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Rod, staff, or stick; a cut branch used as a walking aid, shepherd's tool, symbol of authority, or weapon

Foolish, morally senseless; a person blind to ethical and divine claims, acting with shameful impiety.

Nahor: the name of two patriarchal figures, Abraham's grandfather and brother.

To drip or drop (of liquid); figuratively, to prophesy or preach (letting words flow forth)

Shatter, dash to pieces, break violently; in Piel, to smash enemies or objects; passively, to be broken or scattered

Nethinim: temple servants 'given' to assist the Levites in sanctuary duties, prominent in post-exilic texts.

To incite, entice, allure; in Hifil, to urge someone toward action, often with negative connotations of seduction or misleading.

Succoth: 'booths,' a city in Transjordan linked to Jacob; also an exodus staging point in Egypt.

To cover, screen, or shelter (as the cherubim over the ark); in a distinct Piel stem, to incite or stir up conflict.

A leaf or piece of foliage, used literally of tree leaves and figuratively for withering or flourishing; in plural construct, leafy branches or boughs.

Most High: an Aramaic divine epithet for God as supreme sovereign, used exclusively in Daniel.

Ammonite: a gentilic adjective for the people of Ammon, Israel's eastern Transjordanian neighbor.

Omri — personal name borne by four Israelites, most notably the sixth king of the northern kingdom

Be mighty, strong, or numerous; in Piel, to break bones; in Hifil, to make strong

Simple, naive, gullible — an inexperienced person open to influence, for good or ill, in Wisdom literature

Beauty, splendor, glory; also the gazelle as emblem of grace; used as an epithet for the Promised Land.

Deep darkness, shadow of death — intense, impenetrable gloom used poetically of mortal peril and divine mystery

Kadesh — a sacred wilderness site in the Negev where Israel encamped during the exodus wanderings

Lamentation, dirge, funeral song — a mournful poem composed to bewail the dead or a catastrophe

Keilah — a fortified city in the Shephelah of Judah, famous as the site David rescued from the Philistines

Reubenite — a member or descendant of the tribe of Reuben, Israel's firstborn son

A myriad or ten thousand; used both as a specific numeral and as an expression of innumerable multitude.

Roar, tumult, uproar -- the crashing din of waters, armies, or crowds; once the roaring desolation of a destructive pit.

Aramaic: to find or discover (Haphel active); to be found, be discovered, or come to light (Hitpeel passive).

Supplications, earnest pleas for mercy — heartfelt entreaties directed to God or a superior for grace

To measure, weigh, assess; in Nifal, to be found right or just; in Piel, to mete out or establish firmly.

Tirzah — a proper name meaning 'pleasure, beauty,' borne by a daughter of Zelophehad and an early Israelite capital

The ninth — ordinal number marking the ninth position in a sequence of time, persons, or objects

To please or be pleasing to someone; to act so as to win favor or satisfy another's expectations.

Release or letting go; in the NT chiefly the forgiveness or remission of sins, and occasionally liberation from captivity.

Food, solid nourishment; that which is eaten as sustenance.

A prisoner or captive; one bound in confinement under authority.

A hundred; the cardinal number one hundred.

To step into, embark; to board a boat or vessel.

To be amazed or astonished; to amaze others; to be out of one's mind, beside oneself

On the next day, on the morrow; a temporal adverb indicating the following day.

To remain in a place or persist in a state; to stay on, continue, or persevere in an activity or condition.

Ready, prepared, at hand; describing a state of readiness for action or an event, or the disposition of preparedness itself.

Treasure, stored wealth; a storehouse or repository of valuable things, whether material or spiritual.

Horse; the domesticated equine, especially as associated with warfare and apocalyptic vision.

Caesarea; a Roman city name referring to Caesarea Maritima (coastal) or Caesarea Philippi (inland).

To tear down or demolish; to abolish or annul; to lodge or find quarters at the end of a journey

Gain, win, earn profit; to win over persons, earn financial return, obtain something valuable, or avoid loss

Surely not? An interrogative particle expecting a negative answer; used in rhetorical questions.

To wash a specific body part (hands, feet, face) for cleansing, hospitality, or ritual purification.

Exceedingly, abundantly, all the more; an adverb expressing degree beyond the ordinary or expected.

Near, close by; substantivally, 'one's neighbor' — a fellow human being toward whom one bears moral obligation.

A river or flowing stream; used literally of geographical waterways and figuratively in prophetic imagery.

Root of a plant; figuratively, origin, source, or foundational cause of something.

Darkness or gloom, both physical absence of light and moral-spiritual opposition to divine truth.