Jewish Passover (the festival or the victim)

Root

from H6452 (פסח);

Exhaustive

from פסח; a pretermission, i.e. exemption; used only techically of the Jewish Passover (the festival or the victim); passover (offering).

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H6453

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

פֶּסַח

noun proper masculine • Root פסח • Strongs / High • Page 1181

m. prop. stepping over, sparing; hence 1. an exemption-sacrifice, in memory of the sparing of Israel Ex. 12, 27... 2. the passover-feast, i. e. the passover-meal on the evening of the 14th Nisan; the following seven days as a festival being termed חַג הַמַּצּוֹת Lev. 23, 5 6.

פֶּסַח

noun • Strongs / High • Page 1182

A word retaining the Hebrew original meaning, perhaps originally denoting the breaking through of the spring-sun, or the new sprouting of nature or spring; linked historically to the exodus from Egypt.

פֶּסַח

noun proper masculine • Root נסך • Strongs / High • Page 1182

(Perhaps from נָסַךְ) one born at the passover (comp. Paschalis).

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

פֶּסַח

m. verbal / dec. vi. d. • Root פסח • Page 548

1. *The paschal lamb*, offered according to Ex. 12:27. (Ex. 12:21; 2 Chr. 30:18). 2. *The feast of the passover*. (Num. 9:4 ff.; Josh. 5:11; Lev. 23:5).

Particle definite article, Noun common both singular absolute

LXX: πασχα φασεχ φασεκ ---

LXX Usage Statistics

H6453:

πασχα 27× (53.9%)

φασεχ 12× (22.6%)

φασεκ 6× (11.8%)

--- 3× (7.0%)

מצות מַצּוֹת

commandments

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

מצה

matstsâh

Definition

properly, sweetness; concretely, sweet (i.e. not soured or bittered with yeast); specifically, an unfermented cake or loaf, or (elliptically) the festival of Passover (because no leaven was then used)

Root

from H4711 (מצץ) in the sense of greedily devouring for sweetness;

Exhaustive

from מצץ in the sense of greedily devouring for sweetness; properly, sweetness; concretely, sweet (i.e. not soured or bittered with yeast); specifically, an unfermented cake or loaf, or (elliptically) the festival of Passover (because no leaven was then used); unleaved (bread, cake), without leaven.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H4682

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

מַצָּה

noun feminine • Root מצץ • Strongs / High • Page 893

A thin cake pressed together, not raised with leaven; unleavened bread.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

מַצָּה

f. dec. x. • Root מצץ • Page 398

Something unleavened. Derived from מָצַץ (to press out). Plural: מַצּוֹת. Used for cakes (Lev. 8: 26) and the feast of unleavened bread (Ex. 23: 15).

מַצָּה

f. verbal • Root נצה • Page 398

Strife, contention (Prov. 13: 10, 17: 19).

Noun common feminine plural absolute

LXX: ἄζυμα ἀζύμων ἀζύμουσ ἄζυμον pἐκ

LXX Usage Statistics

H4682:

ἄζυμα 23× (44.3%)

ἀζύμων 16× (27.1%)

ἀζύμουσ 4× (6.9%)

ἄζυμον 3× (5.9%)

pἐκ 2× (3.9%)

σεμιδάλεωσ 2× (3.3%)

וקלוי וְקָלוּי

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

קלה

qâlâh

Definition

to toast, i.e. scorch partially or slowly

Root

a primitive root (rather identical with H7034 (קלה) through the idea of shrinkage by heat);

Exhaustive

a primitive root (rather identical with קלה through the idea of shrinkage by heat); to toast, i.e. scorch partially or slowly; dried, loathsome, parch, roast.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H7033

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

קָלָה

verb • Root קהל • Strongs / High • Page 1277

(Kal not used) tr. to collect. Nif. נִקְלָה: to be collected.

קָלָה

verb / substantive • Strongs / High • Page 1277

I. To roast, to parch, grain. Also generally to burn. Subst. קָלִיא: dried, roasted; parched ears of corn.

קָלָה

verb • Root קלה • Strongs / High • Page 1278

to be scorched, to be burning with fever; the part. נִקְלָה as a subst. fever-heat, inflammation.

קָלָה

verb • Root קלה • Strongs / High • Page 1278

II. (not used) tr. to despise, to esteem lightly, to value lightly, to attack, to asperse, defame.

קָלָה

verb • Root קלה • Strongs / High • Page 1278

(not used) tr. to cut out, to deepen or hollow out, a vessel or kettle.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

קָלָה

verb • Page 587

to roast in the fire (Lev. 2: 14, Josh. 5: 11). Also to burn men as a mode of execution (Jer. 29: 22).

קָלָה

verb • Root קלל • Page 587

to be lightly esteemed, despised, disgraced (Deut. 25: 3, Is. 3: 5, 16: 14, Prov. 12: 9).

Conjunction, Verb Qal participle passive masculine singular absolute

LXX:

LXX Usage Statistics

H7033:

No stats available

בעצם בְּעֶצֶם

in the hand

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

עצם

ʻetsem

Definition

a bone (as strong); by extension, the body; figuratively, the substance, i.e. (as pron.) selfsame

Root

from H6105 (עצם);

Exhaustive

from עצם; a bone (as strong); by extension, the body; figuratively, the substance, i.e. (as pron.) selfsame; body, bone, [idiom] life, (self-) same, strength, [idiom] very.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H6106

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

עֶצֶם

noun masculine • Root עצם • Strongs / High • Page 1121

1. The hard, the firm, a pile of wood. 2. Commonly, a bone, often referring to the bone of a dead person.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

עַצְמוֹת

f. verbal • Root עצם • Page 522

Strong reasons, arguments (Is. 41:21). In Talmud: argumenta valida.

עֶצֶם

m. verbal • Root עצם • Page 522

1. strength (Deut. 8:17, Job 30:21). 2. body, frame (Ps. 139:15).

עֶצֶם

f. verbal from עָצַם • Root עצם • Page 521

1. a bone. Gen. 2:23. 2. body, form, appearance. Lam. 4:7. 3. the same, very, itself, in reference to things; e.g. עֶצֶם הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה (the self-same day).

Preposition, Noun common both singular construct

LXX: ὀστᾶ ὀστέοισ ὀστῶν ὀστοῦν ὀστέων

LXX Usage Statistics

H6106:

ὀστᾶ 65× (46.1%)

ὀστέοισ 7× (4.9%)

ὀστῶν 7× (5.0%)

ὀστοῦν 6× (4.8%)

ὀστέων 6× (4.7%)

ἡμέρασ 4× (2.6%)

ταύτῃ 3× (2.2%)

--- 3× (2.6%)

ὀστέα 3× (2.2%)

σήμερον 3× (1.9%)

היום הַיּוֹם

the Day/Today

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

יום

yôwm

Definition

a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)

Root

from an unused root meaning to be hot;

Exhaustive

from an unused root meaning to be hot; a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb); age, [phrase] always, [phrase] chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), [phrase] elder, [idiom] end, [phrase] evening, [phrase] (for) ever(-lasting, -more), [idiom] full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, [phrase] old, [phrase] outlived, [phrase] perpetually, presently, [phrase] remaineth, [idiom] required, season, [idiom] since, space, then, (process of) time, [phrase] as at other times, [phrase] in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), [idiom] whole ([phrase] age), (full) year(-ly), [phrase] younger.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H3117

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

יוֹם

noun masculine • Root ימם • Strongs / High • Page 595

brightness, splendour, shining, light. hence 1. the day (the period of light), opposed to night; can also mean mid-day. 2. the civil day, including night.

יוֹם

noun masculine • Root יום • Strongs / High • Page 596

Day; also used metaphorically for a specific time or event, such as birth-day, day of punishment, day of death, the present time, or the end of life.

יוֹם

noun masculine (aramaic) • Root יום • Strongs / High • Page 596

Aramaic (Chaldee) word for 'day', with the same variety of senses as the Hebrew.

יוֹם

noun / masculine • Root ימם • Strongs / High • Page 612

1. clearness, light. 2. day (including the night). The plural form יָמִים can also mean a short time, an indefinite time, or a long time.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

יוֹם

m. prim. dec. i. • Page 277

1. day. Phrases: הַיּוֹם (this day; to-day, 1 Sam. 12:17); בְּיוֹם (on the day when, Gen 2:17); כְּיוֹם (now, Gen. 25:31); יוֹם יוֹם (daily, Neh. 8:18); מִיּוֹם (from the day on, Ex. 10:6). Special uses: a day of misfortune (Obad. 12), a day of prosperity or festival (Hos. 7:5), and the day of Jehovah/judgment (Joel 1:15). 2. time generally (Gen. 39: 11).

יוֹם

noun masculine • Page 278

Day. (1) Specially days of one's life (Gen. 6:3, Gen. 43:9, Sam. 25:28). (2) Time generally (Gen. 47:8, Ex. 2:11, Judg. 18:1). (3) Some or several days (Neh. 1:4, Dan. 8:27, Gen. 40:4). (4) A year (Lev. 25:29, Judg. 17:10, 1 Sam. 2:19).

יוֹם

m. chald. • Page 278

Day, as in Heb. Plural יוֹמִין, emphatic יוֹמַיָּא. (Ezra 4:15, 19).

Particle definite article, Noun common both singular absolute

LXX: ἡμέρᾳ ἡμέρασ σήμερον ἡμέραν ἡμερῶν

LXX Usage Statistics

H3117:

ἡμέρᾳ 574× (20.2%)

ἡμέρασ 571× (23.8%)

σήμερον 204× (9.1%)

ἡμέραν 171× (6.9%)

ἡμερῶν 153× (6.4%)

ἡμέρα 135× (5.4%)

ἡμέραισ 133× (4.6%)

ἡμέραι 116× (4.7%)

--- 51× (2.4%)

'' 46× (1.8%)

הזה הַזֶּה׃

this one

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

זה

zeh

Definition

the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that

Root

a primitive word;

Exhaustive

a primitive word; the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that; he, [idiom] hence, [idiom] here, it(-self), [idiom] now, [idiom] of him, the one...the other, [idiom] than the other, ([idiom] out of) the (self) same, such (a one) that, these, this (hath, man), on this side...on that side, [idiom] thus, very, which. Compare זאת, זה, זו, זו.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H2088

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

זֶה

demonstrative pronoun / relative pronoun / particle • Root ז • Strongs / High • Page 425

A multi-purpose word. I. As a demonstrative pronoun: this, referring to what is present. II. As a relative pronoun: who, that, which. III. As a demonstrative particle appended to interrogatives for emphasis, or to denote manner ('how'), location ('here', 'there'), or time ('now', 'just now').

זֶה

noun masculine • Strongs / High • Page 425

A collateral form of שֶׂה (lamb or sheep), found only in 1 Samuel 17:34.

זֶה

pronoun • Strongs / High • Page 427

A demonstrative pronoun ('this') or relative pronoun ('that which'), used without distinction of gender or number. It can refer to masculine, feminine, or neuter antecedents.

זֶה

pronominal stem • Strongs / High • Page 431

(pronominal stem; not used) pron. demonstr. same as זֶה, forming with a prosthetic the time-particle אָז, which form also exists in the Aramaean אֱדַיִן.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

הֹזֶה

verb • Page 184

To dream, to speak in one’s sleep (Is. 56:10).

זֶה

pronoun • Page 197

1. this. When doubled, one...the other, 1 K. 22:20, Is. 6:3. Sometimes implies contempt, like the Greek οὗτος, Ex. 32:1. 2. more rarely in poetry as a relative, who, like the Germ. der. Ps. 104:8. 3. here, for בָּזֶה in hoc scil. loco. Gen. 28:17. Hence מִזֶּה, hence, 37:17.

Particle definite article, Particle demonstrative

LXX: τοῦτο τοῦτον οὗτοσ τούτου τούτῳ

LXX Usage Statistics

H2088:

τοῦτο 223× (14.4%)

τοῦτον 126× (8.3%)

οὗτοσ 96× (6.2%)

τούτου 95× (6.1%)

τούτῳ 74× (4.9%)

'' 63× (3.5%)

ταύτησ 56× (3.6%)

ταύτῃ 52× (3.2%)

'' 39× (2.2%)

αὕτη 39× (2.6%)

RBT Translation:

No verse found

RBT Paraphrase:
No verse found

Julia Smith Literal 1876 Translation:
And they will eat from the grain of the land from the morrow of the passover, unleavened and roasted in the self-same day.

LITV Translation:
And they ate the old grain of the land on the morrow of the Passover, unleavened bread and roasted grain , in this same day.

Brenton Septuagint Translation:
And they ate of the grain of the earth unleavened and new corn.