Copper

"copper; bronze; bronze chains." Cognates of this word appear in Phoenician, Aramaic, Arabic, and Ethiopic. It is attested about 136 times in biblical…

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…

Inherit (To)

"to inherit, get possession of, take as a possession." This term is found in both ancient and modern Hebrew, as well as in ancient Ugaritic. It is fou…

Mother

"mother; grandmother; stepmother." Cognates of this word appear in nearly all Semitic languages including Ugaritic and Aramaic. Biblical Hebrew attest…

Plant (To)

"to plant." Common in both ancient and modern Hebrew, this word is also found in ancient Ugaritic. It occurs approximately 60 times in the Hebrew Old …

Remain (1)

"to rest, remain, be quiet." This word is common to ancient and modern. Hebrew, as well as ancient Akkadian and Ugaritic. It occurs in the text of the…

Repent (To)

"to repent, comfort." Nah?am apparently means "to repent" about 40 times and "to comfort" about 65 times in the Old Testament. Scholars assert several…

Rest (To)

"to rest, remain, be quiet." This word is common to ancient and modern. Hebrew, as well as ancient Akkadian and Ugaritic. It occurs in the text of the…

River

"wadi (or wady); torrentvalley; torrent; river; shaft." This root also occurs in Akkadian, post-biblical Hebrew, and Syriac. In Arabic these same radi…

Separate (To)

"to divide, separate." This word and its derivatives are common to both ancient and modern Hebrew. It is found in the text of the Hebrew Old Testament…

Stretch Out (To)

"to stretch forth, spread out, stretch down, turn aside." This verb also occurs in Arabic, late Aramaic, and post-biblical Hebrew. The Bible attests i…

Tribe

"staff; rod; shaft; branch; tribe." This noun is a distinctively Hebrew word. It occurs 251 times; the first usage is in Gen 38:18: "And he said, What…

Wadi

"wadi (or wady); torrent-valley; torrent; river; shaft." This root also occurs in Akkadian, post-biblical Hebrew, and Syriac. In Arabic these same rad…