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Pisgah — a mountain or ridge in Moab overlooking the Dead Sea, from which Moses viewed the Promised Land before his death.

A wound, bruise, or injury caused by a blow; used both literally of physical trauma and figuratively of spiritual or moral harm.

Zeboiim — one of the five cities of the plain destroyed with Sodom and Gomorrah; also a valley name in Benjamin.

Zibeon — a Horite/Hivite clan chief in the genealogies of Esau and Seir, possibly meaning 'hyena.'

To cry shrilly, shout for joy; to neigh (of horses, metaphorical for lust)

To blossom, flourish, sprout; to cause to bud, bring forth blossoms

To step, march, or stride forward; in the Hifil, to cause someone to march or be driven along.

Kadmiel — 'El is the ancient one'; a Levite leader prominent in the post-exilic community's worship and covenant renewal.

Line, measuring line; in Isaiah 28 a mocking repetition ('line upon line') mimicking prophetic instruction.

To vomit out, spew forth, disgorge; used literally and as a powerful metaphor for the land expelling its inhabitants.

To chant a dirge, lament, wail; a Piel denominative from qinah (lament), used for formal mourning rites.

Kir-Hareseth, a fortified Moabite city (modern Kerak, Jordan); also called Kir-Heres.

Lyre, zither; an Aramaic loanword from Greek kitharis, listed among instruments at Nebuchadnezzar's court.

End, extremity (of space or time); in partitive use, 'some of, a portion of.'

Approaching, drawing near; a verbal adjective from qarab used both predicatively and as a substantive for one who draws near.

Korahite; a gentilic adjective designating members of the Levitical clan descended from Korah son of Izhar.

Kiriathaim, a place name for cities in Transjordan: one in Moab (modern Qureyat) and one Levitical city in Naphtali.

Floor, ground surface, bottom; the flat base of a building (temple, tabernacle) or the floor of the sea.

Scale (of fish or reptile); used in dietary laws for aquatic creatures and metaphorically of armored hide.

A fourth part or quarter (of a measure); also, one of four sides or flanks of a structure.

Great, large, imposing (Aramaic); as a substantive, 'great things' or boastful words.

Foot or feet, used exclusively in Daniel's apocalyptic visions of the great statue and beasts.

To be tender, soft, or weak (of heart or words); in the Hifil, to make faint or soften someone's resolve.

To break, shatter, smash; intransitively to be broken or come to ruin

Shades or spirits of the dead, the ghostly inhabitants of Sheol in wisdom and prophetic literature.

To mix or compound ointments and spices; as a participle, a professional perfumer or ointment-maker.

A thin unleavened wafer or flat cake, used in Israelite sacrificial and consecration rituals.

To gasp, pant; figuratively to long for eagerly or to hasten

To praise, laud, or extol (Piel); in the Hitpael, to glory in or boast about something.

Plenty, abundance; the state of having more than enough, especially of grain and food supply.

Satiety, fullness; being satisfied especially with food, but also metaphorically with joy or blessing.

Sokho (also Sochoh, Socoh), a town name in Judah occurring in both the Shephelah and the hill country.

The Shunammite, a gentilic adjective identifying a woman from the town of Shunem.

Shishak, the Egyptian pharaoh (Shoshenq I) who invaded Judah during the reign of Rehoboam.

Shelah, the third son of Judah and his Canaanite wife, ancestor of a clan in the tribe of Judah.

Quiet, at ease, tranquil; of persons enjoying undisturbed security, or substantivally of a state of peaceful quietness

Quietness, tranquility, ease; ranges from genuine peaceful security to complacent carelessness depending on moral context.

A missile or weapon (javelin, dart); also shoots or sprouts of a plant

To rule, have dominion, exercise authority over; in Hifil, to empower or grant authority to another

Shinar: the ancient Mesopotamian region associated with Babel and Babylon, covering the plain of early human settlement and later exile.

Shaphat: a personal name meaning 'he has judged,' borne by at least five men including the father of the prophet Elisha.

Sherebiah: a Levite who returned from Babylonian exile with Ezra and served in public worship and covenant renewal.

A coat of mail or breastplate; body armor made of metal scales or links worn to protect the torso in battle.

To take root or become firmly established; also to uproot, tear out by the roots, or be uprooted.

Seth: the third son of Adam and Eve, appointed as a replacement for Abel after Cain's fratricide, ancestor of the line leading to Noah.

To return, come back (Aramaic); in Haf'el, to restore, give back, or reply

Tubal: a son of Japheth and the people or region descended from him, located in eastern Asia Minor, often paired with Meshech.

Tahpanhes: an Egyptian border city in the eastern Nile Delta where Judean refugees fled after the destruction of Jerusalem.

The Temanite: a gentilic adjective identifying a person from Teman in Edom, used almost exclusively as the epithet of Job's friend Eliphaz.

The tip or lobe of the ear; a technical priestly term used exclusively in consecration and purification rituals involving the application of blood or oil.