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Avram -- Abram, the original name of the patriarch Abraham before the covenant renaming

The latter part or end; outcome, fate; future hope; posterity or remnant; the farthest extremity of a place

ekh -- how! an exclamatory and interrogative adverb of manner, wonder, or lament

God or a god; a singular poetic form especially frequent in Job, also used for pagan deities in late biblical texts.

A substantive preposition meaning 'beside, near, next to'; with min-prefix, 'from beside, away from the proximity of.'

gay -- valley, ravine; a geographic depression between hills, often in place names

Beloved or lover (especially in Song of Solomon); a paternal uncle; love or caresses as an abstract noun.

Chevron -- Hebron, an ancient city in the Judean hill country with deep patriarchal associations

The Arabah (rift valley proper name); plains or steppes adjacent to a place; desert or arid wasteland.

East or the eastern direction; ancient time or antiquity; before or in front of, spatially or temporally.

A legal case or lawsuit; strife or quarrel between parties; a dispute or broader public controversy.

To greet or send greetings; to welcome or embrace warmly; to say farewell or take leave of someone.

To prostrate oneself in worship before God or in reverent homage before a person of authority; to bow down, do obeisance.

To exist or be in a state; substantivized as possessions or property belonging to someone

alluph -- chief, clan leader; a tribal headman, especially of Edomite clans

A path or road, literally or figuratively; way of life, moral conduct; a traveler or caravan (by metonymy)

Bil'am -- Balaam, the Mesopotamian prophet-diviner hired to curse Israel but compelled to bless

Bashan — the fertile highland region east of the Jordan, originally the kingdom of Og, famed for its cattle and oaks.

Violence, brutality, or destructive aggression; also moral wrong, injustice, or malicious harm done to another person.

Mordecai — the Jewish leader in the Persian court, cousin and adoptive father of Esther, hero of the Purim narrative.

A vow — a solemn pledge made to God, promising sacrifice, service, or devotion in exchange for divine favor.

Incense — aromatic spices compounded and burned as a sacred offering before YHWH in the tabernacle and temple.

David — king of Israel, ancestor of the Messiah, psalmist; used in titles like 'Son of David' and 'Key of David.'

Teacher, instructor — one who teaches with authority; used as a respectful title for Jesus and for teachers in the church.

Stone, rock — a piece of rock whether natural, hewn for building, precious, or used figuratively for hardness and rejection.

Middle, midst — the center or interior of a space, group, or situation; used spatially, socially, and temporally.

To gather or bring together; of people assembling; of welcoming strangers with hospitality

Such, of such a kind; referring to persons, qualities, or things of a described character

Joy, gladness, delight — deep happiness rooted in God's saving acts, the gospel, or the presence of the Spirit.

You (fem. sg.) — second person feminine singular independent pronoun, addressing an individual woman.

To cease, stop, desist, refrain; to leave off doing something or leave someone alone; to fail or be lacking.

be sick, be ill; become weak, grow feeble; be grievous (of wounds); make sick, cause illness; feign illness; grieve, suffer pain; be wounded (passive)

Rebuke, reprove; argue or plead a case; decide, judge, arbitrate; discipline; appoint, designate

Midian — son of Abraham by Keturah; the Arabian tribe and territory descended from him

Nebuchadnezzar — the great king of Babylon who destroyed Jerusalem and exiled Judah

To inherit, take possession of, give as inheritance; spans receiving a hereditary portion, distributing land, and bequeathing property.

To plant vegetation, trees, or vineyards; figuratively, to establish people in a land or fix something in place

A crag, cliff, or large rock formation; metaphorically, God as a secure refuge; also the Edomite city Sela (Petra).

Testimony or covenant document, especially the tablets of the Law and the Ark/Tabernacle housing them; in the plural, God's decrees and ordinances.

To ransom or redeem by paying a price; deliver from bondage, death, or danger; (Nifal) be redeemed; (participle) redeemer, the redeemed

Sixty — the cardinal number sixty, used in measurements, ages, counts, and time periods

To see, watch, or gaze at; visual perception ranging from simple sight to attentive contemplation

Nor, and not; as adverb: not even — negative particle extending or intensifying denial

First, firstly — adverb of priority in time, sequence, or importance

Job — the righteous sufferer from the land of Uz, central figure of the wisdom book bearing his name

Elisha — the prophet of Israel who succeeded Elijah, known for miraculous deeds in the northern kingdom

Asa — king of Judah who pursued religious reform; also a Levite ancestor

Without, not, for lack of; rarely as substantive: nothingness, destruction

This, that, thus — Aramaic demonstrative pronoun used attributively and predicatively in Daniel and Ezra

to whirl, writhe, tremble, dance; to writhe in pain or labor; to bring forth, be born; to wait