Leviticus 17:15

Paleo Hebrew Niqqud

RBT Hebrew Interlinear:

וכל וְכָל־

and every/all

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

כל

kôl

Definition

properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

Root

or (Jeremiah 33:8) כול; from H3634 (כלל);

Exhaustive

or (Jeremiah 33:8) כול; from כלל; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense); (in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H3605

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

כֹּל

noun / masculine • Root כלל • Strongs / High • Page 695

Properly 'all, whole, totality'. 1. Used adjectivally to mean 'all' or 'the whole of', as in 'all the earth'. 2. Describes a plurality of individual persons or things, translated as 'all'.

כֹּל

substantive / adverb • Root כלל • Strongs / High • Page 696

A substantive meaning all, the whole, every, any. When used with a negative, it means none at all. It can also function as an adverb meaning wholly or altogether.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

כֹּל

chald. • Page 316

Same as Hebrew (all, every). Often appears with Makkeph as -כֹּל. References: Dan. 2:40, 4:9, 18, 25.

כֹּל

m. verbal • Root כלל • Page 315

A substantive meaning 'all', 'the whole', or 'totality'. Frequently used as an adjective (Jer. 33:8). 1. all. 2. every one.

Conjunction, Noun common both singular construct

LXX: πάντα πᾶσ πάντεσ πᾶν πάντασ

LXX Usage Statistics

H3605:

πάντα 921× (17.0%)

πᾶσ 451× (8.4%)

πάντεσ 441× (8.4%)

πᾶν 351× (6.5%)

πάντασ 297× (5.6%)

πᾶσαν 267× (4.9%)

πάντων 242× (4.4%)

πάσασ 230× (4.4%)

--- 227× (4.5%)

πᾶσα 214× (4.0%)

נפש נֶ֗פֶשׁ

soul

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

נפש

nephesh

Definition

properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)

Root

from H5314 (נפש);

Exhaustive

from נפש; properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental); any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, [idiom] dead(-ly), desire, [idiom] (dis-) contented, [idiom] fish, ghost, [phrase] greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, [idiom] jeopardy of) life ([idiom] in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-) self, them (your) -selves, [phrase] slay, soul, [phrase] tablet, they, thing, ([idiom] she) will, [idiom] would have it.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H5315

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

נֶפֶשׁ

noun / feminine • Root נפש • Strongs / High • Page 982

A breath, respiration. 1. Breath of life, vital power, life, the animal life. 2. The soul or spirit, which gives life and has needs and feelings. 3. A living being, a creature, an individual, a person, a slave, a corpse. 4. Self, used reflexively. Also used to denote the seat of affections like love, joy, fear, piety, courage, and as the seat of various states like lamentation, hunger, thirst, etc.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

נֶפֶשׁ

com. gen. but more frequently fem. • Root נפש • Page 451

1. breath (Job 41:13); 2. life, the vital principle in animal bodies, anima (Gen. 35:18, 1 K. 17:21); 3. a living being, particularly spoken of men and sometimes slaves (Josh. 10:28, Gen. 1:20, 12:5); 4. the soul, spirit, as the seat of the volitions and affections (Deut. 26:16, Cant. 1:7); 5. desire, including the desire of eating or hunger (Gen. 23:8, Prov. 6:30, 13:4); 6. scent, fragrancy, odour (Is. 3:20).

Noun common both singular absolute

LXX: ψυχή ψυχήν ψυχὴν ψυχὴ ψυχῆσ

LXX Usage Statistics

H5315:

ψυχή 126× (15.5%)

ψυχήν 119× (14.6%)

ψυχὴν 89× (11.4%)

ψυχὴ 88× (10.9%)

ψυχῆσ 82× (10.3%)

ψυχῇ 55× (6.9%)

ψυχὰσ 38× (4.8%)

ψυχαὶ 21× (2.8%)

ψυχαῖσ 17× (2.1%)

'' 15× (1.9%)

אשר אֲשֶׁר

who/which

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

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

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

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).

Particle relative

LXX:

LXX Usage Statistics

H0834a:

No stats available

תאכל תֹּאכַל

she/you is eating

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

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).

Verb Qal imperfect third person feminine singular

LXX:

LXX Usage Statistics

H0398:

No stats available

נבלה נְבֵלָה

a folly

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

נבלה

nᵉbêlâh

Definition

a flabby thing, i.e. a carcase or carrion (human or bestial, often collectively); figuratively, an idol

Root

from H5034 (נבל);

Exhaustive

from נבל; a flabby thing, i.e. a carcase or carrion (human or bestial, often collectively); figuratively, an idol; (dead) body, (dead) carcase, dead of itself, which died, (beast) that (which) dieth of itself.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H5038

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

נְבֵלָה

noun feminine • Root נבל • Strongs / High • Page 939

Properly the sunk, the fallen; hence a corpse, of humans or animals; a cadaver. Metaphorically, an inanimate idol-image.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

נְבֵלָה

f. const. נִבְלַת • Root נבל • Page 424

a corpse (of a man,) Is. 26:19. a carcase (of an animal,) Lev. 5:2; 7:24. Used by way of reproach of idols, Jer. 16:18. (Lev. 26:30).

Noun common feminine singular absolute

LXX: θνησιμαίων θνησιμαῖον σῶμα θνησιμαῖα νεκροὶ

LXX Usage Statistics

H5038:

θνησιμαίων 17× (35.0%)

θνησιμαῖον 9× (20.2%)

σῶμα 8× (17.0%)

θνησιμαῖα 4× (8.1%)

νεκροὶ 3× (6.4%)

וטרפה וּטְרֵפָה

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

טרפה

ṭᵉrêphâh

Definition

prey, i.e. flocks devoured by animals

Root

feminine (collectively) of H2964 (טרף);

Exhaustive

feminine (collectively) of טרף; prey, i.e. flocks devoured by animals; ravin, (that which was) torn (of beasts, in pieces).

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H2966

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

טְרֵפָה

noun feminine • Root טרף • Strongs / High • Page 567

what is torn by wild beasts; forbidden for food like נְבֵלָה; booty, of wild beasts.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

טְרֵפָה

f. verbal from טָרַף • Root טרף • Page 266

something torn in pieces by wild animals. References: Gen. 31:39; Ex. 22:12, 30; Lev. 7:24.

Conjunction, Noun common feminine singular absolute

LXX: θηριάλωτον

LXX Usage Statistics

H2966:

θηριάλωτον 7× (77.6%)

באזרח בָּאֶזְרָח

None

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

אזרח

ʼezrâch

Definition

a spontaneous growth, i.e. native (tree or persons)

Root

from H2224 (זרח) (in the sense of springing up);

Exhaustive

from זרח (in the sense of springing up); a spontaneous growth, i.e. native (tree or persons); bay tree, (home-) born (in the land), of the (one's own) country (nation).

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H249

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

אֶזְרָח

adjective • Strongs_Numbers • Page 42

native

אֶזְרָח

noun masculine • Root זרח • Strongs_Numbers • Page 93

1. Native, born in a country, spoken of men; applied to things: inborn, native; spoken of a tree which grows in its own soil and has not been transplanted. 2. Equivalent to the proper name Zerah.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

אֶזְרָח

m. verbal • Root זרח • Page 36

1. a tree still standing in its original soil and not transplanted (Ps. 37:35). 2. a native, one born in a place, not a foreigner, indigena (Lev. 16:29, 18:26).

Preposition -Within Art, Noun common both singular absolute

LXX:

LXX Usage Statistics

H0249:

No stats available

ובגר וּבַגֵּר

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

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

גר

gêr

Definition

properly, a guest; by implication, a foreigner

Root

or (fully) geyr (gare); from H1481 (גור);

Exhaustive

or (fully) geyr (gare); from גור; properly, a guest; by implication, a foreigner; alien, sojourner, stranger.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H1616

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

גִּר

noun / masculine • Root גור • Consonantal / Medium • Page 337

Lime.

Matched via consonantal key only

גֵּר

noun / masculine • Root גור • Consonantal / Medium • Page 337

A stranger, foreigner, sojourner; one who abides in a foreign land. Figuratively, a pilgrim or a protégé deserving protection.

Matched via consonantal key only

גֵּר

noun / masculine • Root גור • Consonantal / Medium • Page 337

Same as גֵּרָה; a lion's whelp or cub.

Matched via consonantal key only

גָּר

adjective / noun • Root גור • Consonantal / Medium • Page 337

1. (adjective) Dwelling, abiding. Poetically, an inhabitant of the earth, a man. 2. (substantive) A strange shepherd.

Matched via consonantal key only

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

גֵּר

noun masculine • Root גור • Page 146

inmate, lodger, sojourner. References: Job 19:15. Ex. 3:22. (Fem. גֵּרָה)

גֵּר

noun • Page 146

perhaps the foot of a mountain. Reference: Job 28:4.

גֹּר

noun masculine • Root גור • Page 146

a stranger. Participial noun.

Conjunction, Preposition, Noun common both singular absolute

LXX: προσήλυτοσ προσηλύτῳ προσήλυτον προσηλύτου πάροικοσ

LXX Usage Statistics

H1616:

προσήλυτοσ 19× (18.0%)

προσηλύτῳ 18× (17.0%)

προσήλυτον 10× (9.5%)

προσηλύτου 7× (8.1%)

πάροικοσ 6× (7.2%)

προσήλυτοι 6× (7.0%)

προσηλύτων 6× (5.4%)

προσηλύτοισ 6× (5.0%)

προσηλύτουσ 3× (3.1%)

וכבס וְכִבֶּס

None

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

כבס

kâbaç

Definition

to trample; hence, to wash (properly, by stamping with the feet), whether literal (including the fulling process) or figurative

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

a primitive root; to trample; hence, to wash (properly, by stamping with the feet), whether literal (including the fulling process) or figurative; fuller, wash(-ing).

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H3526

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

כָּבַס

verb / transitive • Root כבס • Strongs / High • Page 674

(in Kal only part. m. כֹּבֵס) To tread (with the feet), to stamp upon clothes (in order to clean them); hence to full, to wash.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

כָּבַס

verb • Page 308

*to wash, cleanse*, namely, clothes. In Kal only part. כּוֹבֵס Is. 7:3. Pi. metaphorically *to purify the heart*. Ps. 51:4, 9. Jer. 4:14. Pu. pass. Lev. 13:58. Hothpa. pass. Lev. 13:55, 56.

conjunctive, Verb Piel sequential perfect third person masculine singular

LXX: πλυνεῖ πλυθήσεται γναφέωσ πλυνάμενοσ πλυθῆναι

LXX Usage Statistics

H3526:

πλυνεῖ 28× (55.4%)

πλυθήσεται 4× (7.6%)

γναφέωσ 3× (5.3%)

πλυνάμενοσ 2× (3.5%)

πλυθῆναι 2× (3.5%)

בגדיו בְּגָדָ֜יו

in the hand

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

בגד

beged

Definition

a covering, i.e. clothing; also treachery or pillage

Root

from H898 (בגד);

Exhaustive

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H899

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

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

בֶּגֶד

noun masculine • Root בגד • Lemma_Lookup • Page 218

1. Covering, clothing in the proper and usual sense; a tegument over the sacred vessels; in particular a kind of upper-garment. 2. Covering, deceit, faithlessness, treachery, robbery.

בָּגַד

verb • Lemma_Lookup • Page 218

1. (not used) to cover, veil, clothe. 2. To cover, to conceal, then to act covertly, to deceive, deal falsely; to forsake faithlessly; to betray.

בֹּגְדוֹת

noun feminine plural • Lemma_Lookup • Page 218

Treachery, deceit.

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

LXX:

LXX Usage Statistics

H0899b:

No stats available

ורחץ וְרָחַץ

None

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

רחץ

râchats

Definition

to lave (the whole or a part of a thing)

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

a primitive root; to lave (the whole or a part of a thing); bathe (self), wash (self).

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H7364

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

רָחַץ

verb • Root רחץ • Strongs / High • Page 1335

Prop. intr. to bubble up, to flow, to pour out, to swell. 1. tr. to let water flow over a thing, to rinse, to wash (e.g., garments, body, persons, sacrificial flesh). 2. intr. to wash oneself, to bathe.

רָחַץ

noun masculine • Root רחץ • Strongs / High • Page 1335

A washing, a wash-basin (Ps. 60, 10).

רָחַץ

aram. tr. verb (aramaic) • Root רחץ • Strongs / High • Page 1335

(Aram. Peal unused) tr. to catch, to seize; fig. to trust firmly (Targ. for Hebr. בָּטַח).

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

רָחַץ

verb • Root רחץ • Page 616

1. To wash, cleanse the body or flesh (Gen. 18: 4; Ex. 29: 17). 2. To wash one's self, to bathe (Ex. 2: 5; Ruth 3: 3). Pu. רֻחַץ to be washed. Hithpa. to wash one's self.

conjunctive, Verb Qal sequential perfect third person masculine singular

LXX: λούσεται νίψονται νίψαι λοῦσαι λούσηται

LXX Usage Statistics

H7364:

λούσεται 22× (28.1%)

νίψονται 3× (4.5%)

νίψαι 3× (4.2%)

λοῦσαι 2× (3.0%)

λούσηται 2× (3.0%)

πλυνοῦσιν 2× (3.0%)

ἔπλυνεν 2× (2.8%)

ἐνιψάμην 2× (2.8%)

νίψεται 2× (2.8%)

λούσεισ 2× (2.5%)

במים בַּמַּיִם

in the dual waters

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

מים

mayim

Definition

water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen

Root

dual of a primitive noun (but used in a singular sense);

Exhaustive

dual of a primitive noun (but used in a singular sense); water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen; [phrase] piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H4325

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

מַיִם

m. noun • Root מיה • Strongs / High • Page 842

The flowing, pouring, running; hence water (collective noun). Figuratively: juice of a plant, seed, seminal flux, urine.

מַיִם

coll. m. • Strongs / High • Page 845

Water, in the widest sense and with the greatest variety of applications; used for the ocean, sea, lakes, clouds, rain-water, etc. Also used as a figure of multitude, fulness, abundance, numerous enemies, dangers, and fear.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

מַיִם

masc. plur. prim. irreg. • Page 372

1. Water or waters. (Gen. 26:19; Num. 5:17). 2. Seed (Is. 48:1).

Preposition -Within Art, Noun common masculine plural absolute

LXX: ὕδωρ ὕδατοσ ὕδατι ὕδατα ὑδάτων

LXX Usage Statistics

H4325:

ὕδωρ 255× (41.0%)

ὕδατοσ 96× (15.5%)

ὕδατι 65× (10.3%)

ὕδατα 45× (7.3%)

ὑδάτων 37× (6.2%)

ὡσ 17× (2.9%)

--- 17× (3.0%)

---% 7× (1.0%)

ὕδασιν 7× (0.9%)

'' 6× (0.9%)

וטמא וְטָמֵא

None

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

טמא

ṭâmêʼ

Definition

to be foul, especially in a ceremial or moral sense (contaminated)

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

a primitive root; to be foul, especially in a ceremial or moral sense (contaminated); defile (self), pollute (self), be (make, make self, pronounce) unclean, [idiom] utterly.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H2930

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

טָמֵא

verb • Root טמא • Strongs / High • Page 561

Intransitive verb. Properly, to be muddy, dark, obscure, black. Metaphorically, to be dirty, rancid, stinking; to be unclean in a Levitical sense. Figuratively, to be desecrated, to be spiritually unclean.

טָמֵא

verb • Root טמא • Strongs / High • Page 562

A verb with multiple stems. Piel (טִמֵּא): to desecrate, profane, make unclean, defile. Pual (טֻמָּא): passive of Piel, to be made unclean. Hithpael (הִטַּמֵּא): to make oneself unclean. Hothpael (הֻטַּמָּא): to be defiled.

טָמֵא

adjective • Root טמא • Strongs / High • Page 562

Unclean, in a Levitical sense (spoken of men, animals, or things) or in a moral sense (guilty, sinful). As a substantive, it can mean an uncircumcised one, a heathen, or one with unclean lips.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

טָמֵא

verb • Page 263

1. to be or become unclean or impure. Lev. 11: 24 ff. Pi. to render unclean. Pu. pass. Ezek. 4: 14. 2. to pronounce unclean. 3. to permit to be polluted. 4. to deflour, defile.

טָמֵא

verb • Root טמא • Page 263

unclean, impure; in a ceremonial (Lev. 5: 2) or moral (Job 14: 4) sense.

conjunctive, Verb Qal sequential perfect third person masculine singular

LXX: ἔσται ἀκάθαρτοσ μιανεῖ ἀκάθαρτον μιανθήσεται

LXX Usage Statistics

H2930a:

ἔσται 50× (19.9%)

ἀκάθαρτοσ 39× (18.3%)

μιανεῖ 12× (5.4%)

ἀκάθαρτον 10× (4.9%)

μιανθήσεται 9× (4.5%)

ἐμίανεν 8× (3.9%)

ἐμιάνθη 7× (3.3%)

ἐμίαναν 5× (2.4%)

μιαίνεσθε 5× (2.6%)

μεμίανται 4× (2.0%)

עד עַד־

until/perpetually/witness

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

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).

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%)

הערב הָעֶרֶב

the Dusk

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

ערב

ʻereb

Definition

dusk

Root

from H6150 (ערב);

Exhaustive

from ערב; dusk; [phrase] day, even(-ing, tide), night.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H6153

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

עֶרֶב

noun masc. • Root ערב • Strongs / High • Page 1128

1. Proper insertion, intermixing; hence the weft of a web. 2. A mixture, a mixed company.

עֶרֶב

noun masculine • Strongs / High • Page 1129

Multitude, plebs promiscua, a mixture of all sorts of people (Ex. 12, 38); the promiscuous multitude that joined the Israelites. Also refers to foreigners or common people.

עֶרֶב

noun feminine • Root ערב • Strongs / High • Page 1129

Properly, a darkening, hence evening (Gen. 1, 5, 8), opposite בֹּקֶר; time of sunset or still earlier twilight. Used adverbially (at evening, to the evening). Secondary meaning: a wilderness, waste.

עֶרֶב

noun proper / populi • Strongs / High • Page 1129

1. Name of districts and nomad Bedouin tribes of the Arabian desert (Arabia Deserta). 2. Foreigners, mob, mixed multitude (among the Egyptian or Chaldean people).

עֶרֶב

noun proper feminine • Root ערב • Strongs / High • Page 1130

(prop. a steppe, from עָרַב II.) 1. n. p. f. Arabia, the land of the Dedanites, Kedarenes, etc. (Jer. 25, 24). Also, a locality עֶרֶב in Galilee at a later period.

עֶרֶב

unknown • Root ערב • Strongs / High • Page 1130

I. Interpreted as a mixed people, or traced to עָרַב II. and interpreted as 'land of the evening'.

עֶרֶב

noun masculine • Strongs / High • Page 1131

Evening, the time when the sun declines to his setting; specifically the little evening or when it declines to evening till the evening proper (full evening).

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

עֶרֶב

noun masculine • Root ערב • Page 525

The evening. (Gen. 8:11; 24:11; Ex. 16:6). Includes the phrase בֵּין הָעַרְבַּיִם ('between the two evenings'), referring to the time the paschal lamb was slain (Ex. 12:6; Lev. 23:5).

עֶרֶב

noun masculine • Root ערב • Page 525

Willow, willow-tree (salix Babylonica). Found only in the plural עֲרָבִים or as עֲרָבָה. (Is. 44:4; Job 40:22; Ps. 137:2).

Particle definite article, Noun common both singular absolute

LXX: ἑσπέρασ ἑσπέραν δείλησ ἑσπέρα ἀφ'

LXX Usage Statistics

H6153:

ἑσπέρασ 76× (56.2%)

ἑσπέραν 15× (9.4%)

δείλησ 13× (9.4%)

ἑσπέρα 10× (7.8%)

ἀφ' 3× (2.3%)

--- 3× (2.3%)

ἕωσ 3× (2.3%)

δειλινόν 3× (2.0%)

ἑσπερινῆσ 2× (1.4%)

ὀψέ 2× (1.3%)

וטהר וְטָהֵר׃

None

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

טהר

ṭâhêr

Definition

to be pure (physical sound, clear, unadulterated; Levitically, uncontaminated; morally, innocent or holy)

Root

a primitive root; properly, to be bright; i.e. (by implication)

Exhaustive

a primitive root; properly, to be bright; i.e. (by implication); to be pure (physical sound, clear, unadulterated; Levitically, uncontaminated; morally, innocent or holy); be (make, make self, pronounce) clean, cleanse (self), purge, purify(-ier, self).

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H2891

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

טָהֵר

verb • Root טהר • Strongs / High • Page 554

To be bright, shining; hence to make clean, to purify. Metaphorically, to cleanse from leprosy, to dedicate, consecrate, or purify in an ethical sense.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

טָהֵר

verb • Page 260

To be or become pure; in a physical sense (2 K. 5:12, 13), especially in a ceremonial sense (Lev. 7:19; 10:10; 11:36) and in a moral sense (Job 4:17; Prov. 20:9). Pi. טִהֵר: 1. to purify (Ezek. 24:13); 2. to pronounce clean or pure (Lev. 13:13). Hithpa. הִטַּהֵר: to purify one's self (Gen. 35:2).

conjunctive, Verb Qal sequential perfect third person masculine singular

LXX: ἔσται καθαριεῖ καθαρὸσ καθαρίσαι καθαριζομένου

LXX Usage Statistics

H2891:

ἔσται 13× (9.7%)

καθαριεῖ 11× (9.8%)

καθαρὸσ 10× (9.3%)

καθαρίσαι 6× (5.6%)

καθαριζομένου 6× (5.3%)

καθαρισθῇ 4× (4.1%)

καθαριῶ 4× (3.5%)

καθαρισθήσεσθε 3× (2.6%)

--- 3× (3.1%)

καθαρισθήσεται 3× (2.8%)

RBT Translation:

No verse found

RBT Paraphrase:
No verse found

Julia Smith Literal 1876 Translation:
And every soul which shall eat a carcass and torn in pieces among the native or the stranger, and he washed his garments and washed in water, and was unclean till the evening: and he was clean. 16And if he shall not wash his garments, and bathe not his flesh, and he shall bear his iniquity.

LITV Translation:
And any person who eats a dead body or torn thing, be he a native, or an alien, he shall wash his clothes and bathe in water, and be unclean until the evening; then he shall be clean.

Brenton Septuagint Translation:
And every soul which eats that which has died of itself, or is taken of beasts, either among the natives or among the strangers, shall wash his garments, and bathe himself in water, and shall be unclean until evening: then shall he be clean.