Leviticus 19:33

Paleo Hebrew Niqqud

RBT Hebrew Interlinear:

וכי וְכִי־

and that

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

כי

kîy

Definition

(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed

Root

a primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent;

Exhaustive

a primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed; and, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + till, truly, + until, when, whether, while, whom, yea, yet.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H3588

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

כִּי

masculine noun • Root כוה • Strongs / High • Page 690

A prick, mark, stigma; a brand.

כִּי

relative conjunction • Root כי • Strongs / High • Page 690

A pronominal root used as a relative conjunction. 1. usually a relative particle, that, quod, to denote the relation of the preceding to the following clause, such as in indirect and direct speech.

כִּי

particle / conjunction • Strongs / High • Page 691

A versatile particle with several primary meanings. 1. As a conjunction, it can introduce an exclamation, a question, or an emphatic confirmation, and is sometimes translated as 'that'. 2. As a relative particle of time, it means 'when', 'if', 'since', 'as', 'as often as'. 3. As a causal particle, it means 'because' or 'for'. 4. As a particle of consequence, it can mean 'so' or 'then'.

כִּי

conjunction • Strongs / High • Page 692

A relative conjunction with a wide range of meanings depending on context. Causal: 'for', 'because'. Adversative: 'but', 'nay but', 'nay for', 'no', 'but yes', 'but indeed', 'but yet'. Comparative: 'but now'. Concessive: 'although'. Consequential: 'for which reason'.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

כִּי

m. subst. • Root כוה • Page 314

I. a mark burnt in, a brand, stigma. Is. 3: 24.

כִּי

primitive particle • Page 314

II. Probably a relative pronoun, i. q. אֲשֶׁר (Gen. 4:25). Used as a conj.: 1. that (Gen. 1:4). 2. for, because (Gen. 3:14). 3. if (Ex. 3:21). 4. when (Hos. 11:1). 5. yet, although (Ps. 116:10). 6. but (Gen. 45:8). 7. yea rather (Ps. 44:23). 8. often used at the beginning of a proposition (Zech. 3:8). 9. at the beginning of the apodosis (Gen. 22:17).

Conjunction, Particle

LXX: ὅτι γὰρ ἐὰν διότι ---

LXX Usage Statistics

H3588a:

ὅτι 2030× (53.1%)

γὰρ 394× (10.3%)

ἐὰν 276× (7.0%)

διότι 259× (6.8%)

--- 158× (4.1%)

ἀλλ' 114× (2.9%)

'' 76× (1.7%)

ὅταν 55× (1.4%)

καὶ 49× (1.3%)

γάρ 44× (1.2%)

יגור יָגוּר

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

גור

gûwr

Definition

properly, to turn aside from the road (for a lodging or any other purpose), i.e. sojourn (as a guest); also to shrink, fear (as in a strange place); also to gather forhostility (as afraid)

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

a primitive root; properly, to turn aside from the road (for a lodging or any other purpose), i.e. sojourn (as a guest); also to shrink, fear (as in a strange place); also to gather forhostility (as afraid); abide, assemble, be afraid, dwell, fear, gather (together), inhabitant, remain, sojourn, stand in awe, (be) stranger, [idiom] surely.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H1481

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

גּוּר

noun masculine • Root גרר • Strongs / High • Page 314

A whelp, especially of a lion.

גּוּר

verb • Root גור • Strongs / High • Page 314

I. To gather themselves together, to crowd together with hostile design; figuratively, to turn into a house, to lodge (as a stranger), to dwell.

גּוּר

verb • Root גור • Strongs / High • Page 315

To turn oneself, to shrink back, but mostly in the definite sense to be afraid; to be concerned, anxious; in a good sense, to have reverence, awe.

גּוּר

verb • Root גור • Strongs / High • Page 315

To roll, to turn round, of round, heavy things. (Kal unused).

גּוּר

verb • Root גור • Strongs / High • Page 315

1. to glow, to seethe, to boil up, to ferment. 2. to be angry, to be zealous, to be exasperated. 3. to stir up, to incite, to kindle.

גּוּר

verb • Root גור • Strongs / High • Page 315

intransitive. to suck, of young animals, properly to moisten, to draw in moisture. (not used in Kal).

גּוּר

noun / masculine • Root גור • Strongs / High • Page 315

a young animal that sucks, generally a whelp, catulus, particularly of the lion.

גּוּר

noun / masculine • Root גור • Strongs / High • Page 315

a dwelling, a hospice.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

גּוּר

verb • Page 133

I. 1. to sojourn, to dwell anywhere for a time, to live as not at home (Gen. 12: 10, 19: 9, 20: 1, Judg. 17: 7, Ruth 1: 1, Is. 11: 6, Ps. 120: 5, Job 19: 15, Ex. 3: 22, Is. 33: 14, Ps. 15: 1).

גּוּר

verb • Root גור • Page 134

2. To gather together, to assemble. Used in context of groups assembling or lying in wait. (Ps. 56:7, 59:4, 140:3, Is. 54:15).

גּוּר

verb • Page 134

II. 1. To be afraid (Job 19:29, Num. 22:3, Deut. 1:17, 32:27). 2. To fear, reverence, worship (Ps. 22:24, 33:8).

גּוּר

noun masculine • Page 134

A young animal, a whelp, cub, catulus. Usually applied to a young lion (Gen. 49:9, Ezek. 19:3) or a jackal (Lam. 4:3). Plural: גּוּרִים and גּוֹרוֹת.

Verb Qal imperfect third person masculine singular

LXX: παρῴκησεν προσκειμένῳ παροικεῖν προσηλύτων προσήλυτοι

LXX Usage Statistics

H1481a:

παρῴκησεν 5× (4.9%)

προσκειμένῳ 5× (4.4%)

παροικεῖν 4× (4.1%)

προσηλύτων 4× (3.5%)

προσήλυτοι 3× (3.1%)

προσέλθῃ 3× (3.1%)

κατοικεῖν 3× (3.1%)

παροικεῖ 3× (3.1%)

παρῴκει 3× (3.0%)

παροικῆσαι 3× (3.0%)

אתך אִתְּךָ

your eternal self

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

את

ʼêth

Definition

properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc.

Root

probably from H579 (אנה);

Exhaustive

probably from אנה; properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc.; against, among, before, by, for, from, in(-to), (out) of, with. Often with another prepositional prefix.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H854

ך

Definition

you, personal pronoun - verb/prep. 2nd person masculine singular

Root

Exhaustive

Personal object pronoun - suffix for propositions and verbs without an object: 2nd person masculine singular

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H9031

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

אֵת

particle • Strongs_Numbers • Page 87

Particle used as a sign of the accusative, indicating the definite object of a verb; also used reflexively, or in designations of time and place. Occasionally interchangeable with other prepositions.

אֵת

substantive • Root אות • Strongs_Numbers • Page 208

I. Proper substance, being, essence, body, self, essential. It is used as the sign of an accusative, or to give prominence to a noun as subject.

אֵת

preposition • Root אנה • Strongs_Numbers • Page 208

II. With; expressing fellowship or accompaniment. Properly side, support, lean upon.

אֵת

noun masculine • Root אתה • Strongs_Numbers • Page 209

Mattock, coulter of a plough, hoe, prop. anything cutting into.

אֵת

noun masculine • Root אתה • Strongs_Numbers • Page 209

Equivalent to אֵת III., of which it is merely a collateral form.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

אוֹת or אֶת

sign of accusative case • Page 35

A sign of the accusative case.

אֶת

com. gen. chald. • Page 81

Equivalent to the Hebrew אוֹת (sign, miracle). Synonymous with תְּמַהּ. References: Dan. 3: 32, 33; 6: 28.

אַתְּ

pronoun • Page 81

Thou (masc.). Equivalent to אַתָּה. Note: Judg. 17: 2; 1 K. 14: 2.

אַתְּ

pronoun • Page 81

Thou (fem.). In pause אָתְּ. Found in Judg. 17: 2; 1 K. 14: 2. Also sometimes appears as a masculine form (Num. 11: 15; Ezek. 28: 14).

אֵת

ii. particle • Page 81

A primitive particle and sign of the accusative case (with Makk. -אֶת; with suffixes אֹתִי, אֹתָנוּ, etc.). Often denotes the definite direct object but can appear in circumstances where other languages employ the nominative (with passive verbs, neuter verbs, or before a nominative subject). References: Gen. 17: 5; Ex. 10: 8; 1 Sam. 17: 34.

אֵת

preposition • Page 82

1. with, together with (Gen. 4:1); 2. with, near by (Gen. 39:6); 3. in or on a place (1 Sam. 7:16); 4. besides (1 K. 11:25); 5. towards, erga (Ruth 2:20, 2 Sam. 16:17).

Preposition Suffix pronominal second person masculine singular

LXX:

LXX Usage Statistics

H0854:

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גר גֵּר

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

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.

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%)

בארצכם בְּאַרְצְכֶם

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

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

כם

Definition

your, personal posessive - noun suffix: 2nd person masculine plural

Root

Exhaustive

Personal posessive pronoun - suffix for nouns, adjectives and passive participles: 2nd person masculine plural

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H9026

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.

Preposition, Noun common both singular construct, Suffix pronominal second person masculine plural

LXX:

LXX Usage Statistics

H0776:

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לא לֹא

not

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

לא

lôʼ

Definition

not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

Root

or לוא; or לה; (Deuteronomy 3:11), a primitive particle;

Exhaustive

or לוא; or לה; (Deuteronomy 3:11), a primitive particle; not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles; [idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as truly as, [phrase] of a truth, [phrase] verily, for want, [phrase] whether, without.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H3808

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

לֹא

negative particle • Root אל • Strongs / High • Page 759

A negative particle; not, no. It functions as an absolute negative, a negative answer to a question, or a refusal. Used with verbs in various tenses and moods to express negation or prohibition.

לֹא

particle • Strongs / High • Page 761

A K'ri reading for לוֹ.

לֹא

adverb / particle • Strongs / High • Page 760

Not; No; Nothing (substantive use); Before (cognate sense to טֶרֶם).

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

לֹא

adverb • Page 338

A primitive adverb of negation (more rarely לוֹא). 1. not. 2. no (Gen. 19:2). 3. nothing (Job 6:21). 4. without (1 Chr. 2:30). 5. interrogative, nonne? (Jon. 4:11). 6. lest, that not (Ex. 28:32). 7. In combination with adjectives/substantives it gives a negative signification (e.g., לֹא עֹז without strength).

Particle negative

LXX: οὐκ οὐ μὴ οὐδὲ οὐχ

LXX Usage Statistics

H3808:

οὐκ 1137× (34.5%)

οὐ 797× (24.2%)

μὴ 184× (5.6%)

οὐδὲ 150× (4.5%)

οὐχ 127× (3.9%)

οὐχὶ 120× (3.6%)

--- 98× (3.0%)

'' 94× (2.4%)

---% 62× (1.5%)

οὐκέτι 50× (1.4%)

תונו תוֹנוּ

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ינה

yânâh

Definition

to rage or be violent; by implication, to suppress, to maltreat

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

a primitive root; to rage or be violent; by implication, to suppress, to maltreat; destroy, (thrust out by) oppress(-ing, -ion, -or), proud, vex, do violence.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H3238

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

יָנָה

verb / transitive • Root ינה • Strongs / High • Page 597

(I) (not used) To stamp, to push, to press; figuratively to subdue, oppress.

יָנָה

verb • Root ינה • Strongs / High • Page 618

To tread down, to oppress, to suppress, to extirpate. In Hifil (הֵינָה): to maltreat, to oppress, to overreach, to deceive, to torment, to thrust or push away.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

יָנָה

verb • Root ינה • Page 286

1. To exercise violence (Zeph. 3:1, Jer. 46:16). 2. To annihilate or destroy (Ps. 74:8). Hiph. הֹונָה: to oppress in civil matters, to overreach in buying and selling, or to dispossess (Ex. 22:20, Lev. 25:14, Ezek. 46:18).

Verb Hiphil imperfect second person masculine plural

LXX: κατεδυνάστευσεν ἑλληνικῆσ θλιβέτω

LXX Usage Statistics

H3238:

κατεδυνάστευσεν 2× (11.0%)

ἑλληνικῆσ 2× (11.0%)

θλιβέτω 2× (11.0%)

אתו אֹתוֹ׃

his eternal self

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

את

ʼêth

Definition

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

Root

apparent contracted from H226 (אות) in the demonstrative sense of entity;

Exhaustive

apparent contracted from אות in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely); (as such unrepresented in English).

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H853

ו

Definition

him, personal pronoun - verb/prep. 3rd person masculine singular

Root

Exhaustive

Personal object pronoun - suffix for propositions and verbs without an object: 3rd person masculine singular

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H9033

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

אֵת

particle • Strongs_Numbers • Page 87

Particle used as a sign of the accusative, indicating the definite object of a verb; also used reflexively, or in designations of time and place. Occasionally interchangeable with other prepositions.

אֵת

substantive • Root אות • Strongs_Numbers • Page 208

I. Proper substance, being, essence, body, self, essential. It is used as the sign of an accusative, or to give prominence to a noun as subject.

אֵת

preposition • Root אנה • Strongs_Numbers • Page 208

II. With; expressing fellowship or accompaniment. Properly side, support, lean upon.

אֵת

noun masculine • Root אתה • Strongs_Numbers • Page 209

Mattock, coulter of a plough, hoe, prop. anything cutting into.

אֵת

noun masculine • Root אתה • Strongs_Numbers • Page 209

Equivalent to אֵת III., of which it is merely a collateral form.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

אוֹת or אֶת

sign of accusative case • Page 35

A sign of the accusative case.

אֶת

com. gen. chald. • Page 81

Equivalent to the Hebrew אוֹת (sign, miracle). Synonymous with תְּמַהּ. References: Dan. 3: 32, 33; 6: 28.

אַתְּ

pronoun • Page 81

Thou (masc.). Equivalent to אַתָּה. Note: Judg. 17: 2; 1 K. 14: 2.

אַתְּ

pronoun • Page 81

Thou (fem.). In pause אָתְּ. Found in Judg. 17: 2; 1 K. 14: 2. Also sometimes appears as a masculine form (Num. 11: 15; Ezek. 28: 14).

אֵת

preposition • Page 82

1. with, together with (Gen. 4:1); 2. with, near by (Gen. 39:6); 3. in or on a place (1 Sam. 7:16); 4. besides (1 K. 11:25); 5. towards, erga (Ruth 2:20, 2 Sam. 16:17).

אֵת

i. m. subst. • Page 81

Ploughshare. Inflected in two ways as אֵתִים and אֵתִין. References: 1 Sam. 13: 20, 21; Is. 2: 4; Joel 4: 10 [3:10]. Its etymology is suggested to be related to the word מַחֲרֶשֶׁת.

Direct object eternal self, Suffix pronominal third person masculine singular

LXX:

LXX Usage Statistics

H0853:

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RBT Translation:

No verse found

RBT Paraphrase:
No verse found

Julia Smith Literal 1876 Translation:
And when a stranger shall sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not oppress him.

LITV Translation:
And when an alien lives with you in your land, you shall not oppress him;

Brenton Septuagint Translation:
And if there should come to you a stranger in your land, ye shall not afflict him.