Nehemiah 12:46

Paleo Hebrew Niqqud

RBT Hebrew Interlinear:

כי כִּי־

for

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

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

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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).

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%)

בימי בִימֵי

within manifestations/days

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

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

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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).

Preposition, Noun common masculine plural construct

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%)

דויד דָוִיד

Beloved ("David")

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

דוד

Dâvid

Definition

David, the youngest son of Jesse

Root

rarely (fully); דויד; from the same as H1730 (דוד); loving;

Exhaustive

rarely (fully); דויד; from the same as דוד; loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse; David.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H1732

Fürst

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דָּוִד

proper noun • Root דוד • Strongs / High • Page 358

Proper noun of the famous Israelite king, founder of a dynasty (1055-1015 B.C.) and chief composer of the Psalter. Meaning loving, joiner, or beloved.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

דָּוִד

noun masculine • Root , דוד • Page 158

David, son of Jesse, king of Israel. 1 Sam. xvi. ff. 2 Sam. 1 Chr. xii.-xxx. Zion, 1 K. 3:1. The posterity of David, the royal family, Is. 7:2, 13.

Noun proper name masculine

LXX: δαυιδ '' --- ὡσ αὐτοῦ

LXX Usage Statistics

H1732:

δαυιδ 966× (90.3%)

'' 45× (3.7%)

--- 28× (2.7%)

ὡσ 9× (0.9%)

αὐτοῦ 2× (0.2%)

ψαλμὸσ 2× (0.2%)

βασιλεὺσ 2× (0.2%)

βασιλεῖ 2× (0.2%)

ואסף וְאָסָף

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

אסף

ʼÂçâph

Definition

Asaph, the name of three Israelites, and of the family of the first

Root

from H622 (אסף); collector;

Exhaustive

from אסף; collector; Asaph, the name of three Israelites, and of the family of the first; Asaph.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H623

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אָסָף

noun proper • Strongs_Numbers • Page 169

Collector i.e. protector; proper name of the father of Joah; a singer and poet in David's time.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

אָסָף

m. proper name • Root אסף • Page 63

(collector) proper name of a Levite, who was one of David's chief musicians, and a poet; to him are ascribed many of the Psalms (1 Chr. 6:24 [39], 15:17, 16:5, 2 Chr. 29:30).

Conjunction, Noun proper name masculine

LXX:

LXX Usage Statistics

H0623:

No stats available

מקדם מִקֶּדֶם

from in front

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

קדם

qedem

Definition

the front, of place (absolutely, the fore part, relatively the East) or time (antiquity); often used adverbially (before, anciently, eastward)

Root

or קדמה; from H6923 (קדם);

Exhaustive

or קדמה; from קדם; the front, of place (absolutely, the fore part, relatively the East) or time (antiquity); often used adverbially (before, anciently, eastward); aforetime, ancient (time), before, east (end, part, side, -ward), eternal, [idiom] ever(-lasting), forward, old, past. Compare קדמה.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H6924

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קֶדֶם

noun masculine / adv. • Root קדם • Strongs / High • Page 1259

What is before; pars antica; 1. the east, or the quarter of the heavens determined by directing the face to the east. 2. The regions east of Palestine (Arabia, Mesopotamia). 3. Things of the east (sorcery). 4. Former times, the past, old time, everlasting time, eternity. (Also used adverbially: aforetime, early).

קֶדֶם

noun masculine / adv. of motion • Root קדם • Strongs / High • Page 1259

The east; towards the east, eastward (used with the 'A' of motion, קֵדְמָה).

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

קֶדֶם

m. verbal • Root קדם • Page 579

1. strictly what is before or in front; as an adv. before (Ps. 139: 5). 2. the east, the east country (Job 23: 8; Gen. 2: 8; 12: 8; 3: 24). בְּנֵי קֶדֶם the sons of the east, i.e. Bedouin Arabs (Job 1: 3; Is. 11: 14; Jer. 49: 28). 3. spoken of time, former times (Ps. 44: 2; Is. 23: 7). As an adv.: (1.) aforetime (Jer. 30: 20). (2.) a long time (Ps. 55: 20).

קֶדֶם

noun masculine • Page 580

towards the east, Gen 25: 6. Ex. 27: 13.

Prep-M, Noun common both singular absolute

LXX: ἀνατολῶν ἀρχῆσ ἀνατολὰσ ἀπ' ἀνατολάσ

LXX Usage Statistics

H6924a:

ἀνατολῶν 20× (18.8%)

ἀρχῆσ 12× (10.0%)

ἀνατολὰσ 9× (7.6%)

ἀπ' 7× (6.6%)

ἀνατολάσ 7× (6.0%)

ἀπέναντι 5× (5.1%)

κατ' 5× (5.1%)

ἀρχαίων 5× (5.1%)

ὡσ 4× (4.1%)

κεδεμ 3× (3.0%)

ראש רֹאשׁ

head

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

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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 masculine singular construct

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%)

המשררים הַמְשֹׁרְרִים

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

שיר

shîyr

Definition

to sing

Root

or (the original form) שור; (1 Samuel 18:6), a primitive root (rather identical with H7788 (שור) through the idea of strolling minstrelsy);

Exhaustive

or (the original form) שור; (1 Samuel 18:6), a primitive root (rather identical with שור through the idea of strolling minstrelsy); to sing; behold (by mistake for שור), sing(-er, -ing man, -ing woman).

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H7891

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Fürst Lexicon

שִׁיר

noun masculine • Root שור • Strongs / High • Page 1402

A song; also refers to the participle forms (שׁוֹרְרִים, שׁוֹרְרוֹת) used for temple-singers.

שִׁיר

m. noun • Root שור • Strongs / High • Page 1416

A song, poem, which is recited, dedicated, or joyous; applied generally to religious poems, or the most excellent song (Song of Songs).

Particle definite article, Verb Piel participle active masculine plural absolute

LXX: ᾄδοντεσ ᾄσατε ᾀδόντων ᾄσομαι ᾖσεν

LXX Usage Statistics

H7891:

ᾄδοντεσ 15× (15.3%)

ᾄσατε 10× (12.7%)

ᾀδόντων 8× (8.7%)

ᾄσομαι 6× (7.6%)

ᾖσεν 4× (4.9%)

ψαλτῳδοὶ 4× (4.1%)

ἄισατε 3× (3.8%)

ᾄσομαί 2× (2.5%)

αἴσωμεν 2× (2.5%)

ᾄσω 2× (2.5%)

ושיר וְשִׁיר־

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

שיר

shîyr

Definition

a song; abstractly, singing

Root

or feminine שירה; from H7891 (שיר);

Exhaustive

or feminine שירה; from שיר; a song; abstractly, singing; musical(-ick), [idiom] sing(-er, -ing), song.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H7892

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Fürst Lexicon

שִׁיר

noun masculine • Root שור • Strongs / High • Page 1402

A song; also refers to the participle forms (שׁוֹרְרִים, שׁוֹרְרוֹת) used for temple-singers.

שִׁיר

m. noun • Root שור • Strongs / High • Page 1416

A song, poem, which is recited, dedicated, or joyous; applied generally to religious poems, or the most excellent song (Song of Songs).

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

שִׁיר

verb • Page 669

to sing. Rarely שׁוּר (1 Sam. 18: 6 Keth.). Used with an accusative of the words sung (Ps. 7: 1) or the thing celebrated (Ps. 21: 14). Also used with לְ to praise or celebrate a person.

שִׁיר

m. noun • Root שיר • Page 669

a song. (Judg. 5: 12. Ps. 30: 1.) Often found in the superscriptions of Psalms. שִׁיר הַשִּׁירִים (Cant. 1: 1) the song of songs, i. e. the most beautiful song.

Conjunction, Noun common both singular absolute

LXX: ὠιδὴ ᾠδῆσ ᾆσμα ᾠδῶν ᾠδὴ

LXX Usage Statistics

H7892a:

ὠιδὴ 18× (20.2%)

ᾠδῆσ 11× (11.5%)

ᾆσμα 10× (10.7%)

ᾠδῶν 8× (8.3%)

ᾠδὴ 7× (7.0%)

ᾠδὴν 5× (4.9%)

ᾠδαῖσ 3× (2.5%)

ᾄδειν 2× (2.2%)

ὡσ 2× (2.2%)

ὕμνον 2× (2.1%)

תהלה תְּהִלָּה

a song of praise

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

תהלה

tᵉhillâh

Definition

laudation; specifically (concretely) a hymn

Root

from H1984 (הלל);

Exhaustive

from הלל; laudation; specifically (concretely) a hymn; praise.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H8416

Fürst

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תְּהִלָּה

noun • Root הלל • Strongs / High • Page 403

Praise, glory.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

תָּהֳלָה

noun feminine • Root יהל • Page 708

A fault, error, defect. Found only in Job 4:18. Possible collation with Arabic words for error or failure.

תְּהִלָּה

f. verbal • Root הלל • Page 708

1. Praise, glory (Ps. 22:26; 48:11; 51:17). Hence (1.) an object of praise, something praised (Deut. 26:19; Jer. 13:11; 33:9; Zeph. 3:19, 20). (2.) an object of boasting, ground of praise, boast, praise (Jer. 17:14; 48:2; Deut. 10:21). 2. A song of praise (Ps. 22:4; 66:2; 145:1). The whole collection of Psalms is called תְּהִלִּים.

Noun common feminine singular absolute

LXX: αἴνεσισ αἴνεσίν αἴνεσιν καύχημα ὕμνον

LXX Usage Statistics

H8416:

αἴνεσισ 6× (10.9%)

αἴνεσίν 4× (6.7%)

αἴνεσιν 4× (6.4%)

καύχημα 4× (6.1%)

ὕμνον 3× (5.6%)

αἰνέσεωσ 3× (5.3%)

αἰνέσει 3× (5.0%)

αἰνέσεισ 3× (5.0%)

καύχημά 2× (3.9%)

ὕμνοσ 2× (3.9%)

והדות וְהֹדוֹת

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

ידה

yâdâh

Definition

physically, to throw (a stone, an arrow) at or away; especially to revere or worship (with extended hands); intensively, to bemoan (by wringing the hands)

Root

a primitive root; used only as denominative from H3027 (יד); literally, to use (i.e. hold out) the hand;

Exhaustive

a primitive root; used only as denominative from יד; literally, to use (i.e. hold out) the hand; physically, to throw (a stone, an arrow) at or away; especially to revere or worship (with extended hands); intensively, to bemoan (by wringing the hands); cast (out), (make) confess(-ion), praise, shoot, (give) thank(-ful, -s, -sgiving).

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H3034

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

יָדָה

verb • Root ידד • Strongs / High • Page 580

I. (Kal unused) intr. to pronounce, to utter, to name, hence metaphor. a) to confess, to acknowledge, to announce in words, b) to praise, to celebrate, in poems and songs.

יָדָה

verb • Root ידה • Strongs / High • Page 581

To praise. The entry notes this is an organic root with cognates in various languages.

יָדָה

verb • Root ירה • Strongs / High • Page 581

To cast, to hurl, to throw away. Considered the same as the root יָרָה.

יָדָה

verb • Root ידד • Strongs / High • Page 581

To take, to lay hold of. A collateral form of יָדַד I. Noted as not in use.

יָדָה

verb • Root ידה • Strongs / High • Page 581

To stretch, to extend, to project, to be prominent. Equivalent to הָדָה I. Noted as not in use.

יָדָה

verb • Root ידה • Strongs / High • Page 755

to throw, cast

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

יָדָה

verb • Root ידד • Page 271

I. To throw, cast (Jer. 50:14). Pi. fut. וַיַּדּוּ (Lam. 3:53). Infin. יַדּוֹת: to cast down the horns of the Gentiles (Zech. 2:4).

יָדָה

verb • Page 271

II. Found only in Hiphil הֹודָה. 1. to own, acknowledge, confess (Prov. 28:13, Ps. 32:5). 2. to praise (Gen. 49:8, Ps. 54:8).

Conjunction, Verb Hiphil infinitive construct common

LXX: ἐξομολογήσομαί ἐξομολογεῖσθε ἐξομολογήσομαι αἰνεῖν ἐξομολογησάσθωσάν

LXX Usage Statistics

H3034:

ἐξομολογήσομαί 17× (15.2%)

ἐξομολογεῖσθε 17× (15.0%)

ἐξομολογήσομαι 10× (8.9%)

αἰνεῖν 7× (5.4%)

ἐξομολογησάσθωσάν 6× (5.4%)

ἐξομολογησάσθωσαν 5× (4.5%)

ἐξομολογήσεταί 4× (3.5%)

ἐξομολογήσονται 4× (3.3%)

ἐξομολογησόμεθα 3× (2.7%)

ἐξαγορεύσει 3× (2.4%)

לאלהים לֵאלֹהִים׃

to mighty ones

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

אלהים

ʼĕlôhîym

Definition

gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative

Root

plural of H433 (אלוה);

Exhaustive

plural of אלוה; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative; angels, [idiom] exceeding, God (gods) (-dess, -ly), [idiom] (very) great, judges, [idiom] mighty.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H430

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

אֱלֹהִים

noun masculine plural • Root אלוה • Strongs_Numbers • Page 134

God, the Deity; used most frequently as a plural of majesty for the true and most high God (Jehovah); also used for national gods or guardian deities.

אֱלֹהִים

noun masculine plural • Strongs_Numbers • Page 135

Plural in form but often used as singular. 1. The supreme and universal God, God of humanity (distinct from the national name YHWH). 2. Applied to heathen gods. 3. Applied to judges (as representatives of God's judgment). 4. Applied to angels (disputed). 5. Applied to kings or ghosts. 6. Used with other nouns to express the superlative or highest degree (e.g., 'mountain of God' for a great mountain).

אֱלֹהִים

proper name • Strongs_Numbers • Page 591

God. The vowels of this word are assigned to the Tetragrammaton (יהוה) when it is preceded by אֲדֹנָי, resulting in the form יֱהֹוִה.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

אֱלֹהִים

plur. • Root אלוה • Page 51

1. gods, in the plural number (Ex. 20:3). 2. as a pluralis excellentiae: God in the singular (Gen. 1:1, etc.). 3. בֶּן-אֱלֹהִים (son of God), applied to kings, angels, or worshippers (Ps. 2:7, Gen. 6:2, Job 1:6). 4. אִישׁ אֱלֹהִים (man of God), applied to prophets and servants of God (Judg. 13:6, 1 Sam. 2:27, Deut. 33:1). 5. Used superlatively: 'great before God' (Jon. 3:3, Gen. 23:6).

Preposition, Noun common masculine plural absolute

LXX:

LXX Usage Statistics

H0430:

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RBT Translation:

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RBT Paraphrase:
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Julia Smith Literal 1876 Translation:
For in the days of, David and Asaph from of old the head of those singing, and the song of praise and confessions to God. 47And all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel, and in the days of Nehemiah giving, portions, of the singers and the gate-keepers, the word of a day in its day: and consecrating to the Levites; and the Levites consecrating to the sons of Aaron.

LITV Translation:
For in the past days of David and Asaph, there were heads of the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving to God.