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Mixed wine, wine blended with water or spices, a delicacy mentioned in Song of Songs

Wasted, sucked out, emptied by hunger; describes severe famine's devastating physical effects

Garners, storehouses, granaries for holding harvested grain; symbols of agricultural abundance

Trap, snare, or net; a treacherous device set by false friends (meaning uncertain)

Belt, girdle, or waistband; a garment symbolizing strength and military readiness

Constellations, likely the signs of the zodiac worshiped as astral deities in ancient paganism

Scattering winds, dispersing tempests that blow from storehouses in Job's cosmic imagery

Mazzaroth, possibly the zodiacal constellations or a specific star group in God's cosmic inventory

Sown land, seedland, cultivated fields along the Nile subject to judgment and desolation

Marrow, the soft tissue inside bones; metaphor for vitality, prosperity, and bodily vigor

Hiding place, shelter, refuge from wind and storm; metaphor for protective leadership

Hiding places, concealed locations where David might take refuge from Saul's pursuit

Girding, a wrapped garment; specifically sackcloth worn as mourning or penitential dress

Touch, reach, strike upon; describes a boundary line extending to contact a geographical feature

Full of marrow, rich and succulent; describes luxurious feast foods in Isaiah's eschatological vision

Compass, circle-drawing instrument used by idol-makers to craft their handmade gods

Haven, harbor, desired destination; the place of safety and rest at journey's end

The Mahavite, a gentilic or clan designation for Eliel, one of David's warriors

Mahol, father of several wise men compared to Solomon in demonstrating the king's superior wisdom

Stroke, blow; specifically the impact of a battering ram against city walls during siege

Mehir, a personal name in Judah's genealogical records from the Chronicles

Holes, cavities; specifically holes in the dust or ground where people hide during divine judgment

Knives, cutting implements listed among temple vessels returned from Babylonian exile

Courses, divisions; the organized shifts of priests and Levites rotating through temple service

Butter-words, smooth or curd-like speech; possibly hypocritical flattery disguising hostile intent

Compassion, object of pity; that which evokes care and protective feelings

Mahaneh-dan (Camp of Dan), a place-name marking where Danites encamped during migration

Strangling, suffocation; death by choking, which Job prefers to his agonizing existence

Muzzle, restraint for the mouth; used metaphorically for controlling speech and preventing hasty words

Blow, severe wound; the crushing stroke God inflicts, which He also will heal

Shatter, crush completely; Jael's decisive blow that destroyed Sisera's head

Depths, ranges; the explorable regions of the earth under God's sovereign control

Cesspools, latrines; the degrading use Jehu made of Baal's destroyed temple (ketiv reading)

Plowshare, the cutting blade of a plow; brought to Philistines for sharpening during their metal monopoly

Exposing, laying bare; Jacob's technique of stripping white bark to create visual breeding stimuli

Broom, besom; the sweeping implement God will use to clear Babylon of inhabitants

slaughtering-place, site for killing (animals or, metaphorically, enemies)

perversion, perverted justice, that which has been twisted or distorted (esp. morally)

spreading, outspreading (especially of wings)

spun yarn, thread or material that has been spun (from raw fiber)

wrought-metal rod or bar (cast or hammered metal, used figuratively)

the Matrites, a family or clan group within Benjamin (used collectively with article)

Me-ha-Yarqon (waters of the Yarqon), a place name near Joppa in Dan's territory

brook, stream, or water channel (possibly a wadi or seasonal watercourse)

Mesha, a Benjamite personal name (possibly meaning 'deliverance' or 'salvation')

Mishael, a personal name meaning 'who is what God is?' (rhetorical question asserting God's uniqueness)

Meshach, a Babylonian name given to Mishael (possibly meaning 'who is what Aku is?', Aku being moon-god)

Mesha, son of Caleb (personal name possibly meaning 'deliverance')

Mesha, king of Moab (personal name, same root as 'deliverance'), known from biblical and extrabiblical sources

abundance, in great quantity (substantival use of Hiphil participle)