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Interrogative pronoun asking 'which?' or 'what kind of?', probing either identity or qualitative nature.

Projecting pillar, pilaster, or jamb flanking a gateway or door entrance, especially in temple architecture.

band, troop, raiding party — a detachment of men organized for warfare or plunder

Gath — a major Philistine city-state, home of Goliath and site of key encounters between Israel and Philistia

Hide oneself, take refuge (Nifal/Hitpael reflexive); be hidden or concealed (passive Nifal/Hofal/Pual); hide someone or something (Hifil causative).

To bind, bind up, saddle; of bandaging wounds, saddling animals, wrapping cloth, and restraining or governing.

To give, hand over; also to ascribe (glory), to exhort ('come!'), and rarely to set or place.

right (adj.) — pertaining to the right hand or right side, used of body parts, architectural features, and ritual

Garment, clothing, or raiment; what one wears, both literally and as a figure for dignity or condition.

Lot — Abraham's nephew who chose Sodom's plain, ancestor of Moab and Ammon

Micah — personal name borne by several biblical figures, notably the Ephraimite of Judges and the prophet

Eli — the aged priest at Shiloh who raised Samuel and whose house fell under divine judgment

Valuation or assessed worth (priestly estimation); arrangement, row, or orderly set; a peer or equal in rank.

Back of the neck: stiffened in stubborn resistance; turned in flight from enemies; the literal nape.

Herb, herbage, grass, or green vegetation; plant life given by God for food and as a symbol of transience.

tenth part (issaron) — a dry measure equal to one-tenth of an ephah, prescribed for grain offerings

Side, flank; used of body parts, structural faces, and prepositionally for 'beside' or 'at the side of'

To sprout, spring up (of plants or figurative growth); to cause to grow or produce (Hifil); to grow intensively (Piel).

curse, malediction — a solemn pronouncement invoking harm, often set opposite blessing in covenantal contexts

Be jealous/zealous for (possessive passion); be envious of (resentful desire); provoke to jealousy (Hifil).

A ringing cry -- either joyful singing and shouts of praise, or an urgent outcry of supplication and lament.

Root -- the underground part of a plant; figuratively, ancestral stock, origin, or deepest cause of something.

unclean, impure — ritually or morally defiled; used especially of unclean spirits in the Gospels and Acts

To read a written text; in passive, to be read aloud in a public or congregational setting.

all, every one, the whole — emphatic universal quantifier, stronger than pas, meaning 'altogether, each and every'

Possible (impersonal: 'it is possible'); powerful, mighty (of persons/deeds); able, capable (with infinitive).

To have mercy, show compassion; in passive, to receive or be shown mercy.

it is lawful, it is permitted — impersonal verb expressing legal or moral permissibility under Torah or custom

enemy, foe, hostile adversary — one who is personally, nationally, or spiritually opposed

sun — the solar body as source of light, heat, and metaphor for radiant glory or divine judgment

To command, give authoritative orders; to charge or instruct earnestly in a pastoral context.

Adversative conjunction 'but, nevertheless, however'; also prepositional 'except, only, besides.'

cup — a drinking vessel; literally of tableware, figuratively of one's divinely appointed portion of suffering or blessing

endurance, patient perseverance — steadfast remaining under trial without yielding, a cardinal Christian virtue

Ahasuerus (Xerxes) — the Persian king of the book of Esther, husband of Vashti then Esther

ship, fleet, seagoing vessel — a large watercraft for maritime trade, warfare, or transport

A fortified structure: palace or royal residence; citadel or defensive stronghold.

Daniel — 'God is my judge'; the exilic prophet-sage and several other biblical figures of this name

window — an opening in a wall or structure for light, air, and observation

For nothing; without cause, freely, in vain — adverb from the root for 'grace/favor'

A royal executioner or bodyguard ('slaughterer'); rarely, a cook who slaughters and prepares food.

Good things, goods, goodness; ranging from material bounty and property to abstract moral goodness and beauty

Dove or pigeon; the literal bird used in sacrifice and simile, or a tender term of endearment for a beloved.

To suck, nurse; as participle: suckling infant or wet-nurse; causative: to give suck, suckle a child

To hide, conceal, or deny knowledge of (Piel); to be hidden or effaced (Nifal); to annihilate or cut off (Hifil).

dog — a domestic canine, often associated with scavenging and used figuratively as a term of contempt

anything, something — an indefinite pronoun, typically in negative contexts meaning 'nothing at all'

bowl, basin — a ritual vessel for catching and sprinkling sacrificial blood or presenting offerings

the next day, the morrow — a temporal noun denoting the day following a referenced event

Internal organs, bowels (physical); seat of deep emotion and compassion; womb or loins as source of offspring.