Despise (To)

"to reject, refuse, despise." This verb is common in both biblical and modern Hebrew. It occurs about 75 times in the Hebrew Old Testament and is foun…

Eat (To)

"to eat, feed, consume, devour." This verb occurs in all Semitic languages (except Ethiopic) and in all periods, from the early Akkadian to the latest…

Exceedingly

"exceedingly; very; greatly; highly." This word occurs about 300 times and in all periods of biblical Hebrew. A verb with a similar basic semantic ran…

Night

"night." Cognates of this noun appear in Ugaritic, Moabite, Akkadian, Aramaic, Syrian, Arabic, and Ethiopic. The word appears about 227 times in bibli…

Take Away (To)

"to take, receive, take away." This word occurs in all Semitic languages and in all periods of Hebrew. It occurs about 965 times in the Old Testament.…

Teach (To)

"to teach, learn, cause to learn." This common Semitic term is found throughout the history of the Hebrew language and in ancient Akkadian and Ugariti…

Tongue

"tongue; language; speech." This word is thought to have the root meaning "to lick," but this is a conjecture. The noun occurs in Ugaritic, Akkadian (…