Numbers 31:19

Paleo Hebrew Niqqud

RBT Hebrew Interlinear:

ואתם וְאַתֶּ֗ם

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

אתה

ʼattâh

Definition

thou and thee, or (plural) ye and you

Root

or (shortened); את; or את; feminine (irregular) sometimes אתי; plural masculine אתם; feminine אתן; or אתנהlemma אתנה missing vowel, corrected to אתנה; or אתנה; a primitive pronoun of the second person;

Exhaustive

or (shortened); את; or את; feminine (irregular) sometimes אתי; plural masculine אתם; feminine אתן; or אתנהlemma אתנה missing vowel, corrected to אתנה; or אתנה; a primitive pronoun of the second person; thou and thee, or (plural) ye and you; thee, thou, ye, you.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H859

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

אֱלִיאָתָה

noun proper masculine • Root איות • Lemma_Lookup • Page 138

Proper name masculine, 'El is [coming/consent]'.

אַתָּה

pronoun • Lemma_Lookup • Page 210

Personal pronoun (2nd person) m. thou (you).

אָתָה

verb • Root אתה • Lemma_Lookup • Page 209

To come.

אָתָה

verb • Lemma_Lookup • Page 210

(not used) should be assumed for the noun אָתוֹן (she-ass); but according to others אָתַן is the stem.

אָתָה

verb • Lemma_Lookup • Page 210

See אֲתָא.

אִתְהַעְבַּד

verb pael • Root עבד • Lemma_Lookup • Page 1043

To be made to serve; to be made into; to be done.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

אַנְתָּה

pronoun • Page 62

thou. Found only in biblical Chaldee.

אֲתָה

chald. v. • Page 82

to come (Dan. 7:22). Aph. הַיְתִי 'to bring' (Dan. 3:13). Pass. היתִי 'be brought' (Dan. 3:13).

אַתָּה

pronoun personal • Page 82

thou (masc.). The Dagesh forte stands for an assimilated Nun. Occurs without final He five times (Eccl. 7:22, Job 1:10, etc.). Comp. fem. אַתְּ, and plur. אַתֶּם, אַתֶּן.

Conjunction, Pronoun personal second person masculine plural

LXX:

LXX Usage Statistics

H0859d:

No stats available

חנו חֲנוּ

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

חנה

chânâh

Definition

properly, to incline; by implication, to decline (of the slanting rays of evening); specifically, to pitch atent; gen. to encamp (for abode or siege)

Root

a primitive root (compare H2603 (חנן));

Exhaustive

a primitive root (compare חנן); properly, to incline; by implication, to decline (of the slanting rays of evening); specifically, to pitch atent; gen. to encamp (for abode or siege); abide (in tents), camp, dwell, encamp, grow to an end, lie, pitch (tent), rest in tent.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H2583

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

חָנָה

verb • Root חנה • Strongs / High • Page 502

To incline, to bend.

חָנָה

verb • Root חנה • Strongs / High • Page 503

To be inclined, to sink (of the sun); to set oneself down, to encamp, to dwell, to put up, to besiege, to encamp around for defense.

חָנָה

verb • Root חנה • Strongs / High • Page 503

(not used) transitive verb, to pierce, of a weapon.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

חָנָה

verb • Page 237

1. To decline (Judg. 19:9: חֲנוֹת הַיּוֹם, the declining of the day). 2. To station one's self, to pitch one's tent, to encamp (Gen. 26:17; Ex. 13:20). 3. To encamp about any one for protection (Zech. 9:8; Ps. 34:8) or against any one (Ps. 27:3).

Verb Qal imperative second person masculine plural

LXX: παρενέβαλον παρενέβαλεν παρεμβαλοῦσιν παρεμβάλλουσιν παρεμβάλλοντεσ

LXX Usage Statistics

H2583:

παρενέβαλον 60× (40.6%)

παρενέβαλεν 11× (7.5%)

παρεμβαλοῦσιν 10× (7.7%)

παρεμβάλλουσιν 10× (6.8%)

παρεμβάλλοντεσ 5× (2.7%)

--- 4× (3.1%)

παρενεβάλοσαν 4× (2.6%)

περιεκάθισεν 3× (2.0%)

παρεμβαλέτωσαν 2× (1.6%)

παρεμβάλετε 2× (1.6%)

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 construct

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%)

למחנה לַמַּחֲנֶה

None

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

מחנה

machăneh

Definition

an encampment (of travellers or troops); hence, an army, whether literal (of soldiers) or figurative (of dancers, angels, cattle, locusts, stars; or even the sacred courts)

Root

from H2583 (חנה);

Exhaustive

from חנה; an encampment (of travellers or troops); hence, an army, whether literal (of soldiers) or figurative (of dancers, angels, cattle, locusts, stars; or even the sacred courts); army, band, battle, camp, company, drove, host, tents.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H4264

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

מַחֲנֶה

noun masculine • Root חנה • Strongs / High • Page 837

1. A place where persons encamp, an encampment, a military camp, a camp of nomads. 2. What encamps: an army, a host, a line of warriors or non-warriors, of locusts; a division. 3. Used in the proper name מַחֲנֵה־דָן (Dan's camp).

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

מַחֲנֶה

noun masculine • Root חנה • Page 369

1. An encampment of an army or nomadic tribe (Gen. 32:8; Ex. 16:13). 2. A host, army, or company of men (Ex. 14:24; Gen. 50:9; Joel 2:11). Dual: מַחֲנַיִם. Plur: מַחֲנוֹת.

Preposition -For/Into Art, Noun common both singular absolute

LXX: παρεμβολῆσ παρεμβολὴν παρεμβολῇ παρεμβολήν παρεμβολὴ

LXX Usage Statistics

H4264:

παρεμβολῆσ 74× (35.6%)

παρεμβολὴν 30× (14.2%)

παρεμβολῇ 28× (11.6%)

παρεμβολήν 17× (7.9%)

παρεμβολὴ 14× (6.2%)

παρεμβολὰσ 6× (2.9%)

'' 5× (2.4%)

παρεμβολῶν 5× (2.4%)

--- 4× (2.2%)

παρεμβολάσ 3× (1.6%)

שבעת שִׁבְעַת

did seven/fullness

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

שבע

shebaʻ

Definition

seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number

Root

or (masculine) (שבעה); from H7650 (שבע); a primitive cardinal number;

Exhaustive

or (masculine) (שבעה); from שבע; a primitive cardinal number; seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number; ([phrase] by) seven(-fold),-s, (-teen, -teenth), -th, times). Compare שבענה.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H7651

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

שֶׁבַע

numeral • Strongs / High • Page 1041

Seven (Comparative example for interchange with Ayin, corresponding to 'septem' in context)

שֶׁבַע

numeral / noun masculine / noun proper • Strongs / High • Page 1376

1. (Numeral) Seven; used generally as a figure for the number seven. 2. (n. m.) A Covenant or an Oath. 3. (n. p.) Part of a place name, like Beer-sheba (בְּאֵר שֶׁבַע).

שֶׁבַע

numeral cardinal / adv. • Strongs / High • Page 1375

Seven (masculine numeral). Used cardinally, as an ordinal, or adverbially meaning seven times/often. Also denotes the sacred number seven.

שֶׁבַע

numeral cardinal • Strongs / High • Page 1377

seven (numeral card. f., absolute or construct state).

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

שָׂבַע

verb • Root שבע • Page 634

3. rich or abounding in any thing. Deut. 33:23. Job 14:1. 10:15.

שָׂבַע

m. verbal • Root שבע • Page 634

1. satiety. Ex. 16:3. 2. fullness. Ps. 16:11.

שֹׂבַע

m. verbal • Root שבע • Page 634

satiety, hence abundance, plenty. Prov. 3: 10. Gen. 41:29 ff.

שָׂבַע and שָׂבֵעַ

verb • Page 633

1. To be satisfied, satiated, or filled, particularly with food (Am. 4:8, Prov. 30:16, Ps. 104:16). 2. To be tired, weary, or disgusted (Is. 1:11, Job 7:4, Prov. 25:17). Includes Pi'el and Hiph'il forms meaning 'to satisfy' (Ezek. 7:19, Ps. 107:9).

שֶׁבַע

f. const. שְׁבַע and שִׁבְעָה / const. שִׁבְעַת • Page 652

1. seven, placed before or after a noun. Often used as a round or sacred number (Gen. 8:10, Num. 23:1, Job 1:2, Gen. 21:28). 2. seven times, usually as an indefinite round number (Ps. 119:164, Prov. 24:16).

שֶׁבַע

proper name • Root שבע • Page 652

Gen. 26:33. proper name of a well so called from an oath (שְׁבוּעָה).

Adjective cardinal number feminine singular construct

LXX: ἑπτὰ ἑπτακόσιοι ἑπτά ἑπτάκισ ''

LXX Usage Statistics

H7651:

ἑπτὰ 227× (50.6%)

ἑπτακόσιοι 26× (5.7%)

ἑπτά 21× (4.5%)

ἑπτάκισ 19× (4.5%)

'' 15× (3.0%)

τριάκοντα 9× (1.7%)

εἴκοσι 9× (1.8%)

ἑβδόμῳ 9× (1.6%)

ἑκατὸν 7× (1.7%)

ἑβδόμῃ 6× (1.4%)

ימים יָמים

manifestations/days

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

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

Fürst

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).

Noun common masculine plural absolute

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%)

כל כֹּל

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 absolute

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%)

הרג הֹרֵג

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

הרג

hârag

Definition

to smite with deadly intent

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

a primitive root; to smite with deadly intent; destroy, out of hand, kill, murder(-er), put to (death), make (slaughter), slay(-er), [idiom] surely.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H2026

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

הָרַג

verb • Root הרג • Strongs / High • Page 412

A transitive verb meaning to kill or to murder. It can also mean to destroy, and is used for slaughtering beasts or destroying plants.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

הָרַג

verb • Root הרג • Page 193

to kill, slay; construed with an accus. of the person, rarely with ל, 2 Sam.3:30. Job 5:2. with ב, 2Chr.28:9 ye have slain them. Ps.78:31. Figuratively Ps. 78 : 47 וַיַּהֲרֵג בַּבָּרָד גַּפְנָם he killed their vines with hail.

Verb Qal participle active masculine singular absolute

LXX: ἀπέκτεινεν ἀπέκτειναν ἀποκτεῖναι ἀπέκτεινα αὐτοὺσ

LXX Usage Statistics

H2026:

ἀπέκτεινεν 23× (12.2%)

ἀπέκτειναν 19× (10.9%)

ἀποκτεῖναι 8× (4.6%)

ἀπέκτεινα 7× (3.9%)

αὐτοὺσ 6× (2.6%)

ἀποκτείνατε 5× (2.9%)

ἀπέκτεινασ 5× (3.0%)

αὐτούσ 5× (2.4%)

ἀποκτενῶ 4× (2.3%)

ἀνελεῖ 4× (2.3%)

נפש נֶ֜פֶשׁ

soul

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

נפש

nephesh

Definition

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

Root

from H5314 (נפש);

Exhaustive

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

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H5315

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

נֶפֶשׁ

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

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

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

נֶפֶשׁ

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

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

Noun common both singular absolute

LXX: ψυχή ψυχήν ψυχὴν ψυχὴ ψυχῆσ

LXX Usage Statistics

H5315:

ψυχή 126× (15.5%)

ψυχήν 119× (14.6%)

ψυχὴν 89× (11.4%)

ψυχὴ 88× (10.9%)

ψυχῆσ 82× (10.3%)

ψυχῇ 55× (6.9%)

ψυχὰσ 38× (4.8%)

ψυχαὶ 21× (2.8%)

ψυχαῖσ 17× (2.1%)

'' 15× (1.9%)

וכל׀ וְכֹל׀

and every/all

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ו

wə

Definition

and

Root

From H8505; a prefix

Exhaustive

The conjunctive ו is not merely a fixed coordinator with a stable semantic value (“and/but/or/then”). Its core function is linkage, not meaning. It binds units into a single discourse field—phrases, clauses, or whole scenes—while leaving the logical relation to be inferred from aspect, word order, genre, and context.

So the variability in translation (“and / but / or / even / then”) is not polyvalence in the particle; it is underspecification by design. The language expects the reader/hearer to perceive the relation rather than have it encoded.

Crucially, conjunctive ו does not imply temporal sequence. It implies continuity of attention. Think of it as:
- “this belongs with what precedes,”
- “remain within the same frame,”
“do not reset the discourse.”
This is why Hebrew can chain dozens of clauses with ו without subordination or explicit logic markers. The text advances by accumulation, not by branching syntactic trees. Meaning arises from the interaction:
- Aspect (qatal / yiqtol / participle),
- Position (fronted elements, resumptive nouns),
- Genre (law, narrative, oracle),
- Context (who speaks, to whom).
The ו simply keeps the circuit closed so these cues can operate together. Remove tense assumptions, and the system becomes coherent.

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

כל

kôl

Definition

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

Root

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

Exhaustive

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

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H3605

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

כֹּל

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

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

כֹּל

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

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

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

כֹּל

chald. • Page 316

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

כֹּל

m. verbal • Root כלל • Page 315

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

Conjunction, Noun common both singular absolute

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%)

נגע נֹגֵעַ

a plague/blow/he touched

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

נגע

nâgaʻ

Definition

properly, to touch, i.e. lay the hand upon (for any purpose; euphemistically, to lie with a woman); by implication, to reach (figuratively, to arrive, acquire); violently, to strike (punish, defeat, destroy, etc.)

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

a primitive root; properly, to touch, i.e. lay the hand upon (for any purpose; euphemistically, to lie with a woman); by implication, to reach (figuratively, to arrive, acquire); violently, to strike (punish, defeat, destroy, etc.); beat, ([idiom] be able to) bring (down), cast, come (nigh), draw near (nigh), get up, happen, join, near, plague, reach (up), smite, strike, touch.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H5060

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

נָגַע

verb • Root נגע • Strongs / High • Page 943

To strike, beat; hence 1. to smite, punish, inflict plagues upon. 2. with a weaker sense, to touch. 3. in a local sense, to touch upon, to reach. 4. to come to, to arrive.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

נָגַע

verb • Page 425

To touch, usually construed with בְּ (Gen. 3:3, Lev. 5:3). Applied to denote: (1.) to injure (Gen. 26:11).

נָגַע

verb • Root נגע • Page 426

To touch, reach, or strike. Senses include: to lie with a woman (Josh. 9:19); to reach unto anything (Hos. 4:2); to come to a person or thing (2 Sam. 5:8); to smite (Gen. 32:26). Includes Niph. (to be beaten), Pi. (to smite), Pu. (passive), and Hiph. (to cause to touch, reach unto, or befall).

Verb Qal participle active masculine singular absolute

LXX: ἁπτόμενοσ ἅψηται ἥψατο ἅπτεσθε ἁπτομένη

LXX Usage Statistics

H5060:

ἁπτόμενοσ 24× (13.4%)

ἅψηται 15× (9.9%)

ἥψατο 15× (9.0%)

ἅπτεσθε 4× (2.7%)

ἁπτομένη 4× (2.6%)

ἅψασθαι 4× (2.5%)

ἥπτετο 3× (1.9%)

ἅψαι 3× (1.9%)

ἤγγισεν 3× (1.9%)

ἥψατό 3× (1.8%)

בחלל בֶּחָלָ֗ל

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ב

bə

Definition

in, by

Root

A primitive particle; a prefix

Exhaustive

(beth) — in / within / by means of

Core value: interiority, enclosure, participation

ב does not primarily mean “in time” (“when”) or even “in space.” It marks being inside a domain, whether that domain is:
- spatial (house, land),
- conceptual (wisdom, covenant),
- modal (strength, fear),
- instrumental (by means of).
Aonically, ב marks immersion.
not “when X happened” but “within the state or field of X.”
This is why ב־יום does not need to mean “on the day (chronological)” but “within the day-realm / condition”.

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

חלל

châlâl

Definition

pierced (especially to death); figuratively, polluted

Root

from H2490 (חלל);

Exhaustive

from חלל; pierced (especially to death); figuratively, polluted; kill, profane, slain (man), [idiom] slew, (deadly) wounded.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H2491

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

חָלָל

noun masculine • Strongs / High • Page 491

1. killed, slain, especially in war; seldomer of a single person murdered; figuratively, of those killed by hunger, pestilence, whoredom. 2. profane, impure.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

חָלָל

adjective • Root חלל • Page 230

profane. (Mentioned as a derivative of the root חָלַל).

Preposition -Within Art, Adjective adjective both singular absolute

LXX: τραυματίαι τραυματιῶν τραυματίασ '' τετραυματισμένοι

LXX Usage Statistics

H2491a:

τραυματίαι 24× (25.3%)

τραυματιῶν 19× (20.9%)

τραυματίασ 15× (15.8%)

'' 7× (6.7%)

τετραυματισμένοι 3× (3.4%)

τραυματίου 3× (3.0%)

νεκροὺσ 3× (3.0%)

ὡσ 2× (2.2%)

--- 2× (2.2%)

τραυματίᾳ 2× (1.9%)

תתחטאו תִּתְחַטְּא֞וּ

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

חטא

châṭâʼ

Definition

properly, to miss; hence (figuratively and generally) to sin; by inference, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, (causatively) lead astray, condemn

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

a primitive root; properly, to miss; hence (figuratively and generally) to sin; by inference, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, (causatively) lead astray, condemn; bear the blame, cleanse, commit (sin), by fault, harm he hath done, loss, miss, (make) offend(-er), offer for sin, purge, purify (self), make reconciliation, (cause, make) sin(-ful, -ness), trespass.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H2398

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

חָטָא

verb • Strongs / High • Page 474

1. tr. to take from, to remove, to take away, to diminish; figurat. to diminish the soul, i. e. to injure. 2. intr. to miss, to want. 3. to miss the mark. 4. to err, in a moral sense, i. e. to sin.

חָטָא

verb • Root חטא • Strongs / High • Page 475

To sin, to transgress against a person or thing; metaphorically, to be under the penalty of sin, to make atonement for a crime.

חָטָא

verb • Root חטא • Strongs / High • Page 476

See חֵטְא.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

חָטָא

verb • Page 223

1. to slip, to fall. Prov. 19: 2. 2. to err, go astray, to miss the goal. Prov. 8: 36. Job 5: 24. 3. to sin, as a path from which the sinner strays. Gen. 20: 6, 9. 1 Sam. 2: 25. Lev. 4: 23. 4. to owe, to forfeit; Prov. 20: 2. Also includes Pi. (to be punished, offer as sin-offering, purify/cleanse); Hiph. (to miss mark, cause to sin, seduce); Hithpa. (to purify one's self, be beside one's self from terror).

חַטָּא

noun masculine • Root חטא • Page 223

1. a sinner. Gen. 13: 13.

Verb Hithpael imperfect second person masculine plural

LXX: ἥμαρτεν ἐξήμαρτεν ἡμάρτομεν ἁμάρτῃ ἥμαρτον

LXX Usage Statistics

H2398:

ἥμαρτεν 25× (10.7%)

ἐξήμαρτεν 23× (9.7%)

ἡμάρτομεν 20× (8.5%)

ἁμάρτῃ 19× (8.1%)

ἥμαρτον 15× (6.3%)

ἡμάρτηκα 11× (4.7%)

ἡμάρτηκεν 6× (2.6%)

ἁμαρτήσονταί 5× (2.1%)

ἥμαρτόν 5× (2.1%)

--- 5× (2.1%)

ביום בַּיּוֹם

within the Manifestation/Day

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

Fürst

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 -Within Art, Noun common both singular absolute

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%)

השלישי הָשְּׁלִישִׁי

the Third One

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

שלישי

shᵉlîyshîy

Definition

third; feminine athird (part); by extension, a third (day, year or time); specifically, a third-story cell)

Root

ordinal from H7969 (שלוש);

Exhaustive

ordinal from שלוש; third; feminine athird (part); by extension, a third (day, year or time); specifically, a third-story cell); third (part, rank, time), three (years old).

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H7992

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

שְׁלִישִׁי

ordinal adjective • Root שלש • Strongs / High • Page 1440

third (masculine ordinal).

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

שְׁלִישִׁי

noun masculine • Root שלש • Page 680

The third. The fem. שְׁלִישִׁית (shelishit) signifies (1) the third part; (2) the third time (Ezek. 21:19); (3) the third day, or the day after tomorrow (1 Sam. 20:12); (4) in Is. 15:5 and Jer. 48:34 it forms part of a proper name.

Particle definite article, Adjective ordinal number both singular absolute

LXX: τρίτῃ τρίτοσ τρίτον τρίτῳ τέταρτον

LXX Usage Statistics

H7992:

τρίτῃ 26× (22.9%)

τρίτοσ 20× (17.6%)

τρίτον 19× (15.6%)

τρίτῳ 12× (10.4%)

τέταρτον 3× (2.3%)

τρίτη 3× (2.6%)

τρίτην 3× (2.6%)

τρίτου 3× (2.5%)

μέρουσ 3× (2.0%)

τρίτησ 2× (2.1%)

וביום וּבַיּוֹם

and within the day

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ו

wə

Definition

and

Root

From H8505; a prefix

Exhaustive

The conjunctive ו is not merely a fixed coordinator with a stable semantic value (“and/but/or/then”). Its core function is linkage, not meaning. It binds units into a single discourse field—phrases, clauses, or whole scenes—while leaving the logical relation to be inferred from aspect, word order, genre, and context.

So the variability in translation (“and / but / or / even / then”) is not polyvalence in the particle; it is underspecification by design. The language expects the reader/hearer to perceive the relation rather than have it encoded.

Crucially, conjunctive ו does not imply temporal sequence. It implies continuity of attention. Think of it as:
- “this belongs with what precedes,”
- “remain within the same frame,”
“do not reset the discourse.”
This is why Hebrew can chain dozens of clauses with ו without subordination or explicit logic markers. The text advances by accumulation, not by branching syntactic trees. Meaning arises from the interaction:
- Aspect (qatal / yiqtol / participle),
- Position (fronted elements, resumptive nouns),
- Genre (law, narrative, oracle),
- Context (who speaks, to whom).
The ו simply keeps the circuit closed so these cues can operate together. Remove tense assumptions, and the system becomes coherent.

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

ב

bə

Definition

in, by

Root

A primitive particle; a prefix

Exhaustive

(beth) — in / within / by means of

Core value: interiority, enclosure, participation

ב does not primarily mean “in time” (“when”) or even “in space.” It marks being inside a domain, whether that domain is:
- spatial (house, land),
- conceptual (wisdom, covenant),
- modal (strength, fear),
- instrumental (by means of).
Aonically, ב marks immersion.
not “when X happened” but “within the state or field of X.”
This is why ב־יום does not need to mean “on the day (chronological)” but “within the day-realm / condition”.

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

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

Fürst

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).

Conjunction, Preposition, Noun common both singular absolute

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%)

השביעי הָשְּׁבִיעִי

the Seventh One

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

שביעי

shᵉbîyʻîy

Definition

seventh

Root

or שבעי; ordinal from H7657 (שבעים);

Exhaustive

or שבעי; ordinal from שבעים; seventh; seventh (time).

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H7637

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

שְׁבִיעִי

numeral ordinal • Root שבע • Strongs / High • Page 1373

the seventh.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

שְׁבִיעִי

ordinal adj. • Root שבע • Page 651

The seventh. Gen. 2: 2, Ex. 21: 2.

Particle definite article, Adjective ordinal number both singular absolute

LXX: ἑβδόμῃ ἑβδόμῳ ἕβδομοσ ἑβδόμου ἑβδόμη

LXX Usage Statistics

H7637:

ἑβδόμῃ 40× (40.6%)

ἑβδόμῳ 22× (21.3%)

ἕβδομοσ 10× (10.4%)

ἑβδόμου 8× (8.2%)

ἑβδόμη 4× (4.1%)

ἕβδομον 2× (2.2%)

'' 2× (2.0%)

ἑβδόμην 2× (2.0%)

μηνὶ 2× (1.4%)

אתם אַתֶּם

your/their eternal selves

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

אתה

ʼattâh

Definition

thou and thee, or (plural) ye and you

Root

or (shortened); את; or את; feminine (irregular) sometimes אתי; plural masculine אתם; feminine אתן; or אתנהlemma אתנה missing vowel, corrected to אתנה; or אתנה; a primitive pronoun of the second person;

Exhaustive

or (shortened); את; or את; feminine (irregular) sometimes אתי; plural masculine אתם; feminine אתן; or אתנהlemma אתנה missing vowel, corrected to אתנה; or אתנה; a primitive pronoun of the second person; thou and thee, or (plural) ye and you; thee, thou, ye, you.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H859

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

אֱלִיאָתָה

noun proper masculine • Root איות • Lemma_Lookup • Page 138

Proper name masculine, 'El is [coming/consent]'.

אַתָּה

pronoun • Lemma_Lookup • Page 210

Personal pronoun (2nd person) m. thou (you).

אָתָה

verb • Root אתה • Lemma_Lookup • Page 209

To come.

אָתָה

verb • Lemma_Lookup • Page 210

(not used) should be assumed for the noun אָתוֹן (she-ass); but according to others אָתַן is the stem.

אָתָה

verb • Lemma_Lookup • Page 210

See אֲתָא.

אִתְהַעְבַּד

verb pael • Root עבד • Lemma_Lookup • Page 1043

To be made to serve; to be made into; to be done.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

אַנְתָּה

pronoun • Page 62

thou. Found only in biblical Chaldee.

אֲתָה

chald. v. • Page 82

to come (Dan. 7:22). Aph. הַיְתִי 'to bring' (Dan. 3:13). Pass. היתִי 'be brought' (Dan. 3:13).

אַתָּה

pronoun personal • Page 82

thou (masc.). The Dagesh forte stands for an assimilated Nun. Occurs without final He five times (Eccl. 7:22, Job 1:10, etc.). Comp. fem. אַתְּ, and plur. אַתֶּם, אַתֶּן.

Pronoun personal second person masculine plural

LXX:

LXX Usage Statistics

H0859d:

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ושביכם וּשְׁבִיכֶם׃

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

שבי

shᵉbîy

Definition

exiled; captured; as noun, exile (abstractly or concretely and collectively); by extension, booty

Root

from H7618 (שבו);

Exhaustive

from שבו; exiled; captured; as noun, exile (abstractly or concretely and collectively); by extension, booty; captive(-ity), prisoners, [idiom] take away, that was taken.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H7628

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

שְׁבִי

noun masculine • Root שבה • Strongs / High • Page 1372

1. abstract, captivity; land of captivity; carrying off, booty. 2. concrete, captives.

שְׁבִי

noun masculine • Strongs / High • Page 1373

booty of the captives.

שְׁבִי

noun proper masculine • Strongs / High • Page 1373

Proper name.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

שְׁבִי

noun masculine • Root שבה • Page 651

1. as an adj. captive, a prisoner (Ex. 12: 29). 2. as a subst. captivity, and as a concrete captives, prisoners (Num. 21: 1, Ps. 68: 19).

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

LXX: αἰχμαλωσίᾳ αἰχμαλωσίασ αἰχμαλωσίαν αἰχμαλωτεύσῃ τισ

LXX Usage Statistics

H7628a:

αἰχμαλωσίᾳ 12× (20.4%)

αἰχμαλωσίασ 11× (19.5%)

αἰχμαλωσίαν 10× (19.6%)

αἰχμαλωτεύσῃ 2× (3.9%)

τισ 2× (3.9%)

ἀποικισμόν 2× (3.6%)

'' 2× (3.6%)

αἰχμάλωτοι 2× (4.2%)

αἰχμάλωτοσ 2× (4.2%)

RBT Translation:

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RBT Paraphrase:
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Julia Smith Literal 1876 Translation:
And encamp ye without the camp seven days: every one killing a soul, and every one touching upon the wounded, ye shall be purified in the third day, and in the seventh day, ye and your captivity.

LITV Translation:
And encamp outside the camp seven days. Whoever has killed any person, and whoever touched a pierced one, purify yourselves on the third day and on the seventh day, you and your captives.

Brenton Septuagint Translation:
And ye shall encamp outside the great camp seven days; everyone who has slain and who touches a dead body, shall be purified on the third day, and ye and your captivity shall purify yourselves on the seventh day.