Calamity

"calamity; disaster." A possible cognate of this word appears in Arabic. Its 24 biblical appearances occur in every period of biblical Hebrew (12 in w…

Deliver (To)

"to deliver, give, place, set up, lay, make, do." This verb occurs in the different Semitic languages in somewhat different forms. The form natan occu…

Dwell (To)

"to dwell, sit, abide, inhabit, remain." The word occurs over 1,100 times throughout the Old Testament, and this root is widespread in other ancient S…

Enemy

"enemy." ’Oyeb has an Ugaritic cognate. It appears about 282 times in biblical Hebrew and in all periods. In form, the word is an active infinitive (o…

Left (To Be)

"to be left; remain over; excel; show excess." This word is found in various Semitic languages, ranging from ancient Akkadian to modern Hebrew. In its…

Needy (Person)

"needy (person)." This word also occurs in Ugaritic and Ethiopic. Biblical Hebrew attests it about 60 times (33 times in the Psalms alone) and in all …

Possess (To)

"to inherit, subdue, take possession, dispossess, impoverish." This word is attested in all Semitic languages except Akkadian, Phoenician, and biblica…

Remain

"to be left; remain over; excel; show excess." This word is found in various Semitic languages, ranging from ancient Akkadian to modern Hebrew. In its…

Remainder: Remnant

"remainder; remnant." Yeter appears 94 times in the Hebrew Old Testament. The word occurs mainly (about 45 times) in the historical books in the stere…

Save (To)

"to help, deliver, save." Outside Hebrew this word is attested only in Moabite. It appears in all periods of Hebrew (including post-biblical Hebrew) a…

There Is

"there is; substance; he/she/t is/are." Cognates of this word are attested in Ugaritic, Aramaic, Akkadian, Amorite, and Arabic. It appears about 137 t…

Upright

"upright; right; righteous; just." This adjective occurs first in Exodus in the idiom "right in his eyes": "[He] said, If thou wilt diligently hearken…