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twins; two offspring born together from the same pregnancy, whether human or animal

grief, sorrow; emotional pain or heaviness of heart, often contrasted with joy in wisdom literature

Togarmah; name of a northern territory/people in Armenia or Asia Minor, descended from Japheth

rebuke, correction, reproof; sharp words of correction or punishment, whether divine or human

worm; maggots/larvae, or scarlet dye produced from the coccus ilicis insect, depending on context

eminence, heights; lofty peaks or towering horns, representing elevation, strength, or precious accumulation

turn, plait; occasion or opportunity (of persons); decorative circlets or braids (of hair, gold ornaments)

under, beneath (Aramaic); with מִן: from under

he-goat, male goat

weariness, hardship, distress; exhaustion from oppression or adversity

there (Aramaic adverb)

cosmetics, purification ointments, beautification treatments

to sew, stitch together

circuit, cycle, completion; the turning point or full course of a period

to overpower, prevail against, overcome by force

two (Aramaic number); masculine תְּרֵין, feminine תַּרְתֵּין

noise, shouting, uproar; clamor of crowds or tumult of storm

Tattenai, Persian official; governor of the province Beyond the River under Darius I

Abba (Aramaic vocative 'father'); transliterated address to God expressing intimate filial relationship

Abijah, Abia; name of a priestly division and a Judean king

to press into service, compel to serve as courier; requisition labor or resources by authority

holiness, sanctification; moral purity and consecration to God

wild, untamed; living in natural state opposed to domesticated or cultivated

to be deeply distressed, troubled in spirit; experiencing anguish or dismay

wrongdoing, misdeed, crime; an act of injustice or violation of law

immortality, deathlessness; exemption from death and decay

to choose, select, prefer; to take for oneself by deliberate decision

request, petition; a specific thing asked for

captivity; the state or experience of being taken prisoner, or collective captives

pure, unmixed, innocent; morally untainted or guileless

to nullify, invalidate, set aside; to render legally void or without force

mute, speechless, unable to speak

to salt, preserve with salt; to season or to be salted

to leap, spring up, jump suddenly

to thresh grain, tread out; to separate kernels by trampling or beating

irrational, unreasoning; lacking speech or reason, contrary to logic

fox; a cunning, crafty person (metaphorically)

Amminadab, Aminadab; ancestor of David and Jesus

Amos; name of two figures in Jesus's genealogy

reading; public reading of Scripture or private reading of texts

to search for, seek out, investigate carefully

to unsettle, upset, stir up trouble; to turn upside down or drive out

to overturn, upset, turn upside down; to overthrow or ruin

to bring up, nourish, rear; to raise from infancy or nurse to health

blameless, above reproach; not open to criticism or attack

to go up, ascend; to return or go back

without, apart from; expressing absence or lack of something

fitting, proper, suitable; what is appropriate or becoming in a given situation

murderer, one who kills human beings

set upright, restore, straighten; to return something to its proper state