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Carcass, corpse — a dead body whether human (often in dishonor) or animal (especially in purity law)

To forgive, pardon (always divine); to be forgiven (Nifal passive of divine pardon)

To lean upon, lay hands on, support, sustain; covers ritual hand-laying, divine sustenance, physical leaning, and established firmness.

Azaryah -- Azariah ('Yah has helped'); a proper name borne by kings, priests, and officials in Judah

Shaddai -- the Almighty; a divine name or epithet for God, especially in patriarchal promises and the Book of Job

Sackcloth worn in mourning or penitence; also a coarse bag or sack for carrying grain

hamartolos -- sinner, sinful; a person characterized by sin, used as both adjective and substantive noun

To report, bring back word; to proclaim or announce publicly; to be reported to

To seize, arrest, take hold of, hold fast, or retain; ranges from hostile arrest to healing touch to firm adherence to teaching.

Alone, by oneself; only, unique, sole; merely, exclusively (restrictive)

ouai -- woe!; an exclamation of grief, warning, or prophetic denunciation against persons, cities, or behaviors

pro -- before; a preposition of temporal priority, spatial position in front, or superiority in rank

To offer a sacrifice or gift; to bring someone or something to another; to deal with, treat

fear, dread, reverence — the emotion of alarm before danger or awe before the divine

A guarding, a watch of the night, a guard post, or (most commonly in the NT) a prison or place of confinement

where? — an interrogative adverb asking about location, often with rhetorical or accusatory force

Drive out, expel; divorce (as passive participle); be banished; of water: surge, toss up

Poor, needy; weak, feeble; humble, lowly; thin, gaunt

To be silent, hold one's peace, keep quiet; also to be deaf, unable or unwilling to hear

To know, perceive, or understand; in the causative, to make known, declare, or reveal information to another.

Joash / Jehoash — a theophoric name ('YHWH has given'), borne by kings of Judah and Israel and other figures

Loins, waist — the lower back and hip region; by extension, the seat of procreative power and lineage

To break, annul, frustrate; Hifil: violate a covenant, nullify a vow, thwart counsel; Hofal: be broken, come to nothing.

To overlay or plate a surface with metal (gold, bronze, silver), especially in tabernacle and temple construction

Rachel — the beloved wife of Jacob, daughter of Laban, mother of Joseph and Benjamin

To have compassion, show mercy; Piel: actively exercise tender care; Pual: be shown mercy; related to rechem ('womb').

to murder, kill unlawfully; the manslayer; used in the Decalogue prohibition against illicit killing

To take captive, carry away as a prisoner; as participle, a captor or a captive person.

Captivity or captives; the state of being taken prisoner or the persons so taken, especially in contexts of exile and divine judgment.

A single head of small livestock — sheep or goat — from the flock; often specifically a lamb in sacrificial and figurative contexts.

A beast or wild animal; in the NT overwhelmingly the apocalyptic Beast of Revelation, but also any dangerous or wild creature.

To sit down, take a seat; causatively, to seat someone; also to stay, remain, or settle in a place

Small, little; as adverb 'a little while'; substantivized as 'little ones'—the humble or insignificant

An interrogative adverb meaning 'where?' — used to ask about location, destination, or (rarely) general indefinite place.

crucify — to execute by fastening to a cross; figuratively, to put to death the power of sin

salvation, deliverance — rescue from danger or sin, the comprehensive saving act of God

Asaph — 'gatherer'; a Levitical musician of David's court, ancestor of a temple singing guild

lion — the Asiatic lion as predator, royal symbol, and metaphor for power, courage, and divine judgment

Guilt, offense, or wrongdoing; a guilt offering (sacrifice); compensation or restitution for trespass

A young man in his prime, of fighting or marriageable age; rarely, a chosen or elect one (from the root בחר, 'to choose').

To rejoice, exult, or be glad; expressive jubilation often paired with simchah in worship contexts

arrow — a pointed missile shot from a bow, used of weapons of war and as a figure for divine judgment

A bed or couch for sleeping; by extension, a bedroom, the act of lying down, or a euphemism for sexual intercourse.

A feast or banquet centered on drinking; less commonly, the drink or drinking itself, as opposed to the festive occasion.

Noah — the righteous patriarch who built the ark and survived the great flood, ancestor of all post-flood humanity

Foreign, alien; a stranger or outsider, especially the 'foreign woman' of Proverbs wisdom literature

youth, early life — the period of immaturity or formative years, used of persons and nations alike

To restrain, shut up, hold back, or confine; also to close (heavens/womb) or retain in one's power

To meet, encounter, strike, reach; extends from chance meeting to violent assault, intercession, and geographical boundary-reaching.

Before, in the presence of; an Aramaic preposition marking spatial presence or (rarely) temporal priority