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Alvah/Aliah; an Edomite chief listed in Genesis and Chronicles

To rejoice, delight; expressing joy through words or celebratory action

To darken, dim, eclipse; to obscure or overshadow

Dainty, delicate; soft, refined, accustomed to luxury and comfort

To be occupied, to keep busy; Hiphil participle expressing God giving humanity tasks and preoccupations

To serve as necklace, to adorn with a necklace; metaphorically to load richly with gifts

Necklace, neck-pendant; ornamental jewelry worn around the neck

Aner; both a personal name (an ally of Abraham) and a city in Manasseh assigned to Levites

Leafage, foliage; the leaves of a tree collectively

Mound, hill, fortified elevation; specifically the acropolis or citadel within a city

Pain, suffering; hurt and distress, whether physical or emotional

Pain, toil; laborious work and its associated suffering

Ezem/Etzem; a city in the Negeb assigned to Judah, then Simeon

Might, bones; strength and power, or collectively the skeletal frame

Might, strength; abundant power and force

Azmon; a location on the extreme southern border of Canaan

restraint, coercion, oppression; barrenness of the womb

root, stock, stump (of a tree)

Ikkesh, a warrior from Tekoa, father of Ira

to grow dark, become evening; grow late

pledge, security deposit given as guarantee

to long for, pant after (as a thirsty deer)

to press, squeeze, handle (breasts); to fondle sexually

to waste away, grow dim, be consumed (from grief or illness)

Ashtoreth, Canaanite/Phoenician goddess of love and war

Ancient of Days, aged one advanced in years

suet, fat (interior animal fat used in sacrifices)

Potiphera, Egyptian priest of On, Joseph's father-in-law

to break, frustrate, annul, make void (covenant, plan, or counsel)

to spring about, frisk, leap, prance (like young calves)

charcoal, burning coals (for fire or metalworking)

hammer, forge-hammer (used by metalworkers)

ruin, disaster, calamity, destruction

Phicol, commander of Abimelech's army

flask, small jar or vial (especially for oil)

wonderful, incomprehensible, beyond understanding

divisions, courses (of priests or Levites for temple service)

the Pelonite, a gentile designation of uncertain origin

judges, arbiters, those who decide cases

a certain one, so-and-so (indefinite designation for unnamed person or place)

Peleth, name of two men (likely textual variant in Numbers)

Peninnah, Elkanah's second wife, rival to Hannah

to bruise, wound, strike with bruising impact

deposit, pledge, thing stored or held in trust

Pekahiah, king of Israel, assassinated after two-year reign

gourds, gourd-shaped ornaments (decorative carvings)

Parbar, colonnade or structure on west side of temple

she-mule, female mule (ridden by royalty)

park, orchard, paradise garden (Persian loan-word)

pot, cooking vessel (earthenware or metal)