Curse (To)

"to be trifling, light, swift; to curse." This wide-ranging word is found in both ancient and modern Hebrew, in ancient Akkadian, and (according to so…

Deceit

"deceit; deception; malice; falsity; vanity; emptiness." The 53 occurrences of shaw’ are primarily in poetry. The basic meaning of this word is "decei…

Earth

"earth; land." This is one of the most common Hebrew nouns, occurring more 6ff.; Psa 96:13). At that time, "the earth shall be completely laid waste" …

Field

"field; country; domain [of a town]." Sadeh has cognates in Akkadian, Phoenician, Ugaritic, and Arabic. It appears in biblical Hebrew about 320 times …

Land

"ground; land; earth." This noun also occurs in Arabic. Hebrew occurrences number about 224 and cover every period of biblical Hebrew.Initially this n…

Return (To)

"to return or go back, bring back." This verb occurs in several Semitic languages (not in Phoenician-Punic and Ethiopic) including Ugaritic (1550-1200…

Set on (To)

"to put, place, set, fix." This word also appears in Akkadian (as shamu), Aramaic (including biblical Aramaic), Arabic, and Ethiopic. It appears about…

Set Up

"to put, place, set, fix." This word also appears in Akkadian (as shamu), Aramaic (including biblical Aramaic), Arabic, and Ethiopic. It appears about…