Bless (To)

"to kneel, bless, be blessed, curse." The root of this word is found in other Semitic languages which, like Hebrew, use it most frequently with a deit…

Cleave (To) 1

"to cleave, split, break open, break through." This word occurs in all the periods of the Hebrew language and is also found in ancient Ugaritic or Can…

Covenant

"covenant; league; confederacy." This word is most probably derived from an Akkadian root meaning "to fetter"; it has parallels in Hittite, Egyptian, …

Create (To)

"to create, make." This verb is of profound theological significance, since it has only God as its subject. Only God can "create" in the sense implied…

Flee (To)

"to flee, pass through." Some scholars See this word, which is used throughout the history of the Hebrew language, reflected in ancient Ugaritic as we…

Herd

"herd; cattle." This noun has cognates in Arabic and Aramaic. It appears about 180 times in biblical Hebrew and in all periods.One meaning of the word…

Land

"ground; land; earth." This noun also occurs in Arabic. Hebrew occurrences number about 224 and cover every period of biblical Hebrew.Initially this n…

Man

"man; mankind; people; someone (indefinite); Adam (the first man)." This noun appears in Ugaritic, Phoenician, and Punic. A word with the same radical…

Morning

"morning." This word occurs about 214 times and in every period of biblical Hebrew.This word means "morning," though not the period of time before noo…

Seek (To)

"to seek, search, consult." This verb occurs only in Ugaritic, Phoenician, and Hebrew (both biblical and post-biblical). It appears in the Bible about…

Split

"to cleave, split, break open, break through." This word occurs in all the periods of the Hebrew language and is also found in ancient Ugaritic or Can…