diff --git a/src/operators/binary/arithmetic.ts b/src/operators/binary/arithmetic.ts
index 0aa65128..9a0fbcc9 100644
--- a/src/operators/binary/arithmetic.ts
+++ b/src/operators/binary/arithmetic.ts
@@ -8,18 +8,45 @@ export function add(a: any, b: any): any {
   if (a === undefined || b === undefined) {
     return undefined;
   }
-  // If both values are strings and at least one of them in a non-number
+
+  // If both values are numbers then we want to add the numbers.
+  if (typeof a === 'number' && typeof b === 'number') {
+    return a + b;
+  }
+
+  // If both values are strings and at least one of them is a non-number
   // then we want to concatenate the strings.
   if (typeof a === 'string' && typeof b === 'string') {
     const numA = Number(a);
     const numB = Number(b);
+
     if (isNaN(numA) || isNaN(numB)) {
-      return a + b;
+      return `${a}${b}`;
     }
   }
 
-  // Add the numeric values.
-  return Number(a) + Number(b);
+  // If both values are arrays then we want to concatenate the arrays.
+  if (Array.isArray(a) && Array.isArray(b)) {
+    return a.concat(b);
+  }
+
+  // If both values are objects then we want to merge the objects.
+  if (
+    typeof a === 'object' &&
+    typeof b === 'object' &&
+    !Array.isArray(a) &&
+    !Array.isArray(b)
+  ) {
+    return { ...a, ...b };
+  }
+
+  // If both values can be converted to numbers then we want to add the numbers.
+  if (!isNaN(Number(a)) && !isNaN(Number(b))) {
+    return Number(a) + Number(b);
+  }
+
+  // Otherwise return an error indicating that the values of mixed types cannot be added.
+  throw new Error(`Cannot add values of incompatible types: ${typeof a} and ${typeof b}`);
 }
 
 export function sub(a: number | undefined, b: number | undefined): number | undefined {
diff --git a/test/functions/functions-binary-ops.ts b/test/functions/functions-binary-ops.ts
index 53d47a51..12aaa5a5 100644
--- a/test/functions/functions-binary-ops.ts
+++ b/test/functions/functions-binary-ops.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,52 @@ describe('Binary Operators TypeScript Test', function () {
       assert.strictEqual(parser.evaluate('2 + undefined'), undefined);
       assert.strictEqual(parser.evaluate('undefined + 2'), undefined);
     });
+    it('should concatenate non-numeric strings', function () {
+      const parser = new Parser();
+      assert.strictEqual(parser.evaluate('"hello" + "world"'), 'helloworld');
+      assert.strictEqual(parser.evaluate('"foo" + "bar"'), 'foobar');
+      assert.strictEqual(parser.evaluate('"test" + "123"'), 'test123');
+    });
+    it('should add numeric strings as numbers', function () {
+      const parser = new Parser();
+      assert.strictEqual(parser.evaluate('"5" + "3"'), 8);
+      assert.strictEqual(parser.evaluate('"10" + "20"'), 30);
+      assert.strictEqual(parser.evaluate('"0" + "5"'), 5);
+    });
+    it('should concatenate arrays', function () {
+      const parser = new Parser();
+      assert.deepStrictEqual(parser.evaluate('[1, 2] + [3, 4]'), [1, 2, 3, 4]);
+      assert.deepStrictEqual(parser.evaluate('[1] + [2, 3]'), [1, 2, 3]);
+      assert.deepStrictEqual(parser.evaluate('[] + [1, 2]'), [1, 2]);
+    });
+    it('should merge objects', function () {
+      const parser = new Parser();
+      assert.deepStrictEqual(parser.evaluate('{a: 1} + {b: 2}'), { a: 1, b: 2 });
+      assert.deepStrictEqual(parser.evaluate('{x: 10} + {y: 20}'), { x: 10, y: 20 });
+      assert.deepStrictEqual(parser.evaluate('{a: 1, b: 2} + {c: 3}'), { a: 1, b: 2, c: 3 });
+    });
+    it('should handle object merging with overlapping keys', function () {
+      const parser = new Parser();
+      assert.deepStrictEqual(parser.evaluate('{a: 1} + {a: 2}'), { a: 2 });
+      assert.deepStrictEqual(parser.evaluate('{x: 10, y: 20} + {y: 30}'), { x: 10, y: 30 });
+    });
+    it('should handle null values correctly', function () {
+      const parser = new Parser();
+      assert.deepStrictEqual(parser.evaluate('null + null'), {});
+    });
+    it('should convert numeric values to numbers before adding', function () {
+      const parser = new Parser();
+      assert.strictEqual(parser.evaluate('true + 1'), 2);
+      assert.strictEqual(parser.evaluate('false + 5'), 5);
+      assert.strictEqual(parser.evaluate('1 + true'), 2);
+    });
+    it('should throw error for incompatible types', function () {
+      const parser = new Parser();
+      assert.throws(() => parser.evaluate('5 + [1, 2]'), /Cannot add values of incompatible types/);
+      assert.throws(() => parser.evaluate('"text" + {a: 1}'), /Cannot add values of incompatible types/);
+      assert.throws(() => parser.evaluate('[1, 2] + {a: 1}'), /Cannot add values of incompatible types/);
+      assert.throws(() => parser.evaluate('5 + {x: 1}'), /Cannot add values of incompatible types/);
+    });
   });
 
   describe('- (subtraction)', function () {