Companion

"friend; companion." This noun is also represented in Akkadian, Ugaritic, and Aramaic. Rea‘ appears 187 times in the Hebrew Old Testament, and it has …

Famine

"famine; hunger." This word appears about 101 times and in all periods of biblical Hebrew. Ra‘ab means "hunger" as opposed to "thirst": "Therefore sha…

Friend

"friend; companion; fellow." This noun appears about 187 times in the Bible. The word refers to a "friend" in 2Sa 13:3: "But Amnon had a friend, whose…

Heal (To)

"to heal." This word is common to both ancient and modern Hebrew. It occurs approximately 65 times in the Hebrew Old Testament, appearing first in Gen…

Shepherd (To)

"to pasture, shepherd." This common Semitic root appears in Akkadian, Phoenician, Ugaritic, Aramaic, and Arabic. It is attested in all periods of Hebr…

Sin

"iniquity; vanity; sorrow." Some scholars believe that this term has cognates in the Arabic words 'ana, ("to be fatigued, tired") and 'aynun ("weaknes…

Sing (To)

"to sing, shout, cry out." Found in both ancient and modern Hebrew, this word is used in modern Hebrew in the sense of "to chant, sing." It occurs app…