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Rest, repose (abstract state of security and peace); resting place (concrete location of settled dwelling or landing).

Lock, bolt, or bar: a fastening device for securing doors and city gates.

To slip, slide, totter; causatively, to make shake or stumble — of feet losing stability or divine judgment causing trembling

Meunim/Meunites: a people group south or southeast of Canaan, enemies of Judah and later temple servants.

Ascent, slope; a geographic rise or uphill road, often part of place names like Scorpion Pass (Akrabbim)

A pillar or standing stone erected as a memorial or sacred marker; also the stump or trunk remnant of a felled tree

Distress, anguish, straits: a state of severe hardship or constriction, often during siege or trial.

Lord, master: an Aramaic noun of address and title for God or a king, used in Daniel.

Place at the feet, feet-area: the spot near someone's feet, especially where one lies down.

Broad place, open expanse: a spacious area, often figurative for divine deliverance from distress.

Meribah: a place name meaning 'strife/contention,' where Israel quarreled with God over water.

Meremoth — a priestly name borne by several individuals in the post-exilic community (Ezra, Nehemiah).

Bed, couch, lying-place — an Aramaic noun for the place where one sleeps, used exclusively in Daniel's visions.

A carved image or figured stone (often idolatrous); imagination or conceit; an ornamental setting or frame

Drink, beverage, or drinking-vessel contents; also well-watered land or irrigation, emphasizing water supply for fertility

Methuselah — antediluvian patriarch, son of Enoch, grandfather of Noah; the longest-lived person in Scripture (969 years).

Gift, present — something bestowed freely, whether a divine blessing, a human reward, or a promised but unfulfilled offering.

Skin-bottle, wineskin — a leather container for carrying liquids such as wine or milk.

Nob — a priestly city in Benjamin near Jerusalem, site of David's flight to Ahimelech and the subsequent massacre.

Prophetess — a woman endowed with prophetic gifting, whether through song, oracular speech, or the spirit of God.

To shine, give light, illuminate — of light breaking forth (Qal) or causing brightness to dispel darkness (Hifil).

Heap, mound — especially of waters piled up by divine power at the Red Sea or Jordan crossings.

To slumber, be drowsy, doze — light sleep or inattentive drowsiness, distinct from deep sleep (yashen).

Stew or pottage; a boiled dish of legumes or vegetables, the everyday cooked food of ancient Israel.

Aramaic verb: to descend, come down (Peal); to deposit, place, store (Haphel); to be deposed (Hophal)

Leopard; a large spotted predatory cat used in prophetic imagery for swiftness, danger, and coming judgment.

To lock, bolt, or bar shut; to fasten a door securely, preventing entry or exit.

To bore out, gouge, or dig; especially of gouging out eyes, also of piercing bones or quarrying stone.

To forget or be forgotten; causatively, to cause someone to forget — spanning personal grief, divine judgment, and providential erasure of pain

Path, way, or pathway; a road or course of travel, often figurative for one's moral or spiritual direction.

Burden or forced labor; the heavy loads and compulsory work imposed on Israel during Egyptian bondage.

To bow down or prostrate oneself in worship; used exclusively of idol worship in Isaiah 44-46.

To come to an end, cease, perish, be swept away; causatively, to bring to an end, consume, or sweep away in divine judgment

Folly, foolishness; the opposite of wisdom, examined philosophically in Ecclesiastes.

A thorny bush or bramble; the burning bush from which God spoke to Moses at Horeb.

Cleft or crevice in rock; branch or bough of a tree

To cover, panel, or ceiling with wood; to store or treasure up

Scribe or secretary; an Aramaic term for a learned official, used of Persian administrators and of Ezra.

Ebed ('servant'), a personal name borne by the father of Gaal at Shechem and a companion of Ezra returning from exile.

To lend on pledge or to borrow against security; Israelite debt-pledge transactions

Work, service, or administrative duty; an Aramaic noun for labor on temple construction or governmental administration (Daniel, Ezra).

Round, circular; describing the shape of objects in Solomon's temple, including the molten sea, throne, and basin frames.

Azarel ('God has helped'), a proper name borne by six individuals: a warrior of David, a Levite musician, a Danite leader, and others.

Azrikam ('my help has risen'), a proper name borne by a Davidic descendant, a Benjaminite, a Levite, and a palace official.

Ira, a proper name borne by David's priest and two of his elite warriors (the 'mighty men').

Mouse or rat; a rodent classified as ritually unclean, and crafted in gold as a plague offering by the Philistines.

Achan, the man of Judah who took devoted plunder from Jericho, bringing disaster on Israel at Ai (Josh 7).

Gleanings, especially of grapes or olives; the leftover clusters after harvest, used figuratively for a small remnant.

Standing place, appointed station; a fixed position for worship, assembly, or divine encounter.

Ammiel — a personal name meaning 'my kinsman is God,' borne by four distinct men in the OT.