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pools, marshes — bodies of standing water; or metaphorically, the sad/grieved

to grieve, cause grief — bring sorrow or emotional pain

Hadad (Adad) — Edomite prince and adversary of Solomon

Addon — place in Babylonia from which exiles returned

Adoraim — fortified city in Judah built by Rehoboam

Adalia — fifth son of Haman, killed by the Jews

Adamah — fortified city in the territory of Naphtali

Adami-nekeb — place (or two places) in Naphtali's border description

Admatha — one of seven Persian nobles who advised King Ahasuerus

Addan — Babylonian location from which exiles returned without genealogical proof

Adar — twelfth month of the Hebrew calendar (February-March)

threshing floors — open-air surfaces for separating grain from chaff

exactly, diligently — with precision and care in execution

by force, forcibly — with compulsion or physical coercion

threshing, to thresh — separating grain by trampling or beating

with love, in amours — in contexts of physical or idolatrous love

it shines, gives light — emits radiance or illumination

Ohel — son of Zerubbabel in the post-exilic lineage of David

or, where — uncertain particle, possibly discourse marker or interrogative

Uel — Israelite who divorced his foreign wife during Ezra's reform

Obil — Ishmaelite overseer of David's camels

you shall mark out, designate — establish boundaries by marking

Uzai — father of Palal, who helped rebuild Jerusalem's wall

woe, alas — interjection expressing grief or distress

body, belly — physical torso or prominent front part

leading men, nobles — prominent or mighty leaders

foolish, senseless — lacking wisdom or moral discernment

On — Reubenite leader who joined Korah's rebellion

in the east, in the regions of light — eastern lands or coastlands

Ur — father of Eliphal, one of David's mighty men

herbs, wild plants — edible or medicinal vegetation

for the stalls, cribs — feeding places for livestock

Uriyahu — prophet killed by King Jehoiakim for prophesying judgment

Ezbai — father of Naarai, one of David's warriors

Ezel (the stone) — landmark near which David and Jonathan arranged their farewell signal

he pondered, weighed — examined carefully or tested for truth

Tool, implement, or equipment (possibly related to sharpness; collective term for implements used in daily work)

Aznoth-Tabor, a place name meaning 'peaks of Tabor' (location in the territory of Naphtali)

Ozni, personal name meaning 'my hearing' or 'my ear' (son of Gad listed in the census of Numbers)

The Oznite, gentilicic adjective referring to descendants of Ozni (a clan within the tribe of Gad)

Azaniah, personal name meaning 'Yahweh has heard' (father of Jeshua, a Levite who sealed Nehemiah's covenant)

Jackals or desert creatures (possibly owls; animals associated with desolate ruins and judgment)

Ahban, personal name meaning 'brother of an intelligent one' (son of Abishur from the tribe of Judah)

Gather yourself, sharpen yourself (reflexive command to a sword in prophetic imagery)

Ehud, personal name meaning 'union' or 'joined' (a Benjamite listed in Chronicles genealogies)

My declaration, my statement (Aramaic-influenced noun referring to the act of declaring or making known)

Declaring, explaining (Aramaic noun for the act of making known or solving riddles)

The brotherhood, fraternal bond (referring to covenant relationship between Judah and Israel)

Ahoah, personal name (a Benjamite, possibly a textual corruption of Ahijah)

Ahumai, personal name (a descendant of Judah through the line of Shobal)