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ritsepah -- pavement, stone floor; a paved surface in temple courts or palace halls

To sign, write (a decree); to be inscribed, written down — Aramaic verb in Daniel

Flame, fiery bolt, or pestilence; from the burning coals of love to divine plague-arrows and lightning shafts.

Roaring (of a lion, literal or figurative); groaning or anguished outcry (of a person in distress)

Shebanyah -- a Levitical proper name borne by priests and Levites in post-exilic Judah

shaga' -- to be mad, act insanely; madness both genuine and feigned, including prophetic frenzy

To set, place, or position deliberately; also to make level or even (Piel of שָׁוָה II)

shu'al -- fox or jackal; a small wild canid haunting ruins, raiding vineyards, and scavenging the dead

shachal -- lion (poetic); a fierce, mature lion in wisdom and prophetic imagery

shayit -- thorn-bushes, briers; thorny wild growth signaling desolation and divine judgment

To have power or dominion, to rule; in the Hifil, to appoint someone as ruler (Aramaic שְׁלֵט)

shield, buckler — a type of defensive armament, often ornamental, hung on walls or carried in battle

Shelomoth / Shelomith — proper names of Levitical figures and a son of Rehoboam, with masculine and feminine variants

Shammah — a personal name borne by several men including a son of Jesse and an Edomite chief

year — Aramaic noun for a unit of time spanning twelve months, used in dating and duration

a hair, strand of hair — a single hair or collectively the hair of one's head or body

sycamore tree — the sycamore-fig (Ficus sycomorus), a lowland tree valued for timber and fruit

to detest, regard as abominable — Piel verb expressing ritual abhorrence or the act of making oneself detestable

Sharon — the fertile coastal plain along the Mediterranean, celebrated for its beauty and pastureland

hissing, scorn — derisive whistling directed at a ruined place, expressing mockery and horror

chain, wreathed chain — linked metalwork used for priestly vestment ornamentation and architectural decoration

bulls, oxen — Aramaic term for bovine cattle, used of sacrificial animals and beasts of the field

Wise counsel, strategic guidance, or skillful direction; used exclusively in wisdom literature for prudent planning.

Taanach, an ancient Canaanite city in the Jezreel Valley near Megiddo, assigned to the tribe of Manasseh.

Tekoa, a town in the Judean hills south of Bethlehem, home of the wise woman and the prophet Amos.

Tekoite, a gentilic adjective denoting a person from the town of Tekoa in Judah.

Increase, interest, or usurious profit gained through lending; consistently paired with 'neshekh' in legal prohibitions.

A deep, supernatural sleep sent by God, producing trance-like insensibility; distinct from ordinary slumber.

A yellow-green precious stone, probably chrysolite or beryl, featured in priestly vestments and theophanic visions.

A contest, struggle, or race; the arena of exertion whether spiritual combat or athletic competition (ἀγών)

Shore, beach; a sandy or pebbly stretch of coastline used as a landing place or gathering area.

Shame, disgrace, dishonor; both the objective state of humiliation and the subjective feeling of embarrassment.

The farthest point, extremity, or tip of something — from cosmic ends of heaven to the tip of a finger (ἄκρον)

Aquila (Akylas), a Jewish-Christian tentmaker from Pontus, husband of Priscilla, and co-worker with the apostle Paul.

Alexander; a Greek personal name borne by several NT figures including a relative of the high priest and a coppersmith

To change, alter, exchange, or transform; used of both sinful exchange and eschatological transformation

A solemn curse, a thing or person devoted to divine destruction; anathema

To recline at table or to cause someone to recline; to lay down — spanning banquet posture and tender care (ἀνακλίνω)

To remind someone of something (active) or to recall to one's own mind, remember (middle/passive); used of stirring memory for exhortation or recollection.

To fill up, fulfill, complete, or supply what is lacking

More tolerable, more bearable; used exclusively in Jesus' judgment sayings comparing cities' fates

Foolish, senseless, lacking understanding; describing those who fail to perceive spiritual or moral truth

Sincere, genuine, without hypocrisy; describing love, faith, and wisdom that are free from pretense

Worthily, in a manner worthy of; an adverb urging conduct befitting one's calling or the gospel

Disobedient, rebellious, refusing to comply with divine or rightful authority

To go on a journey, travel to a far country; used almost exclusively in parables of absent masters

A storehouse or barn for storing harvested grain; used figuratively of God's eschatological gathering or provision.

To cut off or sever physically; in the middle voice, to mutilate or castrate oneself. Used literally of amputation and figuratively of drastic self-exclusion.

To be at a loss, perplexed, or bewildered; a state of mental uncertainty about what to think or do.

To defraud, deprive, or rob someone of what is rightfully theirs; to withhold unjustly.