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To dash in pieces, smash violently; used of the brutal killing of children in warfare

Slander, tale-bearing; also the person who practices it -- a slanderer, gossip, informer

To rise up, be exalted; a by-form of rum (H7311), also used for withdrawing from danger

To associate with, companion; to graze, feed, tend flocks or land

Female companion, neighbor woman, or mate — the feminine counterpart of rea (friend/neighbor).

Thought, reflection, cogitation — an Aramaic noun found exclusively in Daniel, denoting inner mental activity.

Thunder; the mighty rumbling sound ascribed to God's power and theophanic self-revelation.

Ha-Raphah; the eponymous giant ancestor of Philistine warrior-champions slain by David's men.

Reqem; a proper name borne by a Midianite king, Calebite descendants, and a Benjamite town.

To crash into ruins, be laid waste; to roar or make an uproar; to make desolate (Hiphil causative)

To ask, inquire; to request or demand (Aramaic)

Shealtiel; 'I asked God,' father of Zerubbabel, leader of the post-exilic return to Jerusalem.

To trample, crush, pursue aggressively; to swallow up, devour

Shebuel / Shubael; a Levitical name borne by a Gershomite treasury chief and a Hemanite musician.

Sibmah (also Sebam); a Moabite town near Heshbon renowned for its vineyards.

Satiety, fullness; the state of being completely satisfied, especially with food, sometimes leading to moral excess.

Seven; the Aramaic cardinal numeral, used in Daniel and Ezra for periods and quantities.

Sevenfold, seven times; a dual-form intensifier expressing complete or amplified retribution and blessing.

To wait, hope, look expectantly; a Piel verb expressing patient trust directed toward God or an anticipated outcome.

Field, cultivated terrain; used of terraced agricultural land in poetic and prophetic descriptions of fertility or devastation.

Shur — a region on the southwestern border of Canaan near Egypt, associated with wilderness travel and the patriarchal narratives.

Black, dark-colored; used of hair, horses, and skin complexion in ritual, prophetic, and poetic texts.

To turn aside, go astray — especially of marital infidelity or moral deviation

To spread out, spread abroad; stretching something flat over an open area, used literally of drying and figuratively of divine expansion.

To bear a grudge, cherish animosity; persistent hostile feeling that may erupt into persecution.

To accuse, act as adversary; denominative from 'satan,' describing the role of legal or spiritual opposition.

Flood, torrent, overwhelming rush of water; used literally of rainstorms and figuratively of divine wrath or calamity.

The Shilonite — a gentilic adjective identifying someone from Shiloh, applied especially to the prophet Ahijah.

Bereaved, robbed of offspring; describing a mother — animal or human — deprived of her young, fierce in grief.

Shammai — a personal name in the tribe of Judah, borne by three men in the Chronicler's genealogies.

Desolate, laid waste; describes a state of ruin or abandonment, used of land, sanctuaries, and persons left bereft.

To delight in, take exquisite pleasure; to play, sport joyfully

Abundance, flood, multitude; a company or troop of people

Almond-shaped; Pual participle of shaqad used to describe cups fashioned like almond blossoms on the menorah.

To sink, sink down, subside; causatively (Hiphil) to cause to sink or settle

To rush, run about, charge; figuratively to long for, crave restlessly

Deal falsely, lie; to act with deception or break faith, used of covenant betrayal and divine faithfulness.

Aramaic verb: to loosen, untie, solve (problems); to dwell, abide; to begin, commence

Rule, act as prince; denominative from sar, to exercise authority, govern, or lord it over others.

Urinate; Hiphil participle used idiomatically in 'one who urinates against a wall' to mean 'any male.'

Shetar-Boznai; a Persian official who, alongside Tattenai, investigated the Jewish temple rebuilding under Darius.

To turn, incline, trace out (of a boundary line); to mark the course of a border

Hope, expectation; an abstract noun denoting anticipated outcome, whether fulfilled, deferred, or lost.

Tola; a proper name borne by a son of Issachar and by a judge of Israel from the same tribal line.

Tahath (Tachat): a Levite name, an Ephraimite name, and a wilderness station

Talmai; a proper name borne by an Anakite giant in Hebron and by the king of Geshur, David's father-in-law.

Exchange, substitute; recompense, retribution -- what is given or returned in place of another

Timna; an Edomite name borne by a concubine of Eliphaz, a Horite sister of Lotan, and an Edomite chief.

Apple tree or its fruit; a fragrant tree used in poetic imagery for love, beauty, and refreshment.

Tishbite; a gentilic adjective identifying Elijah as from Tishbe in Gilead.