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Pit; a hole in the ground, used literally and figuratively for calamity and entrapment.

Stream, water channel; a flowing watercourse used literally and figuratively for abundance or tears.

To serve or worship a deity; Aramaic verb for religious devotion and reverent service.

A spindle (for spinning thread) or an administrative district; two genuinely distinct senses from one noun.

Penuel/Peniel ('face of God'); a place east of the Jordan and a personal name in Judah and Benjamin.

Wild donkey (onager); a symbol of untamed freedom, desert survival, and willful independence.

Pharaoh Necho (II); the Egyptian king who killed Josiah and installed Jehoiakim on Judah's throne.

To tear off, tear apart, or rescue; ranges from stripping ornaments to rending prey to delivering from foes

To will, desire, or be pleased; used of divine and royal volition in Aramaic portions of Daniel.

To rush upon, come mightily; of the Spirit's sudden empowerment, fire breaking forth, or swift physical movement.

To be thirsty; of physical craving for water or figurative spiritual longing for God.

Zin; a wilderness region in the southern Negev associated with Kadesh-barnea and Israel's wanderings.

Zoar; a small city at the southeastern end of the Dead Sea where Lot fled from Sodom's destruction.

Zephaniah; a personal name meaning 'YHWH has hidden/treasured,' borne by several OT figures including the prophet.

Zorah; a Danite city in the Shephelah of Judah, birthplace of Samson and staging ground for the Danite migration.

Former or ancient (of time); eastern (of direction). An adjective bridging temporal priority and spatial orientation.

Kadesh-barnea; an important oasis and encampment in the wilderness south of Canaan, pivotal in Israel's wandering narratives.

A line or measuring cord; used literally for construction and surveying, and figuratively for divine judgment or creation.

Standing grain; unharvested crops upright in the field, sometimes extended to growth, rising, or the stalk itself

Possessions, property, or wealth acquired; sometimes the act of acquisition itself. From the root קנה, 'to buy, acquire.'

Clasp or hook; a metal fastener (gold or bronze) used to join the curtains of the tabernacle.

Fourth (Aramaic ordinal numeral); used in Daniel for the fourth kingdom, the fourth figure in the furnace, and the fourth beast.

Rehob — a place name for locations near Hamath, in Asher, and also personal names of an Aramean king and a Levite

Rimmon — a place name for towns in Simeon, Zebulun, and Benjamin, often associated with rocky or elevated terrain

Deceit, treachery; falsehood in speech or character, often paired with lying and injustice.

At ease, secure; ranging from genuine tranquility to complacent self-assurance and insolent arrogance.

Satisfied, sated, full — whether with food, favor, years, or trouble; describes complete fulfillment or surfeit

Shecaniah/Shekanyahu — a proper name borne by priests, Levites, and laymen in post-exilic Israel

Ruling, having dominion; as adjective: exercising authority or mastery; as noun: a ruler, captain; also permitted, authorized.

Shelemiah/Shelemyahu — a proper name borne by gatekeepers, officials, and others in Jeremiah's time and the post-exilic era

To let drop, release, or hurl down; covers sabbatical remission of debts, forceful throwing, and stumbling

Fat, rich, fertile; describing productive land, sumptuous food, or robust well-fed persons and animals.

A bare, treeless height or hilltop — exposed elevated ground, often used of desolate landscapes in prophetic imagery

Stubbornness, obstinacy — firmness of heart in a negative sense, willful refusal to heed God's word

To transplant or plant firmly; as a passive participle, 'planted' — used poetically of trees, vines, and the righteous

Tabor — Mount Tabor in the Jezreel Valley, a Levitical city, and a landmark oak near Bethel

Perversity, crookedness — morally twisted speech, conduct, or character, used almost exclusively in Proverbs

Form, visible shape, outward appearance; likeness, image, semblance -- used of divine theophanies, idol prohibitions, and visionary apparitions.

The abyss; a bottomless depth or chasm, often the underworld prison of demonic beings or the realm of the dead.

Adam; the first man created by God, used as a genealogical ancestor and typological figure contrasted with Christ.

Unleavened; especially as a substantive: unleavened bread, the Feast of Unleavened Bread (ta Azyma).

A sect, religious party or school of thought; also a divisive faction, heresy -- a chosen opinion that splits a community.

Accurately, carefully, with precision; in the comparative: more accurately, more exactly.

To anoint; to rub or apply oil, ointment, or perfume to a person's body, head, or feet for hospitality, healing, or burial.

A vine, especially the grapevine; used literally of the fruit-bearing plant and figuratively of Christ as the true vine.

Blameless, without blemish, unblemished -- of moral or ritual purity; also (as homograph) amomon, an aromatic spice plant.

To compel or force someone to act, whether by authority, persuasion, or external pressure; in passive, to be constrained.

To conduct oneself or live in a particular manner; also, to return or go back to a place.

To rise, spring up, or dawn; of the sun rising literally, light dawning figuratively, a person arising from a lineage, or God causing the sun to shine.

Above, upward; an adverb of spatial position or direction, often extended to mean heavenly or spiritually higher.