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To pass on or away, pass through; also to change, exchange, renew, pierce, or transgress. A versatile root spanning movement, transformation, and violation.

Hananiah; theophoric name meaning 'YHWH has been gracious,' borne by multiple biblical figures.

To give, grant, bestow; passively, to be given; also to hand over, deliver up, and to place or set in position.

To be straight, right, or pleasing; in Piel/Hifil, to make straight, direct, or level; physically, to go directly forward.

Going forth, source, exit; a spring of water, boundary endpoint, utterance, or place of origin

To count, number, reckon; to appoint, assign, or destine; passively, to be counted or be appointed.

Robe, mantle; an outer garment worn over the tunic, associated with persons of rank, priests, and prophets.

Unfaithfulness, sacral trespass; a treacherous act of covenant violation against God, often in cultic contexts.

To flee, wander, stray, be driven away; of birds fluttering; causatively, to chase away; reflexively, to shake the head.

Reeds or rushes; aquatic vegetation, most famously in Yam Suph (Sea of Reeds)

To make, do, perform; passively, to be done or carried out; also to construct, produce, and to celebrate a festival.

To hide, conceal, or be hidden; in Hitpael, to look away deliberately; as substantive, secret or hidden things

Governor, provincial prefect; an appointed administrator over a district, from Assyrian through Persian periods.

Escape or deliverance from danger; the surviving remnant of people or things that escaped destruction.

Persia (Paras) — the ancient empire east of Babylon, prominent in post-exilic biblical literature

wrath, fierce anger — intense indignation, overwhelmingly attributed to God's furious displeasure in judgment

To be hard, severe, or difficult; in Hifil, to harden or make obstinate; of childbirth, harsh treatment, and fierce character.

chief, captain — a title of high rank in Babylonian and Assyrian court administration

Property, possessions, or goods; movable wealth including livestock, belongings, and spoil taken in conquest.

acacia — a thorny desert tree whose durable wood was used for the tabernacle's sacred furnishings

Wages, reward, or hire-price; payment for labor, divine recompense, or service fees

Complete, whole, safe, or peaceable; fullness of measure, moral integrity, physical safety, or friendly intent

eighth — the ordinal number eight, marking liturgical days, calendar months, and priestly divisions

hair — body or head hair, prominent in purity diagnosis, Nazirite vows, and physical descriptions

Detestable thing or abomination; an idol, idolatrous practice, or defiling filth loathsome before God

Sixth (ordinal numeral indicating position in sequence); also one-sixth as a fractional measure.

An ark or vessel of deliverance; Noah's great ship and Moses' papyrus basket -- both instruments of divine rescue.

Tarshish — a distant maritime port symbolizing far-flung sea trade, often identified with Tartessus in Spain

To carry, bear, or endure; ranging from physical transport to figurative endurance of burdens, and even pilfering

ten — the cardinal number, used in parables, apocalyptic symbolism, and narrative counting

from there, thence — a spatial adverb indicating departure or movement away from a previously mentioned place

Pour out, shed — to pour forth liquid, blood, or Spirit; figuratively to abandon oneself recklessly

mercy, compassion, covenant faithfulness — God's active pity that rescues the helpless and fulfills promises

feast, festival — a religious celebration or holy day, especially the major Jewish pilgrimage festivals

since, because; otherwise — a causal conjunction giving reasons or introducing a counterfactual alternative

Jacob — the patriarch Israel and an ancestor of Jesus in Matthew's genealogy

heal, cure — to restore to health from disease or infirmity, used of divine and apostolic healing acts

clean, pure — ritually unblemished, morally blameless, or physically spotless

To render idle, abolish, nullify, destroy; to bring to nothing, release from obligation, or sever a relationship.

mystery, secret — a divine truth once hidden but now revealed through Christ and the apostolic proclamation

How much? How many? An interrogative of quantity, degree, or number, often in rhetorical comparisons.

your, yours — second person singular possessive pronoun indicating belonging to the addressee

cross — the wooden instrument of Roman crucifixion, and by extension the atoning death of Christ

widow — a woman whose husband has died, often emblematic of vulnerability and dependence on God's justice

Majestic, mighty; noble — describing grandeur in nature, God, or rulers; substantively, a noble or leader

portico, porch — the covered vestibule or colonnaded entry structure of Ezekiel's visionary temple

man, mankind (Aramaic) — the generic term for a human being or humanity collectively in biblical Aramaic

worthlessness, wickedness — an abstract noun for moral baseness, often compounded as 'sons of Belial'

to be old, grow old — a stative verb describing the condition or process of aging in patriarchs, kings, and elders

To search out, investigate, examine, or probe; in Nifal, to be fathomable or searchable