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thistle, thorny weeds growing in uncultivated ground

swallow (bird), a small, swift-flying bird

Darkon, head of a family of temple servants (Nethinim) who returned from exile

sprout, put forth vegetation, become green

grass (Aramaic), vegetation growing from the ground

judges (Aramaic), officials administering law and justice

behold, lo (interjection), an attention-getting particle

ebony, a hard, dark, valuable wood

divide, mark out divisions (especially of the heavens for astrology)

murmuring, musing, whispered meditation or complaint

Hadad-Rimmon, a place or composite deity name in the valley of Megiddo

India (Hodu), the eastern boundary of the Persian Empire

limbs, bodily members (used for dismemberment in execution)

alas, an exclamation of grief or lamentation

Hodaviah (Hodayahu), a personal name meaning 'praise Yah'

Hodiah, a Levitical name meaning 'splendor/majesty of Yah'

Hothir, a son of Heman, a temple musician

calamity, disaster (Ketiv form, likely textual error for hawwah)

how, in what manner (interrogative adverb)

rejoicing, praise, festive celebration

this (demonstrative), referring to someone or something present or just mentioned

traveler, wayfarer; or possibly 'flowing' (of honey)

Hillel, father of the judge Abdon, from Pirathon

tumult, roaring sound, loud rushing noise

the opposite, contrary, perversity

pregnant, with child, carrying a child in the womb

personal name meaning 'my gift is God'; father of one of David's officers and a prominent Hebrew in Nehemiah's time

flies; used literally of dead flies and metaphorically of Egypt's army as swarming insects

personal name; a Jew in Ezra's time who had married a foreign woman

personal name meaning 'endowed' or 'given'; mother of King Jehoiakim

shining, brightness; used of divine or supernatural radiance in prophetic visions

Ziv; the second month of the Hebrew calendar (April-May), associated with spring flowers and temple construction

corner-pillars, corners; architectural or sculptural features, used literally and metaphorically

to lavish, pour out; used of pouring gold and of despising or treating lightly

to be displaced, loosened, removed; used of the high priest's breastpiece potentially slipping from the ephod

those that crawl; serpents and creeping things, often as instruments of judgment or symbols of fear

moving creatures, beasts; collective term for animals of the field, emphasizing vitality and motion

personal name; a Simeonite and a son of Rehoboam

Zechariah; the post-exilic prophet who encouraged the rebuilding of the temple

to quake, shake; used of mountains trembling at Yahweh's presence

to agree together, conspire; used of courtiers colluding to deceive the king

personal name; a son of Abraham and Keturah

to attack the rear, strike the tail; used of military tactics targeting stragglers

prostitutes; women who engage in sexual immorality for payment

personal name; a descendant of Seir the Horite

vexed, out of humor, angry; used of King Ahab's sullen displeasure

one who raises up, lifter up; used of Yahweh restoring the prostrate

sowing, what is sown; seed in the ground or the act of planting

to pour forth in floods, sweep away; used of overwhelming rain or divine judgment

issue, emission; specifically semen, used in a graphic condemnation of Jerusalem's promiscuity