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Glad, joyful, merry — describing a state of delight; as a substantive, one who rejoices

The Shephelah — the low-lying foothill region between the Judean highlands and the Mediterranean coastal plain.

Serayah — a personal name borne by priests, military officers, scribes, and clan leaders across the OT.

A visible form, likeness, or image; also a constructional pattern, plan, or blueprint for building sacred structures

Formlessness, chaos, emptiness, or nothingness — the unformed void before creation, a desolate waste, or moral-theological vanity.

A carved palm-tree ornament used as architectural decoration in Solomon's and Ezekiel's visionary temples.

Ninety — the cardinal number 90, used in ages, measurements, and counts throughout the OT.

To receive in full, abstain from, be distant from, or (impersonally) be enough — a versatile verb of separation, completion, and distance.

A farmer, tenant farmer, or vinedresser who works agricultural land, especially in vineyard parables and wisdom sayings

To separate, distinguish, discern, or doubt — ranging from judicial evaluation and making distinctions to internal wavering and verbal disputation.

A gift or offering, especially one presented at the temple altar or given in honor and worship.

To lift up, raise (eyes, hands, voice); figuratively to exalt oneself in pride; also to hoist a sail or be taken up.

Above, over, upon (spatial position); also 'more than' in comparative expressions of quantity or degree

Take hold of, seize: physically grasp a person (often to heal or arrest); catch in words (hostile); lay hold of spiritually.

Heavenly, celestial — belonging to or characteristic of heaven, in contrast to what is earthly.

Fellowship, communion, sharing — participation in a common bond, whether spiritual union or material generosity.

A judge — one who renders legal decisions, arbitrates disputes, or exercises divine judgment.

Hidden, secret, concealed — what is unseen by others but known to God.

To hide or conceal; in passive/middle, to be hidden, lie concealed, or hide oneself — covering both deliberate concealment and states of hiddenness

Creation or the created order; also a human institution or ordinance established by authority.

To be anxious or worried; also to show genuine care or concern for someone or something.

Old, aged, former — belonging to a prior era or worn out by long use, often contrasted with the new.

Set before, serve food at table; entrust or commit to someone's care; set forth, present or explain a teaching.

Prophecy: the spiritual gift, act, or content of inspired utterance revealing God's will and purposes.

Perfect, complete, mature: having reached the intended goal or end; fully developed in character or quality.

Abigail: proper name meaning 'my father is joy,' borne by two women connected to David's household.

But indeed, however, surely: a strong adversative-asseverative conjunction introducing emphatic contrast.

From of old, from ancient times; also since, from the time that—marking a temporal starting point in the past.

There is, there are: Aramaic existential particle equivalent to Hebrew yēsh, with pronominal suffixes.

Channel, watercourse, stream bed (wadi or ravine); tube or conduit (of bones/scales); a strong or mighty one.

Guilt or guiltiness before God; also concrete offenses or trespasses viewed as culpable deeds.

Compound conjunction ba'asher: locative 'where, wherever'; causal 'because, inasmuch as'; relative 'in which, in what.'

Lightning: a flash of brilliant light in a storm; used of divine theophany, judgment, and dazzling glory.

Pride, arrogance, or haughtiness deserving judgment; also majesty, excellence, or dignified greatness attributed to God.

Recompense or retribution for deeds done; also a benefit or kindness received from God.

Fish: an aquatic creature, used collectively or singularly for fish of sea, river, or any body of water.

To reject or spurn; used of God casting off his people or of Israel rejecting what is good (Qal and Hifil).

An outcry or cry of distress, often arising from suffering, oppression, or injustice and directed toward God.

Beard (or chin): the facial hair of a man, signifying dignity, identity, and ritual status in Israelite culture.

Sinful; sinners — those characterized by sin, used both as a substantive noun and as an attributive adjective.

Army or military force; rampart, fortification wall, or bulwark of a city; strength, might, or vital force.

Lacking, in want of, deficient: one who is without something essential, especially sense or understanding.

Grass, herbage, green vegetation: plant growth used as fodder and as a biblical image of human transience.

To cut in, inscribe, or engrave; by extension, to decree or enact laws; as a substantive, a ruler, lawgiver, or the scepter symbolizing authority.

Be willing, consent, be pleased to do; determine, resolve, undertake; venture, dare (with humility before a superior).

Joel — personal name meaning 'YHWH is God,' borne by at least thirteen individuals in the Hebrew Bible

Jonah — personal name meaning 'dove,' the prophet son of Amittai sent to Nineveh

To oppress, wrong, or mistreat; also used as a participle meaning 'oppressor.'

Beauty, splendor, comeliness — outward loveliness of persons, cities, or the land

To be or become weary, exhausted; in the Hifil, to make weary or tire someone out.