Gate

"gate." This word has cognates in Ugaritic, Arabic, Moabite, Aramaic, and Phoenician. Biblical Hebrew attests it about 370 times and in all periods.Ba…

Goat-demons

"goat-demons; goat-idols." This word occurs 4 times in biblical Hebrew. In its first biblical appearance, the word represents "goat-idols"): "And they…

Guard

"to watch, to guard, to keep." Common to both ancient and modern Hebrew, this verb is found also in ancient Ugaritic. It occurs some 60 times in the H…

Hate (To)

"to hate, set against." This verb appears in Ugaritic, Moabite, Aramaic, and Arabic. It appears in all periods of Hebrew and about 145 times in the Bi…

Judge (To)

"to judge, deliver, rule." This verb also occurs in Ugaritic, Phoenician, Arabic, Akkadian, and post-biblical Hebrew. Biblical Hebrew attests shapat a…

Keep (To) (1)

"to watch, to guard, to keep." Common to both ancient and modern Hebrew, this verb is found also in ancient Ugaritic. It occurs some 60 times in the H…

Lip

"lip; edge." This Hebrew word is related to cognate languages where a similar word signifies "lip" or "edge" (cf. Akkadian saptu). Sapâ has undergone …

Offering

"meat [cereal] offering; offering; tribute; present; gift; sacrifice; oblation." The kjv characteristically translates the word as "meat offering," us…

Sin

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

Sun

"sun; Shamshu (?); sunshield; battlement." Cognates of this word occur in Ugaritic (s-p-s), Akkadian, Aramaic, Phoenician, and Arabic. It appears 134 …

Watch

"watch; guard; post; confinement; prison; custody; division." The first or feminine form of this word appears 78 times, while the masculine form is at…

Watch (1)

"to watch, to guard, to keep." Common to both ancient and modern Hebrew, this verb is found also in ancient Ugaritic. It occurs some 60 times in the H…

Year

"year." This word has cognates in Ugaritic, Akaddian, Arabic, Aramaic, and Phoenician. Biblical Hebrew attests it about 877 times and in every period.…