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Abarim; mountainous region in NW Moab, NE of the Dead Sea, including Mount Nebo

to give suck, nurse; of ewes, cows, or figuratively of God tenderly leading his people

unjust person, unrighteous one; an oppressor who perverts justice

to blind, put out the eyes (Piel); used literally of blinding captives and figuratively of bribes corrupting judgment

to crown, adorn with a crown; of God crowning with glory, honor, or lovingkindness

Ebal; mountain of cursing north of Shechem, opposite Mount Gerizim

Etam; a place name: a cliff in Judah, a city near Bethlehem, and a clan or town in Simeon

eye (Aramaic); the physical organ of sight, or figuratively the eye of God denoting watchful oversight

Ain — a place name meaning 'spring,' used for a Canaanite border point and a Negeb town in Judah/Simeon

Enan — a Naphtalite man, father of Ahira, named in the wilderness census and tribal offerings

En-Rogel — 'spring of the fuller,' a water source on the Judah-Benjamin border near Jerusalem

Ephah — a personal and clan name: a Midianite subtribe, and two figures in Judah's genealogy

Achor — 'trouble,' a valley west of Jericho named for the disturbance caused by Achan's sin

Achsah — daughter of Caleb who requested and received springs of water as a wedding gift

Ochran — an Asherite man, father of Pagiel, named in the wilderness census and tribal offerings

youth, youthful vigor — the prime of life marked by strength and vitality, always in plural abstract form

to glean (grapes, olives); figuratively, to pick off survivors as a gleaner strips remaining fruit

to cover, enwrap; to faint or swoon from exhaustion; reflexively, to wrap or veil oneself

Ammishaddai — a Danite leader whose name means 'my kinsman is Shaddai'

toiling, laboring — one who works with wearisome effort (Ecclesiastes only)

Amasai — name of several Israelites: a warrior of David, Levites, and a priest

Anathothite — gentilicof Anathoth, designating a person from that Benjamite town

sweet wine, fresh-pressed juice — newly extracted grape or fruit juice

tumors, hemorrhoids — swellings afflicting the Philistines as divine plague

Ophel — the fortified mound or hill-spur within Jerusalem (and Samaria)

young deer, fawn — a young stag or hart, used in Song of Solomon's imagery

hurt, pain, sorrow — physical or emotional wound, injury, or grief

to follow at the heel, supplant, deceive — to grasp the heel or overreach craftily

to hamstring (an animal), cut the leg tendons of horses or oxen, rendering them useless

to twist, make crooked, pervert; to distort what is straight or right

poplar or willow tree (populus Euphratica), a water-loving tree found near streams

to be shrewd, crafty, or prudent; to act with cunning or discernment

craftiness, cunning, or prudence; shrewdness applied either deceptively or wisely

herbage, grass; vegetation eaten as fodder by grazing animals

bough, branch; the spreading limbs of a large tree, used figuratively of empires

Pagiel, son of Ocran; leader of the tribe of Asher during the wilderness period

to separate, set free, release, dismiss; also to escape or slip away

Pallu, son of Reuben; ancestor of the Palluites, a Reubenite clan

to cleave, split, pierce; in Piel to cut open or through, slice into

Pelatiah — personal name meaning 'Yah has delivered,' borne by several OT figures

fugitives, escapees; those who have survived destruction or exile

to roll oneself (in dust or ashes) as a mourning rite; to wallow in grief

flat (of hand/foot); used in 'ketonet passim,' an ornamental long-sleeved tunic

Peor — a mountain in Moab and the deity associated with its cult site

to thrust, impel, stir; in Niphal/Hithpael, to be troubled or agitated in spirit

Pirathonite — a gentilicof Pirathon, a town in Ephraim

horse, steed; war-horses or mounted cavalry, a less common synonym of sus

to twist, wrestle; in Niphal/Hithpael, to be tortuous, deal crookedly or shrewdly

interpretation (of a dream); the disclosed meaning of a visionary experience

Pathros; Upper Egypt, the southern region of the Nile valley