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To be leavened, to ferment; figuratively to become embittered or soured in heart

To ferment, foam, or surge; of agitated waters or churning bowels in distress

Belly, abdomen (the fifth part of the torso); site of a fatal stab wound

Armed, in battle array; equipped and organized for military march

Waterskin, leather bottle for carrying water

Henadad, a Levite chief whose descendants helped rebuild Jerusalem's walls

To embalm (a corpse with spices); to ripen or spice (of fruit)

Dedication, the formal consecration ceremony for a temple or image

Hanamel, Jeremiah's cousin who sold him a field in Anathoth as a sign of hope during the siege of Jerusalem

Hananel, a tower on the north wall of Jerusalem between the Sheep Gate and the Fish Gate

Hephzibah ('my delight is in her'), name of Manasseh's mother and a symbolic name for restored Zion

Hazar-enan ('village of springs'), a place on the northeastern border of the promised land

Hazar-shual ('village of the jackal/fox'), a town in southern Judah allotted also to Simeon

To carve, engrave; cut figures into a surface; mark a boundary or limit

To attack, fight, smite down; wage war against (rare Aramaic-influenced verb distinct from harav 'to dry up')

Desolation, waste, ruin; the state of being laid waste (distinct from horev 'dryness' and herev 'sword')

Horite, member of the pre-Edomite cave-dwelling people of Seir; also a personal name in Simeon's genealogy

Horonaim ('two hollows/caves'), a Moabite city featured in oracles of judgment against Moab

Skilful working or carving of materials such as wood and stone; craftsmanship in artistic engraving.

Desire, delight; a longed-for thing or pleasure; used of Solomon's building projects and personal delight.

To snatch up, seize (especially fire or coals); by extension, to snatch away a person destructively.

Tob — a region beyond the Jordan, north or northeast of Gilead, likely Aramean territory.

A basket used to carry agricultural produce, especially firstfruits and harvested goods.

To taste; in the Pael stem, to feed or cause to eat (Aramaic); also used of being under the influence of wine.

A handbreadth (unit of linear measure, roughly 3 inches); also an architectural term, possibly a coping or ledge.

To drive away, chase out; used of Nebuchadnezzar's expulsion from human society during his madness.

Jaazaniah — a Hebrew personal name meaning 'Yahweh hears,' borne by several men in the late monarchic period.

To be foolish, act foolishly; to become a fool, showing senseless behavior through sin or lack of judgment.

Jebus, the ancient Canaanite name for Jerusalem before David's conquest

Jehudi, a court official of King Jehoiakim who read Jeremiah's scroll aloud

Jehozabad, a name meaning 'Yahweh has bestowed,' borne by several men including a royal assassin and Levites

Jehoahaz/Joahaz, 'Yahweh has grasped,' name of kings of Israel and Judah and a chronicler's father

Joiakim, 'Yahweh raises up,' a high priest in the post-exilic period, son of Jeshua

Jozadak, 'Yahweh is righteous,' father of Joshua the high priest of the restoration era

born, one who has been born; used of children in a particular place or circumstance

Imlah, father of the prophet Micaiah who opposed Ahab's false prophets

to go to the right, turn right, use the right hand

Jabez, a man of prayer and a town in Judah near Bethlehem

Jalam, son of Esau and Oholibamah, an Edomite chief

Joppa (modern Jaffa), a Mediterranean seaport town assigned to Dan, northwest of Jerusalem

the Izharites, a Levitical family descended from Izhar son of Kohath

to spread out, lay down (as a bed or couch); to make one's bed in Sheol

Jokshan, son of Abraham by Keturah, father of Sheba and Dedan

to quiver, tremble; to be grieved or distressed (of the soul)

Jashub, name of (1) a son of Issachar and (2) an Israelite with a foreign wife

Ishvi, name of (1) a son of Asher and (2) a son of Saul

Isaac, son of Abraham and Sarah, father of Jacob and Esau, patriarch of Israel

aged, elderly; advanced in years (used only in Job)

to be desolate, laid waste (synonym of שמם, found only in J, E, and Ezekiel)

Jeshaiah, name of four post-exilic Israelites (different from Isaiah the prophet)