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sickle, curved blade for harvesting grain

Charan, son of Caleb of Judah

the Potsherd Gate, a gate in Jerusalem leading to the Hinnom Valley

bonds, fetters; metaphorically, pangs or distress

magic arts, magical practices or possibly magic drugs

craftsman, artisan skilled in metalworking

Charsha or Harsha, head of a family of returning exiles

devices, inventions, schemes devised by human ingenuity

Hashabneiah, personal name meaning possibly 'Yahweh has considered (me)'

Chasufa or Hasupha, head of a Nethinim family among returning exiles

Hashmonah, a wilderness station during Israel's exodus journey

chaff, dry plant material easily consumed by fire

terror, fear, dread inspired by superior power

to swaddle, wrap in cloth bands as with an infant

Chetlon or Hethlon, a location on Israel's extreme northern border

good, fine, pleasing (Aramaic)

highest part, center, navel (metaphorically) of a land

Tabbaot or Tabbaoth, a Nethinim family name among returning exiles

to spin thread or yarn from fiber

mountain (Aramaic)

inward parts, hidden places (especially of the body/heart)

clay, mud (Aramaic)

lamb, young sheep

Telem, a place in Judah's Negeb and a personal name

to spread out, extend; to nurture, dandle

scribe, marshal, military officer (Assyrian loan-word)

nail, claw (Aramaic)

continual, constant, pursuing (participle used as adjective)

burden, trouble, wearisome load

fresh, raw, not yet dried or healed

entrance (Aramaic loan-word or variant)

watercourse, stream, channel for irrigation

brother-in-law, husband's brother (in levirate marriage context)

Yavneel or Jabneel, name of two different towns in Israel

dry land, dry ground (as opposed to water)

Jogbehah, a town in Gad's territory east of the Jordan

fearing, afraid (rare adjective describing one who fears or is in dread)

to give thanks, to praise (Aramaic Haphel form used in Daniel for praising God)

Jedaiah (proper name: 'Yahweh has known'; Simeonite chief and Nehemiah-era builder)

Yada (proper name: 'he knows/knew'; descendant of Judah in Chronicles genealogy)

YHWH-Nissi (proper name: 'The LORD is my banner'; altar name built by Moses after defeating Amalek)

Jehoiarib (proper name: 'YHWH contends/pleads'; priestly family and individual names)

Jehoaddah (proper name of uncertain meaning; descendant of Saul in Chronicles)

Jehosheba (proper name: 'YHWH is an oath'; daughter of King Joram who saved infant Joash)

proud, arrogant, haughty (adjective describing presumptuous behavior)

Jehallel'el (proper name: 'he shall praise God'; Judahite and Levite names)

Jocha (proper name; two different Benjamites in Chronicles)

Jochebed (proper name: 'YHWH is glory'; mother of Moses, Aaron, and Miriam)

mire, mud (noun describing deep mud or miry clay that entraps)

Joash (proper name: 'YHWH has aided'; Benjamite and royal officer names)