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Aramaic verb: to be able, have power or capacity; rarely, to prevail against or overcome

Jerubbaal ('let Baal contend'); the alternate name given to Gideon after he destroyed Baal's altar.

Possession, inheritance; landed property held as a hereditary right, especially territory granted by God.

Uprightness, rectitude, moral straightness; integrity of heart and conduct before God and others.

Liver; the bodily organ, referenced in sacrificial ritual, divination, and as a seat of strong emotion.

Priesthood; the office, function, and hereditary right of priestly service in Israel's worship.

To lend or borrow; in the Hifil, to extend a loan to someone; in the Qal, to take on a loan from another.

If not, unless, were it not that; a counterfactual conjunction introducing conditions contrary to fact.

Torch, firebrand; a burning brand used for light, warfare, or as a visionary and metaphorical image of fire.

To smite through, shatter, crush, or wound severely; a poetic term for devastating military or divine blows

Meshach; the Babylonian name given to Mishael, one of Daniel's three companions in Nebuchadnezzar's court.

Stumbling block, obstacle; a cause of falling, whether physical obstruction or moral and spiritual ruin.

Portion, share; an allotted part of food or sacrifice, especially a choice piece given as gift or offering.

Wailing, lamentation; loud communal mourning for the dead, for calamity, or in penitential grief.

West; the cardinal direction of the setting sun, used in geographic orientation and territorial descriptions.

Be bitter; embitter, make bitter; become enraged; weep or lament bitterly (Qal, Piel, Hifil, Hitpael)

Stringed instrument music; a song or mocking song; music as abstract performance

Nethanel; a theophoric personal name meaning 'God has given,' borne by multiple Israelite leaders.

Scall, skin eruption; an eruptive disease of the scalp or beard examined by priests under purity law.

To turn back, retreat; to backslide or apostatize from God; to turn aside, go astray

Abed-nego; Babylonian name given to Azariah, one of Daniel's three companions in the furnace narrative.

Beyond, the region across; Aramaic noun used in the phrase 'Beyond the River' for the Trans-Euphrates province.

Ornament, jewelry, finery; collectively, the decorative adornments worn on the body; also, one's prime or full beauty.

Eden; the primordial garden-region of God where Adam and Eve dwelt, archetype of divine blessing and fertility.

To trouble, stir up, bring calamity upon; in the Niphal, to be troubled or agitated.

Amram; father of Moses, Aaron, and Miriam, grandson of Levi and head of the Amramite clan.

To sing, chant, or respond in song; used for communal worship, antiphonal responses, and vocal shouts of praise

Sluggard, lazy person; one who avoids work and suffers want, a stock character in Proverbs' wisdom teaching.

To meet or encounter someone; to meet together reciprocally; to come upon or run into by chance

To breathe, blow, or puff; of wind blowing, speech breathed out, eager panting, kindling flame, or scornful dismissal.

Work, deed; wages, reward, recompense — the labor itself or the payment it earns.

Mule; the hybrid mount used as royal transport, pack animal, and trade commodity in ancient Israel.

To divide, split (especially hooves in dietary law); also to break or distribute (bread).

Pashhur; a priestly name borne by several individuals including Jeremiah's persecutor and post-exilic clan heads.

A morsel or fragment of bread; a small piece of food shared in hospitality or poverty.

To wage war, fight in battle; to serve or minister (especially at the tabernacle); to muster or enlist troops

Gazelle; the swift, graceful antelope used as a figure of beauty, agility, and permitted food.

A flower or blossom; also the gold plate (rosette) on the high priest's turban inscribed 'Holy to the LORD.'

A step, stride, or pace; literally a footfall, figuratively the course and direction of one's life.

Grave or burial; a tomb where someone is laid to rest, or the act of interment itself.

To receive or accept something offered; also (Hiphil) to be opposite, correspond to one another.

Flour or meal; ground grain used for baking bread, preparing offerings, and daily sustenance.

To cut off, sever, or hew away; includes trimming hair at the temples and breaking objects into pieces

Kareah; father of Johanan, a Judean military commander after the fall of Jerusalem.

Horn (Aramaic); either a musical instrument or an apocalyptic symbol of royal power in Daniel's visions.

Head (physical or figurative); chief, leader; the sum or main point of a matter.

To drink one's fill, be saturated; in causative stems, to satisfy, drench, or water abundantly

Empty, vacant; also of persons: worthless, idle; of pursuits: vain, futile.

The evil; the morally wicked thing or behavior that must be purged from the community.

Request, petition; a formal plea to an authority figure, or the thing granted in response.