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Deuteronomy 20:8

“And the officers shall speak further unto the people, and they shall say, What man is there that is fearful and fainthearted? let him go and return unto his house, lest his brethren’s heart faint as well as his heart.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

יָסַףyâçaph · yaw-saf'
H3254 · Hebrew

Definition: to add or augment (often adverbial, to continue to do a thing)
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV renderings: add, [idiom] again, [idiom] any more, [idiom] cease, [idiom] come more, [phrase] conceive again, continue, exceed, [idiom] further, [idiom] gather together, get more, give more-over, [idiom] henceforth, increase (more and more), join, [idiom] longer (bring, do, make, much, put), [idiom] (the, much, yet) more (and more), proceed (further), prolong, put, be (strong-) er, [idiom] yet, yield.
Grammar: וְ — conjunction
יָסְפ֣וּ — verb Qal, sequential perfect, 3rd person, common, plural
Code HC/Vqq3cp
Usage: Occurs 210 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 4:2 Genesis 4:12 Genesis 8:10 Genesis 8:12 Genesis 8:21

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read יָסַף here.

Verse 7 Verse 9

Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.