Judges 16:22

Paleo Hebrew Niqqud

RBT Hebrew Interlinear:

ויחל וַיָּחֶל

and he is piercing through/beginning

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

חלל

châlal

Definition

properly, to bore, i.e. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (as if by an 'opening wedge'); to play (the flute)

Root

a primitive root (compare H2470 (חלה)); also denominative (from H2485 (חליל))

Exhaustive

a primitive root (compare חלה); also denominative (from חליל); properly, to bore, i.e. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (as if by an 'opening wedge'); to play (the flute); begin ([idiom] men began), defile, [idiom] break, defile, [idiom] eat (as common things), [idiom] first, [idiom] gather the grape thereof, [idiom] take inheritance, pipe, player on instruments, pollute, (cast as) profane (self), prostitute, slay (slain), sorrow, stain, wound.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H2490

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חָלַל

verb • Root חלל • Strongs / High • Page 490

1. (intransitive) To be bored through, perforated, pierced; figuratively, to be wounded or injured. 2. (metaphorically, unused in Qal) To be torn asunder, loosened, open, free, permitted, profane, common, unhallowed. 3. (figuratively, unused in Qal) To loosen, open, i.e., to begin.

חָלַל

verb • Root חלל • Strongs / High • Page 490

To turn in a circle, to round. (Marked as 'not used').

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

חָלַל

verb • Root חלל • Page 230

1. to bore or pierce through; intrans. to be pierced through or wounded. Ps. 109:22. 2. to loose, to open, to break. Pi. (Piel): 1. to wound, smite. Ezek. 28:9. 2. to break, violate (a covenant). Ps. 55:20. 3. to open, make common (to prostitute). Lev. 19:29. 4. to profane, pollute, defile (the priest, sanctuary, sabbath, name of God). Ex. 31:14; Lev. 18:21; Gen. 49:4. Pu. (Pual): pass. of Piel no 1 and 4. Ezek. 32:26; 36:23. Niph. (Niphal): pass. of Pi. no 4. Ezek. 7:24. Hiph. (Hiphil): 1. to loose, set free. Hos. 8:10. 2. to break or violate (a promise). Num. 30:3. 3. to profane. Ezek. 39:7. 4. to open, to begin. Gen. 10:8; Deut. 2:25; 1 Sam. 3:12.

חָלַל

m. verbal adj. • Root חלל • Page 231

Pierced through; mortally wounded; slain in battle. Also refers to something profane or unholy. Refs: Job 24:12, Ps. 69:27, Jer. 51:22, Deut. 21:1, Num. 19:16, Lam. 4:9, Is. 22:2, Ezek. 21:30, Lev. 21:7.

conjunctive, Verb Hiphil sequential imperfect third person masculine singular

LXX: ἤρξατο ἤρξαντο ἐβεβήλουν ἐβεβήλωσαν βεβηλώσουσιν

LXX Usage Statistics

H2490c:

ἤρξατο 18× (12.3%)

ἤρξαντο 10× (6.8%)

ἐβεβήλουν 8× (5.5%)

ἐβεβήλωσαν 6× (4.1%)

βεβηλώσουσιν 5× (3.5%)

βεβηλώσει 4× (2.9%)

βεβηλωθῇ 4× (2.9%)

βεβηλώσετε 4× (2.7%)

ἐβεβήλωσεν 3× (2.2%)

--- 3× (2.2%)

שער שְׂעַר־

gate/hair/shuddered

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

שער

sêʻâr

Definition

hair (as if tossed or bristling)

Root

or שער; (Isaiah 7:20), from H8175 (שער) in the sense of dishevelling;

Exhaustive

or שער; (Isaiah 7:20), from שער in the sense of dishevelling; hair (as if tossed or bristling); hair(-y), [idiom] rough.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H8181

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שֵׂעָר

noun masculine • Root שער , , • Strongs / High • Page 1466

1. Hair (from שַׁעַר I). 2. (from שַׁעַר II) A storm, a stormy wind. 3. (from שַׁעַר III) Shuddering, amazement.

שֵׂעָר

unknown • Root שער • Strongs / High • Page 1467

A hair-mantle, i.e. of fur or skin; hence, one clad in a hairy mantle.

שֵׂעָר

noun masculine • Strongs / High • Page 1467

The hair, especially the hair of the head (Aramaic).

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

שֹׁעֵר

adjective • Page 694

vile, mean, detestable, spoken of figs. Jer. 29: 17.

שֵׂעָר

noun masculine • Root שער • Page 642

hair. Lev. 13:3 ff. Used collectively. 'אִישׁ בַּעַל שֵׂעָר' a hairy or rough man, 2 K. 1:8. See שְׂעָרָה.

Noun common both singular construct

LXX: θρὶξ τρίχα τρίχωμά τριχὸσ τρίχασ

LXX Usage Statistics

H8181:

θρὶξ 10× (33.7%)

τρίχα 6× (21.1%)

τρίχωμά 2× (7.8%)

τριχὸσ 2× (6.6%)

τρίχασ 2× (6.0%)

ראשו רֹאשׁוֹ

the head of himself

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ראש

rôʼsh

Definition

the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)

Root

from an unused root apparently meaning to shake;

Exhaustive

from an unused root apparently meaning to shake; the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.); band, beginning, captain, chapiter, chief(-est place, man, things), company, end, [idiom] every (man), excellent, first, forefront, (be-)head, height, (on) high(-est part, (priest)), [idiom] lead, [idiom] poor, principal, ruler, sum, top.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H7218

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

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רֹאשׁ

noun • Strongs / High • Page 1330

Poppy (reference to DEUT. 32, 32).

רֹאשׁ

noun / masculine • Root ראש • Strongs / High • Page 1311

1. Prop. skull; hence head, of men or animals. 2. Metaphor of things: the point, summit, capital, scepter, the highest. Fig. principal, highest (as of oil or feelings), a prince, king, principal person. The sum, total, multitude. The foremost, first, beginning.

רֹאשׁ

noun masculine • Root ראש • Strongs / High • Page 1312

1. Source of a river; beginning, commencement (of time). 2. Poison (רוֹשׁ), poisonous berries/water; fig. viciousness.

רֹאשׁ

noun proper • Strongs / High • Page 1312

n. p. of a people (Rosh) belonging to the Scythian king Gog, dwelling in the high north (identified by some classical writers with Russians/Roxolani).

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

רָאשׁ

adjective • Page 602

poor. See רוּשׁ.

רֹאשׁ

noun masculine • Root ראש ראש • Page 603

1. a head. —נָתַן בְּרֹאשׁ to let come on the head of any one, Ezek. 9: 10, 11: 21. בְּרֵאשֵׁינוּ with the danger of our heads, 1 Chr. 12: 19. 2. the first or highest in its kind. Hence (1.) a head, chief, leader (1 Sam. 15: 17, Ex. 6: 14, 25). (2.) a chief city, metropolis (Josh. 11: 10). (3.) the highest place, first rank—כֹּהֵן הָרֹאשׁ the high-priest (2 Chr. 19: 11). (4.) the top or highest part, as of a mountain (Gen. 8: 5), of a tower (Gen. 11: 4). Metaphorically רֹאשׁ שִׂמְחָה the highest joy (Ps. 137: 6). 3. the first; e. g. רֹאשׁ הַחֳדָשִׁים the first month (Ex. 12: 2). 4. the sum, the whole number (Lev. 5: 24, Ps. 119: 160). 5. a company, multitude, host (Judg. 7: 16, 1 Sam. 11: 11).

רֹאשׁ

prop. er name • Page 603

Proper name of a Scythian people, mentioned in connexion with Meshech and Tubal, in the northern parts of Asia Minor (Ezek. 38: 2, 3. 39: 1). The Byzantine writers speak of a rude and savage people about the northern Taurus, called Pōs, (Russians?).

Noun common both singular construct, Suffix pronominal third person masculine singular

LXX: κεφαλὴν κεφαλῆσ ἄρχοντεσ κεφαλήν κεφαλὰσ

LXX Usage Statistics

H7218a:

κεφαλὴν 123× (18.7%)

κεφαλῆσ 55× (8.5%)

ἄρχοντεσ 50× (8.4%)

κεφαλήν 34× (5.2%)

κεφαλὰσ 29× (4.4%)

ἄρχων 21× (3.4%)

κεφαλὴ 19× (2.8%)

ἀρχῆσ 15× (2.3%)

κορυφῆσ 14× (2.0%)

κορυφὴν 13× (2.0%)

לצמח לְצַמֵּחַ

to spring forth

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ל

lə

Definition

to, for

Root

A primitive particle; a prefix

Exhaustive

(lamed) — to / toward / for

Core value: orientation, directionality, belonging
ל is often mistranslated as purpose (“in order to”), but that smuggles in future-time. In reality, ל marks:
- movement toward,
- dedication unto,
- reference with respect to.
Aonically, ל is vectorial, not teleological.
not “for the sake of a future outcome”
but “oriented toward a locus or pole.”
This is why possession (“belongs to”) and motion (“toward”) use the same preposition: both indicate relational alignment, not time.

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

צמח

tsâmach

Definition

to sprout (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative)

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

a primitive root; to sprout (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative); bear, bring forth, (cause to, make to) bud (forth), (cause to, make to) grow (again, up), (cause to) spring (forth, up).

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H6779

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צָמַח

verb • Root צמח • Strongs / High • Page 1235

(Part. צֹמֵחַ, fut. יִצְמַח) intr. to sprout forth, to grow up, of plants, of hair; figur. to arise anew, to grow up, of men; to prosper, become strong, of a people; to arise, to be developed, of events.

צָמַח

verb • Root צמח • Strongs / High • Page 1236

To shine; metaphorically to sprout, to grow. The organic root is identical to נָצַץ.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

צָמַח

verb • Page 570

To sprout or spring up; spoken of plants, hair, and metaphorically of new occurrences, deliverance or salvation. Gen. 2:5; Is. 42:9; 45:8.

Preposition, Verb Piel infinitive construct common

LXX: ἀνατελεῖ ἀνατεῖλαι ἀνέτειλεν ἀνεφύοντο ἀναβλαστήσει

LXX Usage Statistics

H6779:

ἀνατελεῖ 6× (19.5%)

ἀνατεῖλαι 5× (14.8%)

ἀνέτειλεν 3× (9.3%)

ἀνεφύοντο 2× (6.5%)

ἀναβλαστήσει 2× (6.5%)

כאשר כַּאֲשֶׁר

as when

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

כ

kə

Definition

like, as

Root

A primitive particle; a prefix Derived terms כאשר‎ (ka'ashér) כמו‎ (k'mó) כמות‎ (k'mót) כש־‎ (k'she-)

Exhaustive

(kaph) — as / like / according to

Core value: correspondence, patterning, resonance
כ never asserts identity. It asserts alignment.
- likeness,
- proportionality,
- conformity to a form.
Aonically, כ signals phase-alignment, not comparison.
not “like X in appearance” but “operating according to the same pattern as X.”
This is why prophetic and poetic language leans heavily on כ: it encodes structural analogy across layers, not metaphor.

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

אשר

ʼăsher

Definition

who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.

Root

a primitive relative pronoun (of every gender and number);

Exhaustive

a primitive relative pronoun (of every gender and number); who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.; [idiom] after, [idiom] alike, as (soon as), because, [idiom] every, for, [phrase] forasmuch, [phrase] from whence, [phrase] how(-soever), [idiom] if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), [idiom] though, [phrase] until, [phrase] whatsoever, when, where ([phrase] -as, -in, -of, -on, -soever, -with), which, whilst, [phrase] whither(-soever), who(-m, -soever, -se). As it is indeclinable, it is often accompanied by the personal pronoun expletively, used to show the connection.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H834

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אֲשֶׁר

noun proper • Root אשיר אשר • Lemma_Lookup • Page 204

Proper name of a city east of Shechem, on the border of Manasseh.

אֲשֶׁר

pronoun relative • Lemma_Lookup • Page 204

Relative pronoun: who, which; forming the relative in prose.

אֲשֶׁר

relative particle • Lemma_Lookup • Page 205

A relative particle or pronoun (who, which, that). It serves to connect a following clause with a preceding noun or pronoun. It can function as the subject or object within its clause (often supplemented by a pronominal suffix). In the accusative, it acts as a subordinate conjunction expressing relations of place (where, whither), time (when), and manner (as, that). It forms various compound conjunctions with prepositions, such as עַל אֲשֶׁר (wherefore, because), בְּכֹל אֲשֶׁר (wherever), and כַּאֲשֶׁר (as).

אֲשֶׁר

pronoun relative / conjunction • Lemma_Lookup • Page 206

Relative pronoun and conjunction: that, which, where, so that, because, in order that. Used to express object and design, clauses relating to time (when), or causal relationships.

אֲשַׁר

verb • Root אשר • Lemma_Lookup • Page 212

(not used) Aram. equivalent to Hebr אֶתֶר.

אֲשֻׁר

masc. / fem. • Root אשר אשר • Lemma_Lookup • Page 204

1. A tree, commonly sherbin-cedar, larch, or box-tree. 2. A step, walk.

אֶשֶׁר

noun masculine • Root אשר • Lemma_Lookup • Page 203

Name of a tree; also the proper name of a city.

אֶשֶׁר

noun masculine / noun proper • Root אשר • Lemma_Lookup • Page 203

Happy; used as a proper name Asher (son of Jacob and the tribe named after him).

אֶשֶׁר

noun masculine • Root אשר • Lemma_Lookup • Page 204

Fortune, happiness; hence as an interjection in the construct state: hail! happy!

אָשֵׁר

verb • Lemma_Lookup • Page 203

To be connected, united (equivalent to אָסַר).

אָשַׁר

verb • Lemma_Lookup • Page 203

To go about, run about; to go, to walk, to step along.

אָשַׁר

verb • Root אשר • Lemma_Lookup • Page 203

To be united, by love, marriage, etc.; to be firm, strong, pressed together.

אָשַׁר

verb • Root ישר • Lemma_Lookup • Page 203

To be straight (even of a way); in a moral sense: to be right, honest, upright; to be prosperous, happy.

אָשַׁר

verb • Root עשר • Lemma_Lookup • Page 1143

(which see); Ar. the same, hence עָשִׁיר a spouse, an associate. Deriv. אֲשֵׁרָה, עֲשֵׁרָה, עָשִׁירָה.

אָשֻׁר

noun masculine • Root אשר • Lemma_Lookup • Page 204

Step, walk.

אֹשֶׁר

noun masculine • Lemma_Lookup • Page 204

Prosperity.

אֻשַּׁר

verb • Lemma_Lookup • Page 203

To be led, guided.

אֲשֶׁר אַחֲרֵי־כֵן

adverbial phrase • Lemma_Lookup • Page 708

After that.

אֲשַׂרְאֵל

noun proper masculine • Root אשר • Lemma_Lookup • Page 206

Proper noun, masculine. ('El is allied). Found in 1 Chr. 4, 16. Equivalent to the Phenician Osiris, an epithet of Ba'al.

אֲשַׂרְאֵלָה

noun proper masculine • Root אשר אלה • Lemma_Lookup • Page 206

Proper noun, masculine. Found in 1 Chr. 25, 2. A variant reading is יְשַׂרְאֵלָה (Jesharelah).

אֲשֵׁרָה

noun feminine • Lemma_Lookup • Page 206

Name of a Phenician goddess, sometimes identified with the Sidonian Astarte; also refers to the wooden image/pillar of the goddess standing beside the altar of Ba'al.

אָשֵׁרִי

adjective • Lemma_Lookup • Page 204

Gentile of Asher; Asherite.

אֲשְׂרִיאֵל

noun proper masculine • Lemma_Lookup • Page 207

Proper name of a man (Num. 26:31; Josh. 17:2).

אֲשֵׁרִים

noun masculine plural • Lemma_Lookup • Page 207

Male images of Baal, of wood, symbolising Baal as a generating power, and distinct from images of Ashera.

אֻשַּׁרְנָא

noun masculine (aramaic) • Root אשר • Lemma_Lookup • Page 207

A wall (Ezr. 5:3), properly a firm thing. Formed from אָשַׁר with the termination na.

אֲשֶׁר עַל־הַבַּיִת

phrase • Lemma_Lookup • Page 238

head of the palace, minister of the court

אֶת־אֲשֶׁר

relative phrase • Lemma_Lookup • Page 87

the person whom or the thing which

כַּאֲשֶׁר

conjunction • Root אשר • Lemma_Lookup • Page 669

as, when, according as, since.

תְּלַאשַּׂר

unknown • Lemma_Lookup • Page 1515

see תְּלָאשֶׁר.

תְּלָאשָׂר

noun proper • Root תל אשר • Lemma_Lookup • Page 1513

(as also תְּלַשַּׁר Is. 37, 12, also in mss. תְּלַסַּר) n. p. of a Mesopotamian province and city, inhabited by the בְּנֵי עֶדֶן, and formerly subject to Assyria Is. 37, 12; 2 Kings 19, 12. The word has arisen from תֵּל and אָשָׁר = אָשׂוּר.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

אֲשֶׁר

pronoun relative • Page 79

Relative pronoun: who, which, that. Used for both genders and numbers. Often acts as a sign of relation for other pronouns and adverbs (e.g., אֲשֶׁר-שָׁם 'where', אֲשֶׁר-מִשָּׁם 'whence').

אֲשֶׁר

adv. or conjunction • Page 80

Used as an adverb or conjunction; signifies (1.) *that, to the end that, ut*; (2.) *that, how that, quod*; (3.) *because*; (4.) *if*; (5.) *for*; (6.) *when*; (7.) *as*; (8.) *where*. References include Gen. 11:7, Deut. 4:40, Ex. 11:7, Jos. 2:10, 1 Sam. 24:19, 1 K. 8:33, Lev. 4:22, Jer. 33:22, Num. 20:13.

אֶשֶׁר

noun • Page 79

Happiness, prosperity; found only in the plural construct אַשְׁרֵי (the happinesses of). (Ps. 1:1, 2:12, 32:1, 33:12; Prov. 3:13, 8:34; Deut. 33:29).

אֶשֶׁר

noun masculine • Root אשר • Page 80

*Prosperity*. Reference: Gen. 30:13.

אָשֵׁר

m. proper name • Page 79

1. A son of Jacob, progenitor of one of the tribes of Israel. 2. A city not far from Shechem (Josh. 17:7).

אָשַׁר

verb • Root ישר • Page 79

1. To go straight, proceed (Prov. 9:6). 2. To be right, suitable, successful, or prosperous (Hab. 2:4). Pi.: To lead or guide straight (Prov. 23:19; Is. 1:17). Pu.: To be guided or pronounced happy (Ps. 41:3; Prov. 3:18).

Preposition, Particle relative

LXX:

LXX Usage Statistics

H0834d:

No stats available

גלחפ גֻּלָּח׃פ

he was shaved bald

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

גלח

gâlach

Definition

properly, to be bald, i.e. (causatively) to shave; figuratively to lay waste

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

a primitive root; properly, to be bald, i.e. (causatively) to shave; figuratively to lay waste; poll, shave (off).

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H1548

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גָּלַח

verb • Root גלח • Lemma_Lookup • Page 326

Kal (unused): to be bare, smooth, naked. Piel (גִּלַּח): to make bald, to shave off. Pual (גֻּלַּח): passive, to be shaved. Hithpael (הִתְגַּלַּח): to shave oneself.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

גָּלַח

verb • Page 140

To shave the beard (2 Sam. 10:4) or the hair of the head (2 Sam. 14:26, Num. 6:9). Pu. to be shaven (Judg. 16:17). Hithpa. to shave one's self (Lev. 13:33).

Verb Pual perfect third person masculine singular

LXX: ξυρηθήσεται ἐξύρησεν ξυρήσονται ξυρήσεται

LXX Usage Statistics

H1548:

ξυρηθήσεται 6× (27.7%)

ἐξύρησεν 3× (12.4%)

ξυρήσονται 2× (9.7%)

ξυρήσεται 2× (8.3%)

RBT Translation:

and he is piercing through/beginning gate/hair the head of himself to spring forth as when he was shaved bald

RBT Paraphrase:
And the hair the head of himself is beginning to spring forth as when he was shaved bald.

Julia Smith Literal 1876 Translation:
And the hair of his head will begin to grow as when he was shaven.

LITV Translation:
But the hair of his head began to grow, for he had been shaved.

Brenton Septuagint Translation:
And the hair of his head began to grow as before it was shaven.