Nehemiah 13:20

Paleo Hebrew Niqqud

RBT Hebrew Interlinear:

וילינו וַיָּלִינוּ

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

לון

lûwn

Definition

to stop (usually over night); by implication, to stay permanently; hence (in a bad sense) to be obstinate (especially in words, to complain)

Root

or לין; a primitive root;

Exhaustive

or לין; a primitive root; to stop (usually over night); by implication, to stay permanently; hence (in a bad sense) to be obstinate (especially in words, to complain); abide (all night), continue, dwell, endure, grudge, be left, lie all night, (cause to) lodge (all night, in, -ing, this night), (make to) murmur, remain, tarry (all night, that night).

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H3885

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

לוּן

verb • Root לין • Strongs / High • Page 778

To pass the night, lodge, abide, remain, stay. (Designated as I.)

לוּן

verb • Root לון • Strongs / High • Page 779

To remain over night, continue (a long time), be permanent, abide; of looks, to continue seeing; to let continue over night. Hithpael: to lodge, to settle oneself.

לוּן

verb • Root לון • Strongs / High • Page 779

(Kal unused) intr. to mutter (prop. to murmur, to hum, to cry), in order to express discontent; to practise enchantment and to curse. Nifal: to express oneself in murmuring or muttering sounds. Hifil: to mutter.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

לוּן

verb • Page 344

II. in Kal not used. Niph. to murmur against any one, construed with עַל. Fut. יִלּוֹנוּ Ex. 15:24. Num. 14:2. 17:6. Hiph. idem. Num. 14:29. Fut. וַיָּלֶן Ex. 17:3. also תַּלִּינוּ Ex. 16:7. Part. מַלִּינִים Ex. 16:8. Num. 14:27.

conjunctive, Verb Qal sequential imperfect third person masculine plural

LXX: αὐλισθήσεται καταλῦσαι ἐκοιμήθη ἐγόγγυσαν κοιμηθήσεται

LXX Usage Statistics

H3885a:

αὐλισθήσεται 7× (8.7%)

καταλῦσαι 5× (6.0%)

ἐκοιμήθη 5× (5.6%)

ἐγόγγυσαν 4× (4.8%)

κοιμηθήσεται 3× (3.7%)

αὐλίζεται 3× (3.7%)

αὐλισθῶμεν 3× (3.3%)

αὐλίσθητι 2× (2.5%)

αὐλισθῇσ 2× (2.5%)

--- 2× (2.5%)

הרכלים הָרֹכְלִ֜ים

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

רכל

râkal

Definition

to travel for trading

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

a primitive root; to travel for trading; (spice) merchant.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H7402

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

רָכַל

verb • Root רכל • Strongs / High • Page 1339

1. to go about as a trader, to trade. 2. to tread down, i. e. to slander.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

רָכַל

verb • Page 619

To go about, to go up and down. Particularly (1.) as a trader, hence to trade, traffic. Part. רֹכֵל a trader, merchant, Ezek. 27:13, 15, 17 ff. (2.) as a tale-bearer.

Particle definite article, Verb Qal participle active masculine plural absolute

LXX: ἔμποροί

LXX Usage Statistics

H7402:

ἔμποροί 6× (37.6%)

ומכרי וּמֹכְרֵי

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

מכר

mâkar

Definition

to sell, literally (as merchandise, a daughter in marriage, into slavery), or figuratively (to surrender)

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

a primitive root; to sell, literally (as merchandise, a daughter in marriage, into slavery), or figuratively (to surrender); [idiom] at all, sell (away, -er, self).

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H4376

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

מָכַר

verb • Root מכר • Strongs / High • Page 849

I. To exchange, for a thing or for a price; to sell. Metaphorically: a) to marry a daughter, i.e. to give her on receiving a price; b) to deliver up, to give over. Nif. (נִמְכַּר) to be sold, to be given over, delivered up. Hithp. (הִתְמַכֵּר) to sell oneself, to be sold.

מָכַר

verb • Root מכר • Strongs / High • Page 849

II. (not used in Kal) to take into possession, to acquire, to bargain for, to buy.

מָכַר

verb • Root מכר • Strongs / High • Page 849

III. To string together, to bind together, hence to ensnare, to take in a net; to cheat, to devise cunning measures; hence enchantment.

מָכַר

verb • Root מכר • Strongs / High • Page 849

IV. (not used in Kal) to pierce, to bore through, to push through.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

מָכַר

verb • Page 374

To sell. Gen. 37:27, 28. To sell one's daughter, i. e. to give her in marriage. To sell a people, i. e. to deliver them to their enemies. Niph. to be sold. Hithpa. to be sold, to sell one's self.

Conjunction, Verb Qal participle active masculine plural construct

LXX: ἀπέδοτο ἀποδῶται αὐτοὺσ πραθήσεται ἀπέδοντο

LXX Usage Statistics

H4376:

ἀπέδοτο 10× (10.5%)

ἀποδῶται 7× (8.0%)

αὐτοὺσ 6× (5.1%)

πραθήσεται 5× (5.8%)

ἀπέδοντο 5× (5.7%)

ἀπέδοσθε 3× (3.5%)

πραθῇ 3× (3.3%)

ἀπόδου 2× (2.2%)

'' 2× (2.0%)

πωλοῦντεσ 2× (2.0%)

כל כָל־

all

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

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.

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%)

ממכר מִמְכָּר

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ממכר

mimkâr

Definition

merchandise; abstractly, a selling

Root

from H4376 (מכר);

Exhaustive

from מכר; merchandise; abstractly, a selling; [idiom] ought, (that which cometh of) sale, that which...sold, ware.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H4465

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

מִמְכָּר

noun masculine • Root מכר • Consonantal / Medium • Page 864

1. sale, thing sold. 2. possession.

Matched via consonantal key only

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

מִמְכָּר

noun masculine • Root מכר • Page 382

1. a sale (Lev. 25:27, 29, 50). 2. something sold (Lev. 25:25). 3. something for sale (Lev. 25:14; Neh. 13:20).

Noun common both singular absolute

LXX: πρᾶσιν πράσεωσ

LXX Usage Statistics

H4465:

πρᾶσιν 3× (31.8%)

πράσεωσ 3× (28.5%)

מחוץ מִחוּץ

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

מ

mi / min

Definition

from

Root

Abbreviated from H4480

Exhaustive

(mem) — from / out of

Core value: emergence, separation, derivation
מ does not merely indicate origin in time (“after”). It marks boundary-crossing:
- source,
- differentiation,
- contrast,
- extraction.
Aonically, מ indicates transition between states.
not “after X” but “out from within X.”
This is why מ can signal both cause and contrast: both involve standing on the far side of a boundary.

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

חוץ

chûwts

Definition

properly, separate by awall, i.e. outside, outdoors

Root

or (shortened) חץ; (both forms feminine in the plural) from an unused root meaning to sever;

Exhaustive

or (shortened) חץ; (both forms feminine in the plural) from an unused root meaning to sever; properly, separate by awall, i.e. outside, outdoors; abroad, field, forth, highway, more, out(-side, -ward), street, without.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H2351

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

חוּץ

noun masculine • Root חוץ • Strongs / High • Page 468

A wall of separation. Can mean: 1. what is separated, a street; 2. Figuratively, streets for merchants, bazaars; 3. what is without, i.e. lying outside. Also used as an adverb or preposition for 'outside', 'abroad', 'without'.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

חוּץ

adv. / substantive • Page 219

1. As an adv.: without, abroad; denoting the place where (Lev. 18:9) or whither (Deut. 23:13). Joined with various prepositions (Gen. 9:22, Ps. 41:7, Gen. 6:14, Num. 5:3). 2. As a subst.: what is without the house, the street (Jer. 37:21, Job 18:17); what is without the city, fields, pastures, deserts (Job 5:10, Prov. 8:26).

Prep-M, Noun common both singular absolute

LXX: ἔξω ἔξωθεν ὁδοῖσ ἐξόδοισ αὐτῆσ

LXX Usage Statistics

H2351:

ἔξω 81× (50.1%)

ἔξωθεν 33× (19.5%)

ὁδοῖσ 7× (3.1%)

ἐξόδοισ 6× (2.7%)

αὐτῆσ 4× (1.7%)

πλατείαισ 3× (1.3%)

--- 3× (1.9%)

dκαὶ 2× (1.2%)

ἐξόδων 2× (1.2%)

ὁδῶν 2× (1.2%)

לירושלם לִירוּשָׁלָם

to Foundation of Peace

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

ירושל͏ם

Yᵉrûwshâlaim

Definition

Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine

Root

rarely ירושלים; a dual (in allusion to its two main hills (the true pointing, at least of the former reading, seems to be that of H3390 (ירושלם))); probably from (the passive participle of) H3384 (ירה) and H7999 (שלם); founded peaceful;

Exhaustive

rarely ירושלים; a dual (in allusion to its two main hills (the true pointing, at least of the former reading, seems to be that of ירושלם)); probably from (the passive participle of) ירה and שלם; founded peaceful; Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine; Jerusalem.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H3389

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

יְרוּשָׁלֵם

unknown • Consonantal / Medium • Page 1438

see יְרוּשָׁלַיִם.

Matched via consonantal key only

יְרוּשָׁלַ֫םִ

noun proper feminine • Root ירה • Consonantal / Medium • Page 647

Jerusalem. (originating in יְרֻשָׁלֵם) n. p. f. the metropolis of the Israelite kingdom from David onward.

Matched via consonantal key only

יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִם

proper noun • Root , ירה שלם • Consonantal / Medium • Page 648

Jerusalem, the name of a city in Palestine. The name was also used for its inhabitants, and poetically as an image of beauty.

Matched via consonantal key only

יְרוּשְׁלֵם

proper noun (aramaic) • Root ירושלם • Consonantal / Medium • Page 648

An alternate Aramaic name for Jerusalem.

Matched via consonantal key only

יְרוּשְׁלֶם

proper noun (aramaic) • Root ירושלם • Consonantal / Medium • Page 648

The Aramaic name for Jerusalem.

Matched via consonantal key only

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

יְרוּשָׁלַם

proper name • Page 682

Jerusalem. Gen. 14:18. Ps. 76:3. Its appellative signification here is health, peace, i. q. שָׁלוֹם.

Preposition, Noun proper name

LXX: ιερουσαλημ pεἰσ --- ''

LXX Usage Statistics

H3389:

ιερουσαλημ 564× (80.9%)

pεἰσ 47× (7.5%)

ιερουσαλημ 25× (3.4%)

--- 16× (2.6%)

'' 12× (1.6%)

pἐν 11× (1.8%)

pἐπὶ 5× (0.8%)

[a] 2× (0.2%)

פעם פַּעַם

foot-strike

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

פעם

paʻam

Definition

a stroke, literally or figuratively (in various applications, as follow)

Root

or (feminine) פעמה; from H6470 (פעם);

Exhaustive

or (feminine) פעמה; from פעם; a stroke, literally or figuratively (in various applications, as follow); anvil, corner, foot(-step), going, (hundred-) fold, [idiom] now, (this) [phrase] once, order, rank, step, [phrase] thrice, (often-), second, this, two) time(-s), twice, wheel.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H6471

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

פַּעַם

verb • Strongs / High • Page 1183

(inf. with suff. פַּעֲמוֹ) tr. prop. 1. to beat, to strike, of a hammer; to tread; to knock, of clock- or bell-work; figur. to impel, to drive or urge on, of the spirit. 2. to stop, i. e. to make fast, to bar, to cause to stagnate.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

פַּעַם

noun • Root פעם • Page 549

1. a foot. Ps. 17:5. 57:7. Plur. feet (of the ark), Ex. 25:12. 2. a footstep. Ps. 119:133. 140:5. Metaphorically Judg. 5:28 steps. 3. a time or repetition of a thing, a step or blow. once, Josh. 6:3. dual twice, Gen. 27:36. three times, how many times? 1 K. 22:16. once and again, this time, now, Gen. 29:35. 4. an anvil, see the root signif. no. 1. Is. 41:7.

Noun common both singular absolute

LXX: ἅπαξ ἑπτάκισ νῦν καιρῷ ---

LXX Usage Statistics

H6471:

ἅπαξ 24× (15.3%)

ἑπτάκισ 14× (10.7%)

νῦν 8× (5.1%)

καιρῷ 7× (3.5%)

--- 6× (4.6%)

καθὼσ 6× (4.6%)

καιροὺσ 5× (3.8%)

'' 5× (3.3%)

δίσ 4× (3.1%)

ἑξάκισ 4× (3.1%)

ושתים וּשְׁתָּיִם׃

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

שנים

shᵉnayim

Definition

two; also (as ordinal) twofold

Root

dual of H8145 (שני); feminine שתים;

Exhaustive

dual of שני; feminine שתים; two; also (as ordinal) twofold; both, couple, double, second, twain, [phrase] twelfth, [phrase] twelve, [phrase] twenty (sixscore) thousand, twice, two.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H8147

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

שְׁנַיִם

numeral • Root שנה • Strongs / High • Page 1459

Two. (Masculine dual numeral, absolute state; construct state is שְׁנֵי). Used as a numeral, substitute, or adjective, referring to a pair or the double.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

שְׁנַיִם

masc. dual • Root שנה • Page 691

two. Includes contracted forms שְׁנֵי and שְׁתֵּי used for the number twelve. References: Gen. 7: 9, 15; Gen. 2: 25.

Conjunction, Adjective cardinal number feminine dual absolute

LXX: δύο δώδεκα '' δέκα ἀμφότεροι

LXX Usage Statistics

H8147:

δύο 437× (51.1%)

δώδεκα 72× (8.9%)

'' 47× (5.2%)

δέκα 35× (4.4%)

ἀμφότεροι 26× (3.3%)

ἀμφότερα 21× (2.7%)

εἴκοσι 19× (2.3%)

δυσὶν 16× (1.6%)

ἀμφοτέρων 15× (1.9%)

--- 13× (1.7%)

RBT Translation:

No verse found

RBT Paraphrase:
No verse found

Julia Smith Literal 1876 Translation:
And the merchants and those selling every selling will lodge from without to Jerusalem once and twice.

LITV Translation:
And the merchants and sellers of all the wares stayed the night outside Jerusalem once or twice.