A Dictionary

of

Biblical
Languages

Hebrew

Old Testament

James Swanson

Copyright © 1997, Logos Research Systems, Inc.

All rights reserved.

Second edition, 2001

Table of Abbreviations

Symbols

† Not found in BHS in this exact inflected form

+ More references in BHS

* Following a Louw-Nida number, pops up domain/sub-domain titles

2xs, 3xs, etc. The word defined occurs n times in a particular Bible verse

General Abbreviations

ANE Ancient Near East

BA Biblical Aramaic

BH Biblical Hebrew

ca. circa, about

cj. conjecture

coll. collective

comm. commentaries

EB English Bible versification

K/Q Kethibh/Qere (what is written, what is read)

K Kethibh (what is written in the text)

MS manuscript

MSS manuscripts

MT Masoretic Text

oth. others, other sources

passim here and there (scattered about)

poss. possibly

q.v. quod vide, which see

Q Qere (what is read)

sic “intentionally so written”

terr. territory

v.r. variant reading in a manuscript

w/o without

Parts of Speech and Semantic Functions

1cp first person, common, plural

1cs first person, common, singular

1p first person

2mp second person, masculine, plural

2ms second person, masculine, singular

3fp third person, feminine, plural

3fs third person, feminine, singular

3mp third person, masculine, plural

3ms third person, masculine, singular

3p third person

3pl third person, plural

a adjective

abs absolute

acc accusative (the case of the direct object)

act active

adj adjective, or adjectival

adv adverb, or adverbially

alt alternate

c conjunction

cs construct

det determinative, or determination

diff difference

ety etymology, etymological(ly)

f, fem feminine

ftn footnote

g, gent gentilic

ident identify

impf, imperf imperfect

imv imperative

indecl undeclinable

inf infinitive

inj interjection

interp interpretation

intrans intransitive

l.f., L.F., LF Lexical Form

loc locative, i.e., in a location

m masculine

mp masculine plural

ms masculine singular

n noun, or nouns

num numeric

obj objective

p pronoun

pass passive

pers personal/person

pf, perf perfect

pl plural

pr proper (i.e., not common, but very limited in scope)

prep preposition

pt particle

ptc participle

ref reference

s, sg singular

subj subjective

subst substantival

suff suffix

v verb

Bible Translations

ASV American Standard Version (1901)

BDB Brown, Driver, Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon

BHS Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia (i.e., an edition of the Hebrew/Aramaic Bible)

CEV Contemperary English Version

KJV King James Version

LXX Septuagint

NAB New American Bible

NASB New American Standard Bible

NCV New Century Version

NEB New English Bible

NIV New International Version

NJB New Jerusalem Bible

NKJV New King James Version

NLT New Living Translation

NRSV New Revised Standard Version

REB Revised English Bible

RSV Revised Standard Version

TLB The Living Bible

VG, Vulg. Vulgate