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A tear, rent (in fabric); a division, split, or schism (among people)

Lowly, humble; of low social standing or modest disposition, often used of those God lifts up.

Humility, lowliness of mind; the disposition of putting others above oneself, valued in NT ethics as a core Christian virtue.

Speed, haste, quickness; almost always in the dative phrase 'en tachei' meaning 'soon' or 'without delay.'

Little children; an affectionate diminutive address used by Jesus and the apostle John for disciples or believers.

Surpassing degree, excess, extraordinary measure; used by Paul to express what goes beyond all normal scale.

To muzzle, silence, or put to silence; used literally of restraining an animal and figuratively of silencing persons or forces.

A mark, brand, or engraving; in Revelation, the eschatological mark of the Beast; in Acts, a product of human craftsmanship.

Fresh ears of grain (barley); also the month Abib (= Nisan), the first month of the Hebrew calendar when ears ripen.

Mourning, grieving; an adjective describing one who laments, whether for the dead, for calamity, or for Zion.

Stone (Aramaic); a building stone or supernatural stone, used in Ezra for temple construction and in Daniel for the messianic rock.

Agag; the Amalekite king spared by Saul and executed by Samuel, also invoked in Balaam's oracle as a symbol of royal power.

Adar; the twelfth month of the Hebrew calendar (February–March), the month of Purim in the book of Esther.

Edrei; a chief city of Bashan where Israel defeated King Og, also a town in Naphtali's tribal allotment.

Oholibamah — a wife of Esau and an Edomite clan chief, meaning 'tent of the high place'

Onan — second son of Judah, whose name means 'vigorous' or 'strong'

Uri — a Hebrew proper name meaning 'fiery,' borne by three distinct men in the Old Testament

To shut, stop up, close; of ears (refusing to hear) or of windows (narrowed, latticed) in temple architecture.

A hind or doe (female deer), used in poetry as a figure of grace, swiftness, and sure-footedness

Ethan — a proper name meaning 'enduring,' especially Ethan the Ezrahite, famed for wisdom

Cruel, fierce, merciless — describing persons or forces that act with savage harshness

Oak tree (genus Quercus), a symbol of strength, majesty, and endurance in biblical imagery

Cattle, oxen (used in agriculture and husbandry); also a clan or tribal subdivision within Israel.

Do not destroy — Hifil jussive of שָׁחַת, a Psalm superscription formula ('Al-Tashcheth')

Nation, people, tribe — a collective term for ethnic or political groups, used in late biblical Hebrew and Aramaic

Four — the cardinal number, used for counting and in compound numerals

Yesterday; formerly, in time past — a temporal adverb for recent past or habitual prior state.

Aramaic noun 'place, site' and prepositional use 'after, following'; used in Daniel and Ezra for temple locale and temporal sequence.

Byssus; fine white linen fabric used for priestly vestments, temple furnishings, and royal garments.

Bichri — a Benjamite, father of the rebel Sheba who led an insurrection against David.

Belteshazzar — the Babylonian court name given to the prophet Daniel.

Bozrah — a fortified city of Edom (and possibly Moab), a symbol of divine judgment in prophetic literature.

To empty out, lay waste, devastate; in passive, to be emptied or made desolate. Used of divine judgment on lands and peoples.

Request, petition, entreaty — a formal plea made especially before royalty.

Son (Aramaic) — used in patronymics, collective expressions, and the messianic phrase 'son of man.'

Open field, wild country (Aramaic) — the uncultivated land where wild animals roam.

Proud, arrogant, haughty — describing those who exalt themselves against God or oppress the humble.

Majesty, pride, or rising; the swelling upward of divine grandeur, human arrogance, or physical phenomena like smoke.

Gibeonite — an inhabitant of Gibeon, the city that made a covenant of peace with Israel.

To cut oneself, gash the body in mourning or pagan rites; also to band together, gather in hostile troops.

A separate area or enclosure adjacent to the temple; also polished form or figure, describing beauty of appearance.

Rejoicing, exultation; intense communal or religious joy, often paired with simchah as its poetic parallel.

Gilboa (mountain range where Saul died)

To defend, protect, shield; used exclusively of God defending Jerusalem and his people from enemies.

Throat as the organ of voice and swallowing; also the outer neck as a visible body part adorned or displayed.

Dinah; daughter of Jacob and Leah, central figure in the Shechem narrative of Genesis 34.

Branches or boughs, especially in prophetic imagery of trees representing nations (Israel, Assyria).

Liberty, release from bondage (especially in the Jubilee year); also free-flowing, used of fine liquid myrrh.

Abel (Hevel); second son of Adam, whose offering God accepted and who was murdered by his brother Cain.

Hush! Be silent! — an onomatopoeic interjection commanding silence, especially before YHWH; rarely as a causative verb, to silence