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Burning heat, parched ground, heat mirage (the shimmer of hot desert air)

To be intertwined, woven together, knit together (of sinews, cords, or transgressions)

To persist, persevere, contend, strive (especially in struggle with God or humans)

Sandal thong, strap, lace (the cord or leather strip securing a sandal)

Sarid, a border town of Zebulun's tribal allotment in Joshua's boundary descriptions

Sirion, the Sidonian name for Mount Hermon mentioned in Deuteronomy and Psalms

Sarsekim, a title or name of a Babylonian official in Jeremiah 39 (textually uncertain)

Disquieting thoughts, anxious cares, troubled musings (inner turmoil or disturbing reflections)

Seraphim, celestial beings with six wings attending God's throne in Isaiah's vision

Choice vine, select variety of grape vine (used figuratively for Israel's privileged status)

Uprooting, banishment, expulsion (as a legal penalty involving being torn from one's place)

Religious ministry, sacred service (specifically referring to service in the tabernacle or temple)

Sheshbazzar, a prince of Judah who led the first return from Babylonian exile

Sheshbazzar (Aramaic form), the governor who received temple vessels and began reconstruction

Sheshach, a cryptic name for Babylon using the Atbash cipher substitution system

Shashak, a Benjamite name appearing in genealogical lists in 1 Chronicles

Vermilion, red pigment (bright red color used for decorative painting or drawing)

Six (Aramaic numeral), the number six in Daniel and Ezra

Foundations, supports, basic structures (what undergirds society, law, or physical structures)

Buttocks, seat of the body, the posterior (euphemistic term for the private parts)

Opened (of the eye), having sight or vision (disputed between opened and closed interpretations)

To be appointed, set, placed (poetic parallel to 'set' or 'place,' indicating assignment or positioning)

To long for, yearn for, desire deeply (expressing intense spiritual longing or desire)

To mark out, designate, trace (a boundary line), delineate (textually uncertain verb)

Antelope, oryx, wild ox (a clean wild animal, possibly the Arabian oryx or similar species)

Mourning, lamentation, grieving (particularly formal or ritual expressions of sorrow)

draw outline, trace (used of shaping idols with marking tool)

box tree, a small evergreen of Lebanon (used in temple/messianic imagery)

perversion, confusion, violation of natural/divine order (sexual abomination)

Taberah (place-name: 'burning,' site of divine judgment in wilderness)

elm, pine, or plane tree (uncertain species, Lebanon timber)

continuance, perpetuity (Aramaic: constantly, continually)

Tadmor (Palmyra, city built by Solomon; textual issue with Tamar)

Tidal (king allied with Chedorlaomer in Genesis 14)

Tubal-Cain (first metalworker in Genesis 4, descendant of Cain)

Tilon (Judahite name in Chronicles; textual variant Tolon)

error, confusion, wandering (moral/religious error; disturbance)

Tokhath/Tikvah (personal name; father-in-law of prophetess Huldah)

nighthawk, short-eared owl (unclear species among unclean birds)

Tahan (Ephraimite ancestor; clan name)

coat of mail, corselet (priestly linen garment opening)

compete, contend, strive (Hitpael: enter into rivalry or contest)

Tahtim-hodshi (place-name in David's census; textual uncertainty)

columns, pillars (palm-like columns; especially of smoke)

Tiras (son of Japheth; possibly Tyrrhenians/Etruscans)

arrangement, preparation, fixed place; design, supply, or dwelling

peacocks (exotic birds imported with ivory and apes)

measurement, quota, fixed amount (of bricks or capacity)

measurement, proportion, perfection (exact dimensions or pattern)

hang, be hung up (suspended in uncertainty or physically hanging)