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Help, assistance, succor; also concretely a helper or one who gives aid, especially as a divine epithet.

Ezra -- the priestly scribe who led post-exilic return and restored Torah observance in Jerusalem

A natural spring or fountain of water; a source issuing from the ground, often in geographic or place-name contexts.

with, together with -- Aramaic preposition of accompaniment, association, or temporal simultaneity

Ekron -- northernmost of the five principal Philistine cities, seat of the god Baal-zebub

Corpse, carcass; a dead body, whether human or animal, often of the slain or those under divine judgment.

To spread (of a skin disease); a technical priestly term used exclusively in Leviticus 13-14 for diagnostic inspection.

Sidon; the ancient Phoenician coastal city, also the firstborn son of Canaan in the Table of Nations.

To bind, tie up, wrap; to be narrow or in distress; in Hifil, to cause distress or besiege; in passive, to be bound up or confined.

To encounter, meet, or befall; of events happening to someone, of persons meeting one another, or of causing something to come about

A moment, instant; a brief span of time, often used adverbially for suddenness or fleeting duration.

A net for catching prey (literal or figurative); also a lattice-work or grating, especially of the tabernacle altar.

To change, be altered, or be different; Aramaic verb used of transformations of appearance, character, or decrees in Daniel and Ezra

To lean upon, support oneself on; figuratively, to rely on or trust in someone, especially God or human allies.

To look down from a height, gaze out from a window or elevated place; to overlook or face toward a location (topographical).

Joy, gladness, exultation; festive delight especially in God's favor and salvation.

Harlotry, fornication; sexual and spiritual promiscuity, especially as a prophetic metaphor for idolatry.

To abhor, detest, act abominably, or be abhorred; expressing deep ritual, moral, and emotional revulsion

Baptism; the rite of water immersion signifying repentance or union with Christ's death and resurrection.

To reign, rule as king; to exercise royal authority and sovereign dominion over a people or realm.

Race, family lineage, offspring; kind or type of thing; an ethnic nation or people group sharing common descent.

Teaching, instruction, doctrine; the act or content of authoritative instruction in the church.

Centurion; a Roman military officer commanding approximately one hundred soldiers.

To work, be active, operate; especially of divine or spiritual power at work; also to be effective or produce results.

To be well-pleased with, take delight in; to consent, determine, or resolve to do something

To stand by, come upon suddenly, be present or imminent; also to press on urgently or to attack with hostile intent.

To reap, harvest; to cut and gather a crop, used literally of agriculture and figuratively of spiritual consequences.

To serve or worship God with reverent devotion; to perform sacred religious service or ministry

To remember, recall to mind, be mindful of; to call past events, words, or persons back into active consciousness.

Trespass, transgression; a moral lapse or offense against God's standard, literally a 'falling beside' the path.

Trial, testing, temptation; a proving experience that tests faith, endurance, or moral resolve.

To turn, turn around, or turn back; of physical reorientation, spiritual conversion, redirecting something, or returning what was given

Tax collector, publican; a despised agent who gathered tolls and customs for Rome.

To honor, esteem, or show respect to a person; to set a monetary price or value on something

To obey, submit to authority; to answer a door or respond to a summons

Approximately, about (with numbers); like, as if, as though (in comparisons)

Ithamar; the youngest son of Aaron, ancestor of a priestly line serving through the era of Eli.

Achish; the Philistine king of Gath to whom David twice fled from Saul.

Eliab ('my God is father'); name of several OT figures including David's eldest brother and tribal leaders.

Elkanah ('God has acquired'); name of several OT figures, most notably the father of the prophet Samuel.

Earth, land (Aramaic); the physical ground or inhabited world, cognate of Hebrew 'erets'.

To come, arrive (poetic synonym of bo'); as participle: things to come, future events; Hifil: to bring.

Beth-shemesh ('house of the sun'); a Levitical city in Judah, also place names in Naphtali and Issachar.

Man, male person (Aramaic); the Aramaic cognate of Hebrew 'geber', denoting an individual man or men collectively.

A legal case, lawsuit, or plea before a judge; a judicial verdict, sentence, or act of judgment

Hadadezer — the Aramean king of Zobah defeated by David; name means 'Hadad is (my) help'

Zerubbabel — post-exilic governor of Judah who led the return from Babylon and rebuilt the Temple

Zerah — 'rising, dawning'; name of several OT figures including a son of Judah and an Edomite chief

A seer or visionary prophet who receives divine revelations; rarely, a pact or covenant agreement.

Far be it! — an exclamation of strong repudiation, rejecting something as profane or abhorrent