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Habakkuk 2:5
“Yea also, because he transgresseth by wine, he is a proud man, neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire as hell, and is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all people:” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H637 · Hebrew
- Definition
- meaning accession (used as an adverb or conjunction); also or yea; adversatively though
- Derivation
- a primitive particle;
- KJV renderings
- also, [phrase] although, and (furthermore, yet), but, even, [phrase] how much less (more, rather than), moreover, with, yea.
- Grammar
- וְ — conjunction
- אַף֙ — adverb
- Usage
- Occurs 134 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 3:1Genesis 18:13Genesis 18:23Genesis 18:24Genesis 40:16
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 אַף here.
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.