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Anthothijah, a Benjamite in the genealogies

to trample, tread down; crush underfoot

branches, boughs; foliage

to be swollen, puffed up; arrogant

to act presumptuously, proceed recklessly; show heedlessness

Ophni, a town in the territory of Benjamin

to throw dust, pelt with dust or dirt

pained, troubled; grieved (Aramaic)

vessel, implement; fashioned object

idol, graven image

workers, laborers; those who toil

to shut, close (especially eyes)

backbone, spine; the bone near the fat tail

trees (collective); timber, wood

to be sluggish, lazy; act with sloth

idleness, slothfulness; lazy inactivity

defensive argument, proof, evidence brought forward in legal or rhetorical context

restraint, control; possibly wealth (textually uncertain in Judges 18:7)

those who take insidious advantage, supplanters, deceivers who trip up another

steep, hilly, rugged terrain (as opposed to level ground)

cunning, craftiness, insidious trickery used to deceive

to bind, tie fast (especially of binding limbs together)

pressure, oppression, or possibly cry for help (textually debated in Psalm 55:3)

bent out of shape, twisted, perverted (passive participle describing distortion)

twisting, crooked (adjective); possibly the constellation Draco (the dragon/serpent)

Akan, a personal name in Edom (Genesis 36:27); variant Jaakan in Chronicles

offshoot, branch, member of a family or clan stemming from a root

Eqer, a personal name in the tribe of Judah (1 Chronicles 2:27)

Arad, a personal name in the tribe of Benjamin (1 Chronicles 8:15)

wild donkeys, untamed asses (Aramaic form used in Daniel)

bare places, possibly vegetation stripped by the Nile or meadows laid bare

wild donkey, untamed ass (likely Aramaic loanword, equivalent to Hebrew pere)

dishonor, nakedness, shame (Aramaic cognate of Hebrew 'ervah')

dreadful, terrible (adjective describing a fearsome ravine or gorge)

the Erite, collective gentilic denoting the clan descended from Eri (Numbers 26:16)

clouds (possibly thick, dark clouds that obscure light)

to be heaped up, piled up (Niphal, of water or other substances)

craftiness, cunning, shrewd wisdom used for deceptive ends

Eran, a personal name in Ephraim (Numbers 26:36); possibly textual variant of Eden

the Eranite, collective gentilic for the clan descended from Eran (Numbers 26:36)

the destitute, stripped, one left bare and without resources

the Aroerite, gentilic denoting someone from Aroer (1 Chronicles 11:44)

oppressor, one who extorts or defrauds by violence or injustice

wrought, worked (adjective describing skilfully crafted or forged iron)

Ashvat, a personal name in the tribe of Asher (1 Chronicles 7:33)

Asiel, a personal name in the tribe of Simeon (1 Chronicles 4:35)

to contend, quarrel, engage in dispute (Hithpael reflexive/reciprocal)

Esek, name of a well meaning 'contention' (Genesis 26:20)

Esheq, a personal name in the tribe of Benjamin (1 Chronicles 8:39)

oppression, distress (noun); cry 'I am oppressed!' (Isaiah 38:14)