What does יָסַף · גָּרַע mean in the Bible?
יָסַף · גָּרַע is a Hebrew phrase meaning "Do not add to it and do not subtract from it — the canonical completeness seal".
Hebrew · H3254, H1639
לֹא תֹסִפוּ עָלָיו וְלֹא תִגְרְעוּ מִמֶּנּוּ
To add or augment (often adverbial, to continue to do a thing) · to scrape off; by implication, to shave , remove , lessen , withhold
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יָסַף H3254 to add or augment (often adverbial, to continue to do a thing)
Pronunciation yosif / yasaph
Conveys iterative continuation or repeated action; "do again" or "continue doing" beyond initial occurrence.
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גָּרַע H1639 to scrape off; by implication, to shave , remove , lessen , withhold
Pronunciation gāraʿ
Physical removal action extending to abstract diminishment: scraping away materializes into reducing, restraining, withholding.
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What does לֹא תֹסִפוּ עָלָיו וְלֹא תִגְרְעוּ מִמֶּנּוּ (lo tosifu alav velo tigru mimenu) mean in the Bible?
יָסַף · גָּרַע is a Hebrew phrase meaning "Do not add to it and do not subtract from it — the canonical completeness seal".
Full entry for לֹא תֹסִפוּ עָלָיו וְלֹא תִגְרְעוּ מִמֶּנּוּ (H3254, H1639) · Open the biblical lexicon
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H3254, H1639?
H3254, H1639 is connected to 232 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. Do not add to it and do not subtract from it — the canonical completeness seal
Source Gloss
Do not add to it and do not subtract from it — the canonical completeness seal
Grammatical Forms
How the stem changes the meaning of this verb across the biblical text.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 3 Aligned forms 127
Hiphil causative active — the subject causes someone else to perform the action 107×
Imperfect 1Chr 17:18 · 2Sam 7:20 · 2Sam 14:10 · Deut 25:3 · Eccl 1:18 · Gen 30:24 · Isa 10:20 · Isa 11:11 · Isa 29:14 · Isa 38:5 · Isa 52:1 · Job 17:9 · Job 34:37 · Joel 2:2 · Josh 23:13 · Lam 4:16 83×
Jussive 1Chr 21:3 · 1Kgs 2:23 · 1Sam 3:17 · 1Sam 14:44 · 1Sam 20:13 · 1Sam 25:22 · 2Kgs 6:31 · 2Sam 3:9 · 2Sam 3:35 · 2Sam 19:14 · Deut 1:11 · Exod 8:25 · Lev 5:16 · Lev 5:24 · Ps 115:14 · Deut 3:26 21×
Perfect 1Kgs 10:7 · 2Kgs 24:7 2×
Cohortative Hos 9:15 1×
Qal basic active stem — the word in its most common, direct sense 18×
Perfect 1Sam 15:35 · 1Sam 27:4 · Deut 5:22 · Gen 38:26 · Jer 45:3 · Judg 13:21 · 1Sam 7:13 · 2Kgs 6:23 · 2Sam 2:28 · Judg 8:28 · Num 11:25 · 2Chr 9:6 · Isa 26:15 · 1Sam 12:19 · Gen 8:12 16×
Participle active 1Sam 27:4 · Deut 5:25 2×
Niphal passive or reflexive — the subject receives or experiences the action 2×
Participle active Isa 15:9 1×
Perfect Jer 36:32 1×
Word Origins
לֹא תֹסִפוּ עָלָיו וְלֹא תִגְרְעוּ מִמֶּנּוּ is a primitive root - no further derivation.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain