Command (To)

"to command." This verb occurs only in biblical Hebrew (in all periods) and imperial Aramaic (starting from around 500 b.c.). Biblical occurrences num…

Doorway

"doorway; opening; entrance; gate." This word appears 164 times in biblical Hebrew and in all periods. Petah basically represents the "opening through…

Flock

"flock; small cattle; sheep; goats." A similar word is found in Akkadian, Aramaic, and Syriac, and in the Tel Amarna tablets. In Hebrew, so’n kept its…

Host

"host; military service; war; army; service; labor; forced labor; conflict." This word has cognates in either a verbal or noun form in Akkadian, Ugari…

Righteous (To Be)

"to be righteous, be in the right, be justified, be just." This verb, which occurs fewer than 40 times in biblical Hebrew, is derived from the noun s?…

Rock

"rock; rocky wall; cliff; rocky hill; mountain; rocky surface; boulder." Cognates of this word appear in Amorite, Phoenician, Ugaritic, and Aramaic. O…