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A cart or wagon — a wheeled vehicle for transporting goods, people, or offerings; also the threshing cart rolled over grain.

Humble, meek, or gentle in disposition; also poor, afflicted, or lowly in socioeconomic condition.

smoke — visible vapor rising from fire, theophanic presence, burning cities, or as a figure of transience and wrath

bird-trap, snare — a catching device used literally and figuratively for plots, calamity, and judgment

To dread, be in terror, tremble with fear; also reverential awe; Hifil: to cause trembling.

Phinehas — grandson of Aaron zealous for God's honor; also a corrupt son of Eli the priest

To escape, deliver, rescue; as participle: deliverer; Hifil: to snatch away; rarely, to bring forth (in birth).

To bud, sprout, or blossom; figuratively to flourish or thrive; in Hifil, to cause to bloom

veil, curtain — the inner hanging that separated the Holy Place from the Most Holy Place in tabernacle and temple

suddenly, unexpectedly — describing events that strike without warning, especially calamity and divine action

To entice, persuade, deceive; Nifal/Qal passive: be deceived; Qal participle: simple, naive.

To show hostility toward, harass; as participle: an adversary, foe, one who oppresses or distresses

To spy out, reconnoiter a land; also to slander, go about as a talebearer

To be or make wide, enlarge; used of territory, borders, mouth, and heart; Hifil: widen, make room; Qal: become wide; Nifal: spacious.

Dawn, daybreak; the first light of morning, used literally and figuratively for hope, splendor, or judgment

An officer, official, or foreman; a subordinate administrator responsible for organizing, supervising, or enforcing orders

To draw out or unsheathe (a sword); to draw off (a sandal); to pull out or extract

Day before yesterday; idiomatically 'formerly, previously, in time past' (always in the phrase temol shilshom)

Outgoing or extremity of a boundary; escape or deliverance from death; source or wellspring of life

Supplication, plea for mercy; also the gracious favor or mercy that is sought

Tamar — a personal name meaning 'date palm,' borne by three women and used for a place on Judah's border

Hearing (the act or faculty); a report, news, or message heard; the ear as organ of hearing

To kill, put to death, slay; to take away or abolish; to take up, pick up (a child)

Weakness or sickness; ranging from abstract frailty (physical, moral, spiritual) to concrete bodily disease or illness.

star — a luminous celestial body, used literally of physical stars and symbolically of angels or exalted figures

letter, epistle — a written communication sent to recipients, especially the apostolic letters to churches

Leave behind, abandon; in passive, remain; reserve or set aside for a purpose

To lie, be placed, recline; of objects set in position, persons lying down, things established, cities situated, or persons appointed/destined.

Young, youthful; new, fresh, recently made; Nea (place name element meaning 'new')

Mind, intellect; the faculty of perception, thought, moral reasoning, and spiritual understanding.

Child or servant; a young person (boy or girl) or one who serves a master, including God's chosen servant.

Be present, be at hand; arrive, come; present things or current circumstances

Coming, arrival, or presence; especially Christ's eschatological advent, but also personal presence contrasted with absence.

Beyond, across, the other side; a spatial term for the far side of a body of water or boundary, rarely used comparatively.

To fill or be filled — with a substance, emotion, or the Holy Spirit; also to fulfill or complete a period of time.

Pay attention, give heed to; beware, be on guard against; devote oneself to

Savior, deliverer — one who rescues from danger or destruction; a title for both God the Father and Jesus Christ

Timothy — Paul's most trusted co-worker and spiritual son, recipient of two pastoral epistles

mourning, lamentation — a period of formal grief for the dead or a communal expression of sorrow over calamity

woe! — a passionate cry of grief, despair, or prophetic denunciation, often introducing judgment oracles

Ahijah / Ahiyahu -- proper name meaning 'brother of Yah(weh),' borne by a prophet, priest, scribe, and others

Calamity, disaster, sudden ruin -- devastating misfortune as divine judgment or consequence of wickedness

Locust -- the swarming migratory grasshopper, devastating crop-destroyer and figure for invading armies

Boaz -- kinsman-redeemer of Ruth in Bethlehem; also the name of the left pillar in Solomon's temple

Bear good tidings, announce joyful news -- proclaim victory, salvation, or glad tidings (Piel stem)

Expire, breathe one's last, perish -- die, especially of patriarchs; emphasizes the moment life departs

To judge, render a legal verdict; to contend or strive; to defend someone's cause; by extension, to govern or rule.

Splendor, majesty, or honor; the awe-inspiring radiance of God, royalty, or personal dignity and distinction.

Memorial, remembrance; a commemorative sign, token, or record intended to preserve memory before God or among people.

Pity, have compassion; spare from destruction; look with regret at something's loss