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Misham; personal name of uncertain etymology

support, supply; that which sustains or upholds

support, staff; that which one leans on for stability

bloodshed; violent outpouring of blood

acquisition, possession; heir or one who will inherit property

rushing, running; rapid charging movement

weight; measured heaviness, the property of being weighed

settled, clear water; that which has been allowed to settle and clarify

juice; liquid extracted or pressed from fruit

Mishraites; a family or clan group from Kiriath-jearim

pan, dish; cooking vessel or serving dish

feast, banquet; celebratory drinking event

straw-heap, dung-hill; pile of refuse or trampled straw

spread out, stretch; to extend something over an area

weariness, hardship; exhausting difficulty or toil

Mithnite; gentillic designation of uncertain geographical origin

sweetness (fig. of pleasant quality)

to be or become sweet, pleasant (lit. of taste, fig. of experience)

Mattattah (personal name: Israelite who married foreign wife)

raw, uncooked (of flesh)

to utter prophecy, speak as a prophet

adultery, adulteries (fig. of idolatry as covenant betrayal)

to prophesy, speak by divine inspiration (Hitpael)

Nebo (Babylonian deity, god of writing and wisdom)

prophesying, prophetic activity (as catalyst for action)

Nebushazban (Babylonian officer, chief eunuch under Nebuchadnezzar)

to bark (of dogs)

Nibhaz (deity worshiped by Avvites in Samaria)

springs, sources (of the sea/deep)

lewdness, shamelessness, immodesty (as persistent moral quality)

Neballat (town where Benjamites resettled)

lampstand, candlestick (Aramaic loanword)

Nibshan (town in southern Judah)

to flow, stream (of fire river, Aramaic)

in front of, facing, toward (Aramaic prep.)

brightness, daylight, dawn (Aramaic)

brightness, light (fig. of prosperity, hope)

Nedabiah (personal name: son of Jehoiachin, 'YHWH impels')

to flee, depart (Aramaic, of sleep)

tossings, restlessness (of sleepless night)

to drive away, thrust aside (Ketiv variant, textual issue)

gift, present (from harlot to lover, unusual economics)

nobility, honor, dignity (as personal quality or status)

gifts, presents (from harlot to lovers, ironic economics)

sheath (for sword, container)

sheath, body (Aramaic, possibly 'on account of this')

eminence, distinction, prominence (or 'lamentation' per versions)

to moan, lament (like doves, Piel)

lamentation (noun, probably textual corruption)

light (Aramaic, Qere reading)