Atone (To)

"to cover over, atone, propitiate, pacify." This root is found in the Hebrew language at all periods of its history, and perhaps is best known from th…

Be Weak

"to stumble, stagger, totter, be thrown down." As in biblical Hebrew, this word is used in modern Hebrew in the sense of "to stumble, fail." It occurs…

Bend

"to bow, bow down, bend the knee." This term is found in both ancient and modern Hebrew and in Ugaritic. It occurs in the Hebrew Old Testament approxi…

Bow (To)

"to bow, bow down, bend the knee." This term is found in both ancient and modern Hebrew and in Ugaritic. It occurs in the Hebrew Old Testament approxi…

Make (Cut) A Covenant (To)

"to cut off, cut down, fell, cut or make (a covenant or agreement)." This verb also occurs in Akkadian, Moabite, and post-biblical Hebrew. In biblical…

Man

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

Palm (of Hand)

"palm (of hand)." Cognates of this noun are attested in Akkadian, Ugaritic, Aramaic, Arabic, Ethiopic, and Egyptian. It appears about 193 times in bib…

Provoke (Anger) (To)

"to provoke, vex, make angry." This word is common throughout the history of Hebrew and is used in modern Hebrew in the sense of "to be angry, to rage…

Redeem (To)

"to redeem, deliver, avenge, act as a kinsman." This word group is used 90 times, chiefly in the Pentateuch, Psalms, Isaiah, and Ruth. The root appear…

Silver

"silver; money; price; property." This word has cognates in Akkadian, Ugaritic, Phoenician, and Aramaic. It occurs about 402 times in biblical Hebrew …

Stumble (To)

"to stumble, stagger, totter, be thrown down." As in biblical Hebrew, this word is used in modern Hebrew in the sense of "to stumble, fail." It occurs…

Vineyard

"vineyard." This Hebrew word is related to other Semitic languages (Akkadian, karmu; Arabic, karm). The word is evenly distributed throughout the Old …

Write (To)

"to write, inscribe, describe, take dictation, engrave." This verb appears in most Semitic languages (not in Akkadian or Ugaritic). Biblical Hebrew at…