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Hire, wages, payment for labor; reward or recompense

Sakar/Shakar: personal name of a hero's father and a temple doorkeeper

Joined, fitted together; bound as tenons in woodworking

To be negligent, careless; to mislead or deceive through laxness

Neglect, negligence, remissness; failure to act with due care

Shilhi: father of King Jehoshaphat's mother, grandfather to the king of Judah

Rule, dominion, mastery; authority exercised over something or someone

Rulers, officials; those holding administrative or judicial authority

Officers, warriors; possibly 'third men' (chariot crew) or elite military leaders

A measure, possibly a third part; used for measuring dust or tears in poetic hyperbole

Cormorant, a diving bird of prey; an unclean water bird in Levitical law

To pull out, draw out; to extract sheaves or grain deliberately

Salem, an ancient name for Jerusalem; poetic abbreviation emphasizing peace

Shillem, a son of Naphtali; ancestor of the Shillemite clan

Salmai/Shalmai, head of a postexilic family of temple servants (Nethinim)

Shelomith, a female personal name appearing in Leviticus and Chronicles

Shalmaneser, Assyrian king who besieged Samaria and subjugated Israel

Sheleph, a son of Joktan; ancestor of a South Arabian tribe

Shammah, a Judahite warrior, and Shamma, a descendant of Asher

Shamgar, son of Anath; a deliverer-judge who struck down 600 Philistines with an ox goad

Shamir (Qere) or Shamor (Ketiv), a Levite; textual variant for a personal name in Chronicles

Horror, appalment; a state of dread or trembling anxiety

The Shimeite, a gentilic denoting descendants of Shimei; a Levitical clan

Shim'at/Shimat, mother of a conspirator who murdered King Joash of Judah

A whisper, a faint sound; something barely audible, inadequate to convey the full reality

Watching, vigils; a night of watchful observation, especially the Passover night

Shimron, a Canaanite city in Zebulun, ruled by a king defeated by Joshua

To hate; your haters, your enemies (with Ketiv/Qere variant in Daniel)

Ivory, or possibly 'ivory and ebony'; luxury goods imported by Solomon

Mixed fabric, linsey-woolsey; cloth combining wool and linen, forbidden in Israelite garments

Hairy; having abundant hair, describing a person or body parts

A female goat, a she-goat; specified for certain sin offerings in Levitical law

The Shaalbonite or Shaalvonite, a gentilic from Shaalbin/Shaalbim; identifying a warrior of David

Sha'aph, a name in the genealogy of Caleb; appears twice with slight variation

Storm, tempest; violent wind, symbolizing divine power and judgment

Horrible thing, horror; something shocking and morally abhorrent

Sheariah, a Benjamite descendant of Saul listed in genealogical records

To be swept bare, laid bare, made desolate or exposed (typically of mountains or bones)

Shepho/Shephi, an Edomite name appearing in genealogies with variant spellings

Judgment, act of judgment, judicial sentence or legal decision

Beautiful, fair, attractive in appearance (especially of foliage or trees)

Pouring place, ash heap, the designated location where sacrificial ashes were disposed

Low estate, lowly condition, state of humiliation or low social status

Shepham, a location on Israel's eastern border with variant forms indicating direction

Mount Shepher, a wilderness encampment during Israel's journey from Egypt to Canaan

Royal canopy, ornamental pavilion (precise meaning disputed between Ketiv and Qere readings)

Drink, refreshment, beverage (often figurative for spiritual or physical sustenance)

Window frames, casings for windows (architectural term for narrowing or recessed frames)

Watering trough, drinking vessel for livestock (where animals were watered)

Navel, navel-string, umbilical cord (or possibly by extension, the body or belly)