Numbers 24:24

Paleo Hebrew Niqqud

RBT Hebrew Interlinear:

וצים וְצִים

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

צי

tsîy

Definition

a ship (as a fixture)

Root

from H6680 (צוה);

Exhaustive

from צוה; a ship (as a fixture); ship.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H6716

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

צִי

noun masculine • Root ציה • Strongs / High • Page 1227

Prop. dryness, aridity, the state of being burnt; hence a waste land, a steppe, a desert.

צִי

noun • Root צוה • Strongs / High • Page 1227

Prop. a thing fitted together, arched or bent; hence a ship.

צִי

noun masculine • Root ציה • Strongs / High • Page 1228

(only in the pl. צִיִּים) m. (from צִיָה II.) a wilderness.

צִי

noun masculine • Root ציה • Strongs / High • Page 1228

m. 2. (from צִיר 2) a sea-faring man, a sailor. Better derived from צִיָה III., meaning a fortress, a castle (in pl. צִיִּים).

צִי

noun masculine • Strongs / High • Page 1229

1. Desert, a cat, a wild cat, a marten, a horn-owl. 2. A sea-farer.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

צִי

noun masculine • Page 567

a ship. Is. 33:21. Plur. צִיִּים.

Conjunction, Noun common masculine plural absolute

LXX:

LXX Usage Statistics

H6716:

No stats available

מיד מִיַּד

from the hand

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

יד

yâd

Definition

a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),

Root

a primitive word; in distinction from H3709 (כף), the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote (as follows)

Exhaustive

a primitive word; in distinction from כף, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote (as follows); a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),; ([phrase] be) able, [idiom] about, [phrase] armholes, at, axletree, because of, beside, border, [idiom] bounty, [phrase] broad, (broken-) handed, [idiom] by, charge, coast, [phrase] consecrate, [phrase] creditor, custody, debt, dominion, [idiom] enough, [phrase] fellowship, force, [idiom] from, hand(-staves, -y work), [idiom] he, himself, [idiom] in, labour, [phrase] large, ledge, (left-) handed, means, [idiom] mine, ministry, near, [idiom] of, [idiom] order, ordinance, [idiom] our, parts, pain, power, [idiom] presumptuously, service, side, sore, state, stay, draw with strength, stroke, [phrase] swear, terror, [idiom] thee, [idiom] by them, [idiom] themselves, [idiom] thine own, [idiom] thou, through, [idiom] throwing, [phrase] thumb, times, [idiom] to, [idiom] under, [idiom] us, [idiom] wait on, (way-) side, where, [phrase] wide, [idiom] with (him, me, you), work, [phrase] yield, [idiom] yourselves.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H3027

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

יָד

noun / feminine • Root ידה • Strongs / High • Page 577

The hand, as that which lays hold of or seizes. Can also refer to the arm. It is used in a wide variety of metaphorical and technical senses, including assistance, power, custody, and human cooperation. Dual form: יָדַיִם, plural form: יָדוֹת.

יָד

noun / feminine • Root יד • Strongs / High • Page 578

The hand. It is used in a wide variety of literal and figurative senses, including: force, violence; divine power, punishment, or inspiration (the 'hand of God'); a sign of assurance or a pledge ('giving the hand'); a medium of action or agency; guidance and oversight; possession; power and might; mediation ('by the hand of').

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

יָד

com. gen. • Page 270

1. The hand. Phrases include: assisting someone (1 Sam. 22:17), divine destruction (Ex. 9:3), divine inspiration or prophecy (Ezek. 1:3, Jer. 15:17), promising or striking hands (Ezra 10:19), and submission (2 Chr. 30:8, Ezek. 17:18). 2. Metaphorical uses: without human aid (Dan. 8:25), from generation to generation (Prov. 11:21). 3. Prepositional combinations: 'in the hand of' or 'by' (1 Sam. 14:34), 'through' (Num. 15:23), 'into the power or charge of' (Gen. 9:2, Ps. 95:7), 'before' (1 Sam. 21:14), and 'because of' (Job 8:4, Is. 64:6).

יָד

noun • Page 271

Definitions continued from previous page: 1. into the hand or hands of any one; through (Jer. 18:21). Plur. יָדוֹת: artificial hands, tenons, axle-trees. 2. the arm. 3. metaphorically, might, power, aid (Ex. 14:30, Deut. 32:36). 4. manner (1 K. 10:13, Ezra 3:10). 5. side, near (1 Sam. 19:3). Dual יָדַיִם: sides. Plur. יָדוֹת: ledges, side railings. 6. place (Deut. 23:13). 7. part (Dan. 12:7). 8. a monument, trophy (1 Sam. 15:12).

יָד

noun • Root יד • Page 271

Chaldee; equivalent to Hebrew יָד, hand. Emphatic state: יְדָא.

יָד

noun • Page 282

Mentioned in 1 Sam. 4:13 Kethib as an evident corruption for יַד (on the side), which stands in the Keri.

Prep-M, Noun common both singular construct

LXX: χεῖρασ χειρὶ χειρὸσ χεῖρα χειρῶν

LXX Usage Statistics

H3027:

χεῖρασ 218× (12.8%)

χειρὶ 215× (12.3%)

χειρὸσ 169× (10.0%)

χεῖρα 139× (8.4%)

χειρῶν 100× (6.0%)

χεῖρά 87× (5.3%)

χεὶρ 75× (4.7%)

χερσὶν 61× (3.3%)

χειρί 55× (2.8%)

χειρόσ 50× (2.9%)

כתים כִּתִּים

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

כתי

Kittîy

Definition

a Kittite or Cypriote; hence, an islander in general, i.e. the Greeks or Romans on the shores opposite Palestine

Root

or כתיי; patrial from an unused name denoting Cyprus (only in the plural);

Exhaustive

or כתיי; patrial from an unused name denoting Cyprus (only in the plural); a Kittite or Cypriote; hence, an islander in general, i.e. the Greeks or Romans on the shores opposite Palestine; Chittim, Kittim.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H3794

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

כִּתִּים

proper noun • Consonantal / Medium • Page 747

1. The city Citium, in the island of Cyprus. 2. The island of Cyprus generally. 3. A part of Cilicia, especially the coast-district. In later usage, it came to mean all the islands and coasts of the Mediterranean Sea, Macedonia, and other countries.

Matched via consonantal key only

כִּתִּים

gent. m. pl. • Root כת • Consonantal / Medium • Page 749

The Chittim. 1. The island of Cyprus. 2. The Chittian islands, denoting the islands and coast-territories of the West. 3. Macedonia, Italy, and by extension, Roman ships.

Matched via consonantal key only

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

כִּתִּים

plur. • Page 334

The Chittim, the name of a western people (Gen. 10: 4; Dan. 11: 30; Ezek. 27: 6). Often used for western people generally, identified variously as Italy, Cyprus, or Macedonia.

Noun proper name

LXX: κιτιαίων κίτιοι

LXX Usage Statistics

H3794:

κιτιαίων 2× (21.3%)

κίτιοι 2× (21.3%)

וענו וְעִנּוּ

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

ענה

ʻânâh

Definition

to depress literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive (in various applications, as follows)

Root

a primitive root (possibly rather identical with H6030 (ענה) through the idea of looking down or browbeating);

Exhaustive

a primitive root (possibly rather identical with ענה through the idea of looking down or browbeating); to depress literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive (in various applications, as follows); abase self, afflict(-ion, self), answer (by mistake for ענה), chasten self, deal hardly with, defile, exercise, force, gentleness, humble (self), hurt, ravish, sing (by mistake for ענה), speak (by mistake for ענה), submit self, weaken, [idiom] in any wise.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H6031

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

עָנָה

verb • Root ענה • Strongs / High • Page 1110

To reply, answer, announce, reveal, declare, or make a judge's sentence; also, to procure, accomplish, hear, comply with, or sing (alternate song/choir); to begin to cry, shout, or speak; in judicial style, to testify, attest, bear witness.

עָנָה

verb qal / pih / hif • Root ענה • Strongs / High • Page 1111

I. To agree; (Pih.) to strike up, a singing match, to sing alternately; (Hif.) to grant. The fundamental significance is to turn, to wind, to turn back, applied to 1. Answering or replying. 2. Repeating, responding, or alternating. 3. Aiming at, intending. 4. Acting, carrying on, doing.

עָנָה

verb qal • Root ענה • Strongs / High • Page 1111

II. Intransitive: 1. To be low, sunk, of the ground. 2. Transferred to persons: to be bowed down, oppressed; to be suppressed, faint-hearted, dispirited, bowed, unfortunate, miserable; to be vexed, to be in toil. Figuratively: to be humble, piously-patient, meek, mild; to be miserable, suffering, unfortunate, helpless.

עָנָה

verb • Root ענה • Strongs / High • Page 1112

To press, enemies. (Hithp.) to be afflicted, to suffer, endure, to bow or submit oneself.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

עָנָה

verb • Root ענה • Page 517

2. to suffer, to be bowed down or oppressed (Ps. 116:10, 119:67). Includes conjugations: Niph. (to be afflicted, Ps. 119:107), Pi. (to oppress, humble, or ravish a woman, Gen. 16:6, 34:2), Pu. (to be oppressed, Ps. 119:71), Hiph. (to humble, 1 K. 8:35), Hithpa. (to humble one's self, Gen. 16:9).

עָנָה

a proper verb • Page 516

I. 1. To answer. Construed with an accus. of the person (Job 1: 7) or an accus. of the thing (Job 40: 2). 2. To hear, liter. to answer a prayer, used particularly of God. 1 Sam. 9: 17. Ps. 3: 5. 3. To begin to speak, particularly in later Hebrew. Job 3: 2. 4. To give testimony, to testify. Gen. 30: 33. Ex. 20: 16. 5. To pass a sentence, responsum dare; spoken of a judge. Ex. 23: 2. 6. To cry, shout, for the onset or for victory. Ex. 32: 18. Jer. 51: 14. 7. To sing. Ex. 15: 21. Niph. 1. To be answered. Job 11: 2. 2. To be heard. Job 19: 7. Pi. i. q. Kal no. 7. to sing. Ex. 32: 18. Is. 27: 2.

עָנָה

a proper verb • Page 516

II. 1. To bestow labour or toil on any thing, to busy one's self therewith, construed with בְ. Citations: Ecc. 1: 14. 3: 10.

conjunctive, Verb Piel sequential perfect third person common plural

LXX: ἐταπείνωσεν ἐταπείνωσαν ἐταπείνουν αὐτούσ ταπεινώσετε

LXX Usage Statistics

H6031b:

ἐταπείνωσεν 6× (6.7%)

ἐταπείνωσαν 4× (4.7%)

ἐταπείνουν 4× (4.7%)

αὐτούσ 3× (2.9%)

ταπεινώσετε 3× (3.1%)

ἡμᾶσ 3× (2.7%)

ταπεινωθῆναι 3× (2.9%)

ἀπεκρίθη 2× (2.4%)

ταπεινώσεισ 2× (2.4%)

κακώσῃ 2× (2.4%)

אשור אַשּׁוּר

Straight

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

אשור

ʼAshshûwr

Definition

Ashshur, the second son of Shem; also his descendants and the country occupied by them (i.e. Assyria), its region and its empire

Root

or אשר; apparently from H833 (אשר) (in the sense of successful);

Exhaustive

or אשר; apparently from אשר (in the sense of successful); Ashshur, the second son of Shem; also his descendants and the country occupied by them (i.e. Assyria), its region and its empire; Asshur, Assur, Assyria, Assyrians. See אשר.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H804

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

אֲשׁוּר

noun • Lemma_Lookup • Page 198

See אֲשֶׁר (Asher).

אַשּׁוּר

noun • Lemma_Lookup • Page 198

In the sense of תְּאַשּׁוּר (box-tree).

אַשּׁוּר

proper name • Root אשר • Lemma_Lookup • Page 198

1. Proper name of the second son of Shem. 2. Ancestor of the Assyrians. 3. The land Assyria. 4. Syria.

אַשּׁוּר

proper name • Lemma_Lookup • Page 198

Proper name of a territory which belonged to that of Israel.

אַשּׁוּרִים

proper name plural • Lemma_Lookup • Page 198

Proper name of an Arabian race.

בְּנֵי אַשּׁוּר

noun masculine plural • Lemma_Lookup • Page 254

Assyrians

תְּאַשּׁוּר

noun masculine • Root אשר • Lemma_Lookup • Page 1496

the sherbin-cedar or any other sort of cedar, so called from its durability.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

אֲשׁוּר

noun feminine • Root אשר • Page 76

1. step, walk, course. Prov. 14: 15. Job 23: 11. 2. Ezek. 27: 6, box-tree; interpreted as ivory set in box-wood.

אֲשׁוּר

f. / proper name • Root אשר • Page 76

1. step, walk, course. Job 31: 7. 2. proper name. Assyria and Assyrians. Is. 19: 23, Gen. 10: 10, 22. Also used for the kingdom of Persia (Ezra 6: 22).

Noun proper name

LXX:

LXX Usage Statistics

H0804:

No stats available

וענו וְעִנּוּ־

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

ענה

ʻânâh

Definition

to depress literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive (in various applications, as follows)

Root

a primitive root (possibly rather identical with H6030 (ענה) through the idea of looking down or browbeating);

Exhaustive

a primitive root (possibly rather identical with ענה through the idea of looking down or browbeating); to depress literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive (in various applications, as follows); abase self, afflict(-ion, self), answer (by mistake for ענה), chasten self, deal hardly with, defile, exercise, force, gentleness, humble (self), hurt, ravish, sing (by mistake for ענה), speak (by mistake for ענה), submit self, weaken, [idiom] in any wise.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H6031

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

עָנָה

verb • Root ענה • Strongs / High • Page 1110

To reply, answer, announce, reveal, declare, or make a judge's sentence; also, to procure, accomplish, hear, comply with, or sing (alternate song/choir); to begin to cry, shout, or speak; in judicial style, to testify, attest, bear witness.

עָנָה

verb qal / pih / hif • Root ענה • Strongs / High • Page 1111

I. To agree; (Pih.) to strike up, a singing match, to sing alternately; (Hif.) to grant. The fundamental significance is to turn, to wind, to turn back, applied to 1. Answering or replying. 2. Repeating, responding, or alternating. 3. Aiming at, intending. 4. Acting, carrying on, doing.

עָנָה

verb qal • Root ענה • Strongs / High • Page 1111

II. Intransitive: 1. To be low, sunk, of the ground. 2. Transferred to persons: to be bowed down, oppressed; to be suppressed, faint-hearted, dispirited, bowed, unfortunate, miserable; to be vexed, to be in toil. Figuratively: to be humble, piously-patient, meek, mild; to be miserable, suffering, unfortunate, helpless.

עָנָה

verb • Root ענה • Strongs / High • Page 1112

To press, enemies. (Hithp.) to be afflicted, to suffer, endure, to bow or submit oneself.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

עָנָה

verb • Root ענה • Page 517

2. to suffer, to be bowed down or oppressed (Ps. 116:10, 119:67). Includes conjugations: Niph. (to be afflicted, Ps. 119:107), Pi. (to oppress, humble, or ravish a woman, Gen. 16:6, 34:2), Pu. (to be oppressed, Ps. 119:71), Hiph. (to humble, 1 K. 8:35), Hithpa. (to humble one's self, Gen. 16:9).

עָנָה

a proper verb • Page 516

I. 1. To answer. Construed with an accus. of the person (Job 1: 7) or an accus. of the thing (Job 40: 2). 2. To hear, liter. to answer a prayer, used particularly of God. 1 Sam. 9: 17. Ps. 3: 5. 3. To begin to speak, particularly in later Hebrew. Job 3: 2. 4. To give testimony, to testify. Gen. 30: 33. Ex. 20: 16. 5. To pass a sentence, responsum dare; spoken of a judge. Ex. 23: 2. 6. To cry, shout, for the onset or for victory. Ex. 32: 18. Jer. 51: 14. 7. To sing. Ex. 15: 21. Niph. 1. To be answered. Job 11: 2. 2. To be heard. Job 19: 7. Pi. i. q. Kal no. 7. to sing. Ex. 32: 18. Is. 27: 2.

עָנָה

a proper verb • Page 516

II. 1. To bestow labour or toil on any thing, to busy one's self therewith, construed with בְ. Citations: Ecc. 1: 14. 3: 10.

conjunctive, Verb Piel sequential perfect third person common plural

LXX: ἐταπείνωσεν ἐταπείνωσαν ἐταπείνουν αὐτούσ ταπεινώσετε

LXX Usage Statistics

H6031b:

ἐταπείνωσεν 6× (6.7%)

ἐταπείνωσαν 4× (4.7%)

ἐταπείνουν 4× (4.7%)

αὐτούσ 3× (2.9%)

ταπεινώσετε 3× (3.1%)

ἡμᾶσ 3× (2.7%)

ταπεινωθῆναι 3× (2.9%)

ἀπεκρίθη 2× (2.4%)

ταπεινώσεισ 2× (2.4%)

κακώσῃ 2× (2.4%)

עבר עֵבֶר

crossed over

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

עבר

ʻÊbêr

Definition

Eber, the name of two patriarchs and four Israelites

Root

the same as H5676 (עבר);

Exhaustive

the same as עבר; Eber, the name of two patriarchs and four Israelites; Eber, Heber.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H5677

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

עֲבַר

noun masculine • Root עבר • Consonantal / Medium • Page 1049

Aram. m. same as Hebr. עֵבֶר bank-district, coast-district; hence עֲבַר נַהֲרָא the western bank-district of the Euphrates.

Matched via consonantal key only

עִבֵּר

verb piel • Root עבר • Consonantal / Medium • Page 1048

To make go through, i.e., to bolt, to close.

Matched via consonantal key only

עִבֵּר

verb piel • Root עבר • Consonantal / Medium • Page 1048

To fructify, to impregnate, to cover (under the sense of 'veiling' or 'encompassing'). In Aramaic: to be pregnant, fruitful.

Matched via consonantal key only

עֵבֶר

aram. (aramaic) • Consonantal / Medium • Page 1049

Aram. same as Hebr. עֶבֶר I (bank, margin).

Matched via consonantal key only

עֵבֶר

aram. (aramaic) • Consonantal / Medium • Page 1049

Aram. same as Hebr. עֶבֶר II (side, flank).

Matched via consonantal key only

עֵבֶר

noun / noun proper • Consonantal / Medium • Page 1050

Side, edge, region beyond or across. Used geographically, especially referring to the East Jordan-land (Transjordan) and is the source of the appellation 'Hebrew'.

Matched via consonantal key only

עֶבֶר

noun masculine / preposition / noun proper • Consonantal / Medium • Page 1049

1. A bank, a margin, bank-land, river-land, or side/flank. 2. A preposition meaning on this side, over, or beyond. 3. Proper name (n. p.), Heber, progenitor of a Chaldean Semitic race (related to the ethnic group 'Hebrews').

Matched via consonantal key only

עָבַר

verb • Root עבר • Consonantal / Medium • Page 1046

I. Intransitive: properly to go over a standing place or resting point, to step beyond, to rove beyond, to go beyond. Hence to pass over (river, land, thing), to go through, to emigrate, to cross, to step over, to tread over. Figuratively: to transgress.

Matched via consonantal key only

עָבַר

verb • Consonantal / Medium • Page 1047

To pass, to go over, to cross, to go through, to penetrate; to go beyond, past (accus.); to be current (of money); to pass by; to go before; to travel; to pass away, to disappear (of times/things); to go over (to forgive); to go farther, to pass on/forward; to come through/under; to depart from (a commandment); to enter into (a covenant); to run into (danger); to follow; to come upon (assail, invade); to overflow, to inundate, to overwhelm; to transgress, to exceed; to flow out, to drop (in tears/liquids).

Matched via consonantal key only

עָבַר

verb • Consonantal / Medium • Page 1048

To pass over, through, or away; to cross. Metaphorically: to be agitated (of a stream); to be puffed up, haughty, overbearing, provoked, irritated.

Matched via consonantal key only

עָבַר

verb • Consonantal / Medium • Page 1048

II. Properly, to veil, to cover, to enwrap (Kal not used). Metaphorically: to copulate, to impregnate; intransitive: to be fructified (of corn/fruit); to be pregnant (of a woman).

Matched via consonantal key only

Noun proper name masculine

LXX: εβερ ωβηδ ''

LXX Usage Statistics

H5677:

εβερ 8× (50.0%)

ωβηδ 3× (18.6%)

'' 2× (11.7%)

וגם וְגַם־

and also

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

גם

gam

Definition

properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and

Root

by contraction from an unused root meaning to gather;

Exhaustive

by contraction from an unused root meaning to gather; properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and; again, alike, also, (so much) as (soon), both (so)...and, but, either...or, even, for all, (in) likewise (manner), moreover, nay...neither, one, then(-refore), though, what, with, yea.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H1571

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

גַּם

conjunct. / substantive • Root גמם • Consonantal / Medium • Page 330

A multifaceted particle. 1. As an unused substantive, it meant assembly, congregation, or heap. 2. As a conjunction, it means: a) also, adding to something preceding; b) in corresponding clauses, 'as well...as' or 'not only...but also'; c) for emphasis, meaning 'even', 'truly', or 'really'.

Matched via consonantal key only

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

גַּם

primitive particle • Root גם • Page 142

1. Conj. cop. also, and (Joel 1: 12). 2. At the beginning of a sentence, yea! (Job 18: 5). 3. Conj. concess. although (Ps. 95: 9). 4. Conj. advers. yet (Ps. 129: 2). 5. both...and, as well...as (Gen. 24: 25).

Conjunction, Adverb

LXX: καὶ γε --- κἀγὼ ''

LXX Usage Statistics

H1571:

καὶ 383× (57.4%)

γε 124× (15.6%)

--- 56× (8.4%)

κἀγὼ 18× (2.7%)

'' 17× (2.2%)

οὐδὲ 11× (1.6%)

καίγε 6× (0.9%)

οὔτε 5× (0.7%)

ἐὰν 4× (0.5%)

dκαὶ 4× (0.6%)

הוא הוּא

Himself

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

הוא

hûwʼ

Definition

he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are

Root

of which the feminine (beyond the Pentateuch) is היא; a primitive word, the third person pronoun singular;

Exhaustive

of which the feminine (beyond the Pentateuch) is היא; a primitive word, the third person pronoun singular; he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are; he, as for her, him(-self), it, the same, she (herself), such, that (...it), these, they, this, those, which (is), who.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H1931

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

הוּא

personal pronoun • Root הו • Strongs / High • Page 392

Personal pronoun, 3rd person singular masculine: he, it. It can also be used for emphasis (he himself), as a demonstrative (this, that), to indicate self, or to strengthen other pronouns (I myself, thou thyself).

הוּא

pronoun • Strongs / High • Page 393

Personal pronoun, 3rd person singular masculine: he, it. Can also mean 'the same', 'himself'. It is also used as a designation for God, and can include the verb 'to be'.

הוּא

aramaic personal pronoun (aramaic) • Strongs / High • Page 393

Aramaic personal pronoun of the 3rd person, he.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

הוּא

chald. • Page 178

idem. behold, as for as simply. So in Syr. Dan. 2:43.

הוּא

pronoun • Page 182

1. he, and as a neuter it. In the Pentateuch, used for both genders. 2. self, same, selfsame. Is. 7:14, Ps. 44:5. 3. serves as the substantive verb 'to be' (copula). Is. 43:25. Also used as 'thou (art) the same' in 2 Sam. 7:28.

הוּא

chald. pron. • Page 182

idem (the same). Dan. 2:21.

הוּא

chald. • Page 182

see הֲוָה.

הוּא

unknown • Page 217

see הָוָה.

Pronoun personal third person masculine singular

LXX: αὐτὸσ ἐστιν ἐκείνῃ οὗτοσ ---

LXX Usage Statistics

H1931:

αὐτὸσ 321× (16.5%)

ἐστιν 260× (13.7%)

ἐκείνῃ 197× (10.6%)

οὗτοσ 160× (8.4%)

--- 103× (5.6%)

ἐκείνῳ 67× (3.6%)

ἐστίν 54× (2.9%)

ἐστὶν 54× (2.7%)

'' 50× (2.3%)

τοῦτο 42× (2.2%)

עדי עֲדֵי

ornaments

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%)

אבד אֹבֵד׃

he has become lost

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

אבד

ʼôbêd

Definition

(concrete) wretched or (abstract) destruction

Root

active of participle of H6 (אבד);

Exhaustive

active of participle of אבד; (concrete) wretched or (abstract) destruction; perish.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H8

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

אֲבַד

verb • Lemma_Lookup • Page 46

Aramaic: intrans. to disappear; (Af.) to destroy; (Hof.) to be destroyed.

אִבֵּד

verb • Root אבד • Lemma_Lookup • Page 45

Piel form of אָבַד: to drive into banishment, to scatter, to cause to disappear, to destroy, to squander

אָבַד

verb • Lemma_Lookup • Page 45

intr. properly: to be isolated, forsaken; hence 1. to wander about, 2. to be lost, to disappear, to cease, 3. to perish, 4. To lose something

אֹבֶד

noun masculine • Lemma_Lookup • Page 46

annihilation, destruction

אֲבֵדָה

noun feminine • Lemma_Lookup • Page 46

1. the lost (thing), perditum; 2. destruction (in K'tib Prov. 27, 20)

אֲבַדֹּה

noun masculine • Lemma_Lookup • Page 46

destruction; equivalent to אֲבַדּוֹן

אֲבַדּוֹן

noun masculine • Lemma_Lookup • Page 46

destruction, hence the place of annihilation, the kingdom of death

אׇבְדָן

noun masculine • Lemma_Lookup • Page 46

destruction

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

אֹבַד

m. verbal • Root אבד • Page 18

Ruin, destruction (Num. 24: 20, 24). Signification is abstract.

אֹבֵד

m. verbal • Root אָבַד • Page 18

m. verbal from אָבַד, ruin, destruction (Num. 24: 20, 24). The form of this noun is that of the common participle, but the signification is abstract.

Verb Qal participle active masculine singular absolute

LXX:

LXX Usage Statistics

H0008:

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RBT Translation:

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RBT Paraphrase:
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Julia Smith Literal 1876 Translation:
And ships from the hand of the Cyprians, and they afflicted Assyria, and they afflicted Heber, and he also perished forever.

LITV Translation:
And ships shall come from the coast of Cyprus, and they shall humble Assyria, and they shall humble Eber, and he also shall come to destruction forever.

Brenton Septuagint Translation:
And one shall come forth from the hands of the Kittim, And shall afflict Asshur, and shall afflict the Eberites, And they shall perish together.