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To be in heat, breed (of animals); to be warm, get hot (of persons/things); (Piel) to conceive a child.

Jeush — a proper name borne by several figures, most prominently an Edomite chieftain descended from Esau

To grow weary, become faint from exertion or lack; also (Hofal) to be caused to fly swiftly.

To be in distress, be narrow or constricted; in Hifil, to oppress or cause anguish to others.

Form, frame, inclination; what is shaped by a potter, the constitution of a creature, or the bent of the human heart.

Wake up, awake — to rouse from sleep, used of natural waking and metaphorical arousal from stupor

Jeroham — a Hebrew personal name meaning 'may he be shown compassion,' borne by several OT figures

Profit, advantage, gain — the net surplus or benefit from labor or wisdom; exclusively a Qoheleth term

Mighty, great, powerful; of persons, God, natural forces, or abundance -- a poetic synonym for 'great.'

A compound conjunction 'for therefore / forasmuch as,' emphasizing the causal ground with pleonastic force

Confinement, prison — a place of imprisonment; used in the phrase bêth hakkelĕʾ 'prison house'

Kerethite(s) — a gentilic name for an ethnic group linked to the Philistines, possibly Cretan in origin

Kittim — originally the people of Kition (Cyprus), later a general term for western Mediterranean peoples

Millo — a filled terrace or earthwork fortification, a key structure in Jerusalem and near Shechem

Sale or transaction of property; also the merchandise or goods being sold

Mamre — a personal name and place near Hebron, associated with Abraham's dwelling and burial site

Who? whoever — an Aramaic interrogative and indefinite relative pronoun used in Ezra and Daniel

Hiding place, secret place — a concealed location for refuge, ambush, or divine mystery

Den or lair of wild animals; dwelling place or refuge, especially of God as shelter for his people

Military garrison or outpost; standing-place or appointed station

A mountain stronghold or fortress; a defensive refuge in rocky, inaccessible terrain used for military or survival shelter.

Mizpeh, a place name meaning 'watchtower'; several Israelite towns including sites in Judah, Gilead, Moab, and Benjamin.

To rot, decay, waste away, pine away; used of physical decomposition and figurative wasting under divine judgment

Happening, fate, or fortune that befalls someone; also chance or accident without apparent divine cause

Hammered metalwork, especially beaten gold used for tabernacle furnishings; possibly turned or shaped work

A prophetic vision; a supernatural visual revelation from God, often occurring at night or in a trance state.

Pasturage or flock; always figurative in Scripture for God's people as the sheep he tends and protects.

Comely, beautiful; or fitting, seemly -- used of physical loveliness and of moral appropriateness.

To pour, flow, be spilled; of water poured on the ground, tears streaming, or persons delivered over to destruction.

To lead or guide, especially to a watering place or resting station; to conduct gently at a measured pace.

Copper or bronze; a poetic term for the metal used figuratively for strength, hardness, or unyielding obstinacy.

Nahshon, son of Amminadab; leader of the tribe of Judah during the wilderness period and ancestor in the line of David.

To go down, descend; press down or bend; sink in; bring down; be shattered — a poetic Aramaic-colored verb of downward motion and force

Neriah (Neriyah/Neriyahu), father of Baruch the scribe and Seraiah; a Judahite from the time of Jeremiah.

Weapons, arms, military equipment (collective); also an armory or arsenal as a storage place for weapons.

Sanballat the Horonite; the Samaritan governor who led opposition to Nehemiah's rebuilding of Jerusalem's walls.

Obed ('worshipper'), a personal name; most notably the son of Boaz and Ruth and grandfather of King David.

To commit iniquity, act perversely, do wrong; denominative from 'avon (iniquity), spanning Qal, Hifil, and Nifal stems.

En-gedi ('spring of the young goat'), an oasis settlement on the western shore of the Dead Sea in the wilderness of Judah.

A young male donkey, colt, or foal; also a homograph meaning town or city (in Judges 10:4).

Naked, unclothed (adjective); or nakedness as an abstract condition of exposure and vulnerability.

Compound preposition 'because, for this reason'; emphatic causal particle reinforcing the ground of an assertion or action.

To be delicate, take exquisite delight; of reveling in God's goodness, living in pampered luxury, or mocking with pleasure.

To practice soothsaying, divination, or sorcery; a forbidden occult practice associated with pagan nations.

Eyelid; used poetically for eyes in general, and figuratively for the first rays of dawn.

Er, a proper name: chiefly the firstborn son of Judah, slain by God for his wickedness.

Raven; an unclean bird known for its black plumage, fed by God as a sign of his providence.

A couch or bed for sleeping, reclining, or rest; ranges from an ordinary sleeping bed to a luxurious divan or sickbed

To scatter or disperse; used of God scattering enemies, bones, or frost, and of Israel being scattered like a lone sheep.

Governor; an appointed provincial official under Persian or Babylonian imperial authority.