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to be wet, drenched (with dew); to soak or drench someone

Zuar; father of Nethanel, tribal leader of Issachar

Zuph; an Ephraimite ancestor of Samuel; also a district in Benjamin

Zur; a Midianite prince slain by Israel; also a Gibeonite in Benjamin

Zurishaddai; 'my rock is Shaddai,' father of Shelumiel of Simeon

Zohar; father of Ephron the Hittite; also a son of Simeon and a Judahite

pangs, writhing pains; birth-like anguish from terror or distress

to bind, join, attach oneself to; to yoke together in loyalty or devotion

treetop, crown of a tree; the uppermost leafy branches, especially of a tall cedar

turban, headwrap; a wound cloth headdress worn by priests, royalty, or women

to stoop, bend, incline; to tip over a vessel; to march forward bent with exertion

metal plating, overlay; a thin covering of gold or silver applied to objects

Tyrian; of or belonging to Tyre, a Phoenician coastal city

pelican or desert owl; an unclean bird inhabiting desolate ruins and wilderness

Kibroth-hattaavah; 'graves of craving,' an Israelite wilderness encampment

to kindle, be kindled; to start or catch fire, especially of divine wrath

cult prostitute (female); a woman devoted to ritual sexual practices at a shrine

rafter, beam; a structural timber used in roofing or ceiling construction

to pluck off or pull out (twigs, ears of grain, plants); to be plucked

castor-oil plant, gourd (the fast-growing plant God appointed to shade Jonah)

to cut off, scrape off; to destroy or diminish (peoples, limbs, surfaces)

end, limit; used in the phrase 'no end to' indicating boundlessness

bough(s), branch(es); collectively, the leafy growth of a tree (distinct from harvest homonym)

short (of hand: feeble; of spirit: impatient; of days: short-lived)

axe (a cutting tool for felling trees and clearing wood)

cold, coldness (of weather, night, or winter conditions)

to lay beams, furnish with beams (construction of roofs, gates, and upper chambers)

Kiriath-Sepher (ancient name of Debir, meaning 'city of the book/scribe')

to pinch, nip off; wink the eye or compress the lips maliciously; to be formed from clay

town, city (poetic/late form)

seer, one who sees (archaic title for a prophet)

seeing, sight; appearance; spectacle

greatness, majesty (Aramaic; of royal power and splendor)

height (Aramaic; of structures and visionary trees)

Rahab, the harlot of Jericho who sheltered Israel's spies

Rehabiah, grandson of Moses through Eliezer

handmill, millstones (dual form for the paired grinding stones)

womb; from the womb (i.e., from birth)

poverty, want, destitution — the condition of material lack and economic vulnerability

to acquire, gather property — to accumulate possessions, especially livestock and moveable wealth

elevated platform, high place — a raised shrine or mound used for illicit worship

slackness, negligence, laxity — idle carelessness in work or duty

Reu — a patriarchal name, son of Peleg in the line from Shem to Abraham

Raamah — a descendant of Cush and a trading people of southern Arabia

Rameses — an Egyptian city and district in the eastern Nile Delta, built by Israelite forced labor

to drip, trickle — of rain, dew, or heavenly blessing falling gently from above

Rephidim — an Israelite wilderness encampment near Sinai, site of water from the rock and the battle with Amalek

Rephaiah — a personal name borne by five different men across Chronicles and Nehemiah

rottenness, decay; figurative for inner corruption eating away at bones or a nation

temple (of the head); the side of the forehead above the cheekbone