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To make smooth, bare, or bald; to polish or scour a weapon; to pluck out hair in grief or abuse; to become bald.

Sweet, sweetness — pleasant to the taste; of honey, God's words, pleasant speech, and the joy of life

Pastures, meadows — open grazing land where flocks feed; a figure of divine provision or desolation

Nebo — Moabite city east of the Jordan and the mountain from which Moses viewed the Promised Land

Naioth — a place in or near Ramah associated with Samuel's prophetic community and ecstatic prophecy

To breathe, blow; blow upon coals or into something; also to sniff contemptuously, expire, or cause to breathe out.

Fall, fall down (Aramaic) — to fall prostrate in worship, to topple, or to descend upon someone

To go out, come forth (Qal intransitive); to bring out, take out (Hifil causative) — Aramaic

A garrison, military outpost; also a governor or appointed official; rarely, a standing pillar or column.

To bite, especially of serpents; intensively, to inflict repeated bites; metaphorically, to exact usurious interest.

Interest, usury — loan interest charged on money or goods, condemned in biblical law as exploitative

Twilight — the dim transitional light at evening (dusk) or morning (dawn)

Worship, prostrate oneself (Aramaic) — to bow down in homage or religious veneration before an idol or king

To be of use or benefit; to serve as caretaker or steward; (Hifil) to be familiar with, accustomed to.

To raise up, build up a highway or path; by extension to exalt in praise; also to heap or pile up

To support, sustain, or uphold; by extension, to refresh oneself with food, to take a meal

Heifer — a young cow used in sacrifice, covenant ceremony, and as a prophetic metaphor for nations

To be strong, prevail; to strengthen; in Hifil, to make bold or brazen the face, showing impudence

Fellow, neighbor, associate; one to whom ethical and relational obligations are owed

Amalekite — gentilic adjective/noun for a member of the Amalekite people, perennial enemies of Israel

Anah — Horite/Edomite personal name; discovered the hot springs in the wilderness while pasturing donkeys

Barren, infertile — unable to bear children; of women and once of males and livestock; reversed by God

Ashtaroth: a city in Bashan east of the Jordan; also the plural name for Canaanite Astarte goddesses/idols

Pahath-Moab — compound proper name ('governor of Moab') for a large post-exilic Judean clan in returnee lists

Zobah — Aramean city-state in the Beqaa Valley region, whose king Hadadezer was defeated by David

Provisions or food supplies for a journey; also hunted game or prey brought as food

Zalmunna — Midianite king captured and executed by Gideon alongside Zebah after the great rout

Sprout, growth, vegetation; used as a messianic title 'the Branch' for the promised Davidic ruler

Kedar — second son of Ishmael; by extension, a powerful nomadic Arabian tribe known for black tents and flocks

Kedesh — city of refuge in Naphtali; also cities in Issachar and southern Judah; name means 'sanctuary'

Thorn, thorn-bush — prickly plant; literally wilderness scrub, figuratively judgment and worthlessness

Chief, ruler, or commander; a leader exercising civil authority or military command

A bitter, poisonous plant; by extension poison, venom, or gall -- always used figuratively for bitterness or judgment

Ten thousand, myriad — large round number for counting people, valuables, or forces; late Aramaizing form

To make square, to be four-sided — shaping objects with four equal sides and right angles, especially sacred furniture

Foot-soldier, infantryman — a man who goes to battle on foot, as distinguished from charioteers and cavalry

Ruth — Moabite woman who clung to her mother-in-law Naomi and became an ancestress of King David

Emptiness, vanity; futility or purposelessness; concretely, being physically empty or void

To cast or throw (Aramaic); of persons hurled into punishment; also to place/set, or figuratively to impose tribute

Variegated cloth, embroidery; woven or embroidered fabric, often richly decorated garments or textiles

Rest, remainder — an Aramaic noun for what is left over; peoples, companions, or kingdoms in Ezra and Daniel

Captivity (state); captives (collective body of prisoners taken in war)

Devastation, ruin; desolation brought by judgment or calamity; a violent storm used figuratively

To seek eagerly, search diligently; to rise early in pursuit of — denominative from 'dawn'

Song, ode, liturgical composition — a formal poetic piece sung in praise, celebration, or commemoration of divine acts

Name — an Aramaic noun for a person's name, a deity's name, or a designation of identity and authority

To watch, keep vigil, be wakeful; of God watching over his word or his people; also to watch with hostile intent

To hiss, whistle — a sharp sibilant sound expressing scorn over ruins or summoning agents from afar

Sound wisdom, practical insight; abiding success or effective help — a wisdom-literature technical term

Timnah — a Canaanite town in the Shephelah, associated with Judah's encounter with Tamar and Samson's Philistine wife