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grain, cereal crop — especially wheat and barley as agricultural produce, frequently paired with new wine

To leave, forsake, abandon; also to spread out, scatter abroad, let loose, or cast down in judgment.

To testify, warn, or solemnly charge; also to call or summon as witness

Ai — the ancient Canaanite city near Bethel, destroyed by Joshua; also a variant form Ayyah in post-exilic lists.

yoke — a wooden bar for draft animals; figuratively, the burden of servitude, oppression, or subjugation

neck, back of neck — the body part connecting head and torso; site of embrace, ornament, and subjugation

bird, sparrow — a small bird or any bird generically; used in ritual purification and as a figure of freedom

To assemble, gather together — in Hifil causing others to convene; in Nifal, gathering as a body.

Compassion, tender mercies — deep visceral feeling of mercy, often as a divine attribute (plurale intensivum).

Desolation, devastation, or horror; a ruined place or an object that provokes dread

To declare or be declared righteous; to justify, vindicate, or show to be right before God or others.

To lay or place upon; by extension, to add, impose, or attack

A door or gate; an opening for entry, used literally of buildings and figuratively of opportunity or access

To test, tempt, or attempt; to put to the proof, entice toward sin, or endeavor to do something

To abound, overflow, have in excess; to remain over as surplus; causatively, to cause to abound or lavish.

To deceive, lead astray, or wander from the truth; active: mislead; middle/passive: go astray or be deceived

To do, practice, or carry out; to engage in habitually; to exact or collect payment; in passive, to be done.

sheep — a domesticated ovine animal; in the NT, a pervasive figure for God's people under pastoral care

To mourn, grieve, or lament; used of people mourning the dead and figuratively of the land languishing

To be terrified or dismayed; to terrify or alarm someone; to hasten, hurry, or act precipitately.

Gideon — Israelite judge from Manasseh who defeated Midian with 300 men by divine command (Judges 6-8)

Sufficiency, enough; in prepositional idioms: 'as often as, whenever' (מִדֵּי); 'according to, proportionate to' (כְּדֵי); 'like, as.'

To scatter, fan, winnow; dispersing people in judgment or tossing grain to the wind; also to spread abroad or sift.

Delight, pleasure, desire, will; also a matter or affair; by extension, a precious or desirable object

To tremble, quake with fear or awe; in the Hiphil, to terrify or cause trembling

To reproach, taunt, or defy; to hurl insults or contemptuous challenges, especially against God or his people

Heavy, weighty; severe, grievous; burdensome; by extension, abundant or numerous

To totter, shake, slip, be moved; in Hifil, to cause to fall or topple

Bitter, bitterness; describes harsh taste, emotional anguish, fierce temperament, or intensified weeping

Deceit, treachery, fraud — dishonesty in speech, commerce, or interpersonal dealings

Merari — third son of Levi; ancestor of the Merarite Levitical clan serving in tabernacle and temple

Anointed one; a king, priest, or leader consecrated by oil, culminating in the eschatological Messiah

Proverb, parable, prophetic oracle, or byword; a structured speech form ranging from wisdom saying to taunt

To lead, guide, or conduct along a path; of God guiding his people, or of settling someone in a place

Sodom — ancient city of the Jordan plain destroyed by divine judgment; proverbial for wickedness

Amalek — grandson of Esau; eponymous ancestor of the Amalekites, perennial foes of Israel

Fig tree (the cultivated tree itself) or fig (its edible fruit) — symbol of peace, provision, and prophetic judgment.

Generations, genealogical account — family descent records; structural formula of Genesis ('these are the toledot of...')

Worm or maggot (literal/figurative); scarlet dye material from the coccus ilicis insect used in tabernacle fabrics

The Devil, Satan as supreme adversary of God; also adjectival: slanderous, given to malicious accusation

Desire, craving, or longing — usually sinful lust but occasionally earnest positive yearning

To give thanks, express gratitude; rarely passive: to be thanked or received with thanksgiving

To boast, glory, or exult in something; one textual variant yields 'be burned' (1 Cor 13:3)

Five — the cardinal number five

To place under authority, subject, subordinate; in the middle/passive, to submit oneself or be subjected

Uriah / Uriyahu — theophoric name ('YHWH is my light') borne by a Hittite warrior, a priest, and others

Interrogative particle: where? which? how? -- asking about location, selection, or manner

Purple cloth/dye — costly murex-derived textile used in tabernacle furnishings, priestly garments, and royal attire

Understanding, discernment, insight — the cognitive faculty of perceiving distinctions and grasping wisdom

Olive tree, olive fruit; also used in the toponym 'Mount of Olives'