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Lekhah (place name; town in Judah, location unknown)

throat, gullet (external throat; metaphor for controlling appetite)

jest, mock, make sport of (continuous scornful mockery)

La'dah (personal name; descendant of Judah through Shelah)

foreign tongue, unintelligible speech (language that sounds like babbling)

gulp down, swallow greedily (Hiphil causative: make oneself swallow rapidly)

Lappidot (personal name; husband of the prophetess Deborah)

before, in front of (textually problematic; likely reads 'before the inner sanctuary')

scoffers, mockers (those who habitually ridicule wisdom and righteousness)

Laqqum (place name; border town in Naphtali's territory)

Liqchi (personal name; Manassite descendant listed in Chronicles)

glean, despoil, take the aftermath (strip completely like taking second-growth crops)

Lasha (place name; border point near Sodom and Gomorrah)

lethech (dry measure for barley, approximately half a homer)

granaries, storehouses (places where fodder or grain is kept)

desires, longings (construct plural of what the wicked crave)

blemish, defect, physical imperfection

refuse, offscouring, that which is rejected or despised

den, light-hole, opening in a serpent's lair

balances, scales for weighing

exertions, mighty efforts, displays of strength

refusing, those who refuse to obey

thing baked, baked goods from an oven

darkness, gloom, obscurity

thick darkness, deep gloom, utter obscurity

separated (cities), set apart, distinct settlements

entrances, openings, gates or doorways

void, emptiness, devastation

choice, select, the best or finest

Mibhar, personal name meaning 'choice' or 'select'

source of comfort, brightening, consolation

structure, building, constructed edifice

Mebunnai, personal name of one of David's heroes

genitals, private parts, pudenda

cooking-places, kitchens, places for boiling

Magbish, family name or place name

twisted cords, braided chains

Migdal-El, place name meaning 'tower of God'

Migdal-Gad, place name meaning 'tower of Gad'

Migdal-Eder, place name meaning 'tower of the flock'

axe, cutting instrument

scroll, book-roll, written document

eagerness, intent, forward direction

covering, hardness of heart, spiritual obstinacy

rebuke, threat, stern reproof

Magpiash, personal name of a leader who sealed the covenant

overthrow, pull down, destroy

ledges, recesses, rebatements in temple walls

clods, shovels, implements (meaning uncertain)

altar (Aramaic)