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Day, days (Aramaic) — a unit of time in the Aramaic portions of Daniel and Ezra, used for calendar dates, durations, and eras.

Jephunneh — a proper name borne by the father of Caleb the Kenizzite and by an Asherite clan head.

A wine vat or winepress — a rock-hewn basin for collecting juice from trodden grapes.

To dig, excavate, bargain, or pierce; primarily digging wells, pits, and graves, with extensions into commerce and figurative opening.

Fruitful field, garden-land, cultivated terrain; also fresh grain or unripe ears of grain.

Writing: a written document, letter, or decree; a script or writing system; a register or official record.

Madai / Media — a son of Japheth and the nation/territory of the Medes in the ancient Near East.

Moabite — a gentilic adjective/noun for a person from Moab, applied to both men and women.

Half — one of two equal portions, used for the half-shekel tax, divided spoils, and half-tribes.

Guard, guardhouse, court of the guard (a detention area); also a target or mark for shooting.

Pain, sorrow, suffering — physical affliction or mental anguish, used of human distress and the Suffering Servant.

A covering — the protective outer layers of skin draped over the tabernacle and its sacred furnishings.

Malkiyah / Malchijah — a theophoric name meaning 'my king is Yah,' borne by priests, Levites, and officials.

A track, path, or wagon-rut; figuratively the course of one's life or conduct; also a circular military encampment formed by wagons.

Healing, cure, or remedy; figuratively composure or calmness that restores well-being.

A rising up; hence a portion or gift, a fire-signal, a tax or tribute, a burden or oracle, or the lifting of hands.

A high refuge, stronghold — an elevated place of safety, used overwhelmingly as a metaphor for God as protector.

Mattaniah — personal name meaning 'gift of YHWH,' borne by Levitical singers, a king, and postexilic figures

Nebuzaradan — Babylonian captain of the guard who oversaw Jerusalem's destruction and the Judean deportation

Nazirite (one consecrated by vow); consecrated one, distinguished prince; an unpruned vine left untended.

To flow, stream, trickle, or distil; used of water coursing through wadis, rain pouring from clouds, and speech dropping gently like dew.

Naaman — personal name meaning 'pleasant,' notably the Aramean general healed of leprosy by Elisha

Ner — personal name meaning 'lamp,' father of Abner and a Benjaminite ancestor of Saul

To deceive, beguile, or lead astray; primarily in the Hifil stem for active deception, with a Nifal passive and rare extensions.

Spices, aromatic substances — fragrant ingredients used in sacred incense and anointing oil

Storm, tempest, whirlwind — a violent windstorm, often expressing divine power, judgment, or theophany

Uzziel — personal name meaning 'my strength is God,' borne by Levites, a Simeonite, and a Benjaminite

Amasa — personal name, notably Absalom's military commander later killed by Joab

Naked, unclothed — without garments, whether literally stripped or figuratively destitute and exposed

Aroer — fortified city on the Arnon gorge rim, marking Israel's southern boundary in Transjordan

Foreskin — the prepuce removed in circumcision; figuratively, the 'covering' of the heart or fruit trees

A ten, decade: the tenth day of the month (ordinal); a ten-stringed musical instrument; the cardinal number ten.

Flax or linen — the plant fiber and the textile woven from it

Ziba — servant of Saul's house and steward of Mephibosheth's estate in the David narratives

Sidonian(s) -- a gentilic adjective for the people of the Phoenician city of Sidon, sometimes denoting Phoenicians broadly.

Dryness, drought: the parched quality of arid land; a dry wilderness region; a prolonged period of water scarcity.

Wool — sheep's fleece as a raw material, textile product, or image of whiteness

Cain — firstborn son of Adam and Eve, the first murderer in the biblical narrative

Curtains or hangings used in the Tabernacle court; once read as 'leaves' (of a door) in a textual variant.

Stubble, chaff — dry plant material used as an image of what is worthless, inflammable, or wind-driven

Conspiracy — a secret treasonous plot against an established ruler or authority

To stone, kill by stoning — communal execution by pelting with stones as prescribed by law

Emptily, empty-handed, with nothing; figuratively in vain, without cause or purpose.

Tender, delicate, soft: young or frail in body; gentle or mild in speech; fainthearted, timid in courage.

Flesh: bodily tissue; a close blood relative or kinsman; food or sustenance owed to a dependent.

Lattice-work: ornamental netting on Temple pillars; a window lattice or screen; a net or snare (figurative).

To behold, gaze upon; to lie in wait or lurk with hostile intent; to sing or chant (a rare poetic variant).

Prudence, insight, and practical understanding; rarely cunning or shrewdness used for self-serving ends.

Military officer: originally the 'third man' on a war chariot; a triad or group of three; the numeral thirty.

Garment, outer cloak — a large wrapper or mantle worn over the body for covering and warmth