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To shave (hair, beard, head); to be shaved (passive); to shave oneself (reflexive)

Gold (Aramaic); the precious metal, used in Daniel and Ezra for golden vessels, statues, and royal ornamentation.

Tears; drops shed from the eyes in weeping, grief, lamentation, or earnest supplication before God.

Remembrance, memory; a memorial or commemorative sign; renown or fame

Sand; granular material of the seashore, used overwhelmingly as a figure for innumerable quantity or immense weight.

Hazael; proper name of the Aramean king of Damascus who oppressed Israel during the mid-9th century BCE.

To draw off, deliver, rescue; Piel: rescue from danger; Nifal: be delivered; Qal: strip off, remove; also to plunder, tear out, or withdraw.

A portion or plot of ground; a concrete field of land, or an allotted share or inheritance portion.

To search, seek out, investigate; in Hitpael, to disguise oneself; passively, to be searched out or exposed.

Prey seized by a predator; food or provision; a fresh leaf or foliage

To profit, benefit, or avail; to be of use — almost always negated, exposing the futility of idols or wealth.

Fresh oil, new olive oil; freshly pressed oil listed among the land's staple products alongside grain and wine.

To serve or minister as a priest; by extension, to adorn oneself in priestly fashion (Isa 61:10).

Cushite — a person or people from the land of Cush (biblical Ethiopia/Nubia), used as gentilic noun or adjective

A basin or laver for ritual washing; a cooking pot or fire-pot; a bronze platform

If only, would that; also conditional 'if' for counterfactual situations; rarely negative or dubitative.

A level plain or tableland; smooth, even ground; uprightness or equity in judgment

Forced labor, corvée gang; later, monetary tribute or tax levy imposed on subject peoples.

A spring or fountain of water; figuratively, a source of life, vitality, or blessing.

Maacah — proper name borne by several men, women, and a small Aramean territory near Hermon

Maaseiah — 'work of Yah,' a theophoric name borne by numerous priests, Levites, and officials

A holy convocation or sacred assembly; also, the act of reading or recitation of Scripture.

Rebellion, defiance — stubborn resistance against God or rightful authority, especially Israel's chronic disobedience

To press, drive, oppress, or exact; as participle, a taskmaster or oppressor; in Niphal, to be oppressed.

To sprinkle ritually (Hifil); to spurt or spatter as blood splashes (Qal).

Opposite, facing, in front of (spatial); on behalf of; straight ahead (directional)

To pour out, especially libations or drink offerings; also to cast molten metal; passively, to be poured out.

Crown, wreath — a circlet of royalty, honor, or blessing, both literal headpiece and figurative emblem of dignity

Upper or uppermost in position; high or exalted in rank; Most High as a divine title

To go surety or give a pledge; also to mingle, associate with; by extension, to barter or exchange; rarely, to be pleasing.

Rich, wealthy — describing a person of material abundance, often contrasted with the poor or needy

Perizzite — one of the pre-Israelite peoples of Canaan, regularly listed among nations to be dispossessed

Noon, midday — the peak of the day when the sun is highest, marking a specific time or metaphorical brightness

To awake from sleep (literal or the sleep of death); to rouse oneself to urgent action.

To practice divination, seek omens; as participle, a diviner or soothsayer; the act and agents of non-Yahwistic oracle-seeking.

Sheba — a proper name for several persons and the wealthy Arabian kingdom famed for trade, gold, and incense

Bribe — a gift given to corrupt judgment, pervert justice, or buy illicit favor; universally condemned in the law

Pit or trap-pit, often figurative for Sheol or the grave; rarely abstract corruption or destruction.

Intoxicating drink other than wine; fermented beverage regulated in priestly, Nazirite, and prophetic texts

Sleep, slumber; the state of bodily rest and reduced consciousness, used literally and figuratively for negligence

To weigh out silver as payment; to weigh or assess worth; to be weighed (passive)

To spy out, explore, or investigate; also as a participle: trader, merchant; in Hifil: to surpass or excel.

Beginning, commencement; the initial point or first phase of a period, event, or activity

South, the southern direction or region; also the south wind.

Yesterday; formerly, previously -- often in the idiom 'yesterday and the day before' meaning 'in times past'

To be ignorant of, not know; to be unknown or unrecognized; to be willfully disregarded

Instead of, in place of, in exchange for; because of; upon (accumulation)

To beg or entreat a person; to pray or supplicate God.

To test, examine, prove; to discern or interpret; to approve as worthy after scrutiny

To choose or select for a purpose; as a substantival participle, 'the Chosen One' (Messianic title).