father of an individual

of God as father of his people

head or founder of a household, group, family, or clan

ancestor

1. grandfather, forefathers — of person

2. of people

originator or patron of a class, profession, or art

of producer, generator (fig.)

of benevolence and protection (fig.)

term of respect and honour

ruler or chief (spec.)

brother

1. brother of same parents

2. half-brother (same father)

3. relative, kinship, same tribe

4. each to the other (reciprocal relationship)

5. (fig.) of resemblance

to, toward, unto (of motion)

into (limit is actually entered)

1. in among

toward (of direction, not necessarily physical motion)

against (motion or direction of a hostile character)

in addition to, to

concerning, in regard to, in reference to, on account of

according to (rule or standard)

at, by, against (of one's presence)

in between, in within, to within, unto (idea of motion to)

these

1. used before antecedent

2. used following antecedent

woman, wife, female

1. woman (opposite of man)

2. wife (woman married to a man)

3. female (of animals)

4. each, every (pronoun)

sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative

with, near, together with

1. with, together with

2. with (of relationship)

3. near (of place)

4. with (poss.)

5. from...with, from (with other prep)

to go in, enter, come, go, come in

1. (Qal)

   1. to enter, come in

   2. to come

      1. to come with

      2. to come upon, fall or light upon, attack (enemy)

      3. to come to pass

   3. to attain to

   4. to be enumerated

   5. to go

2. (Hiphil)

   1. to lead in

   2. to carry in

   3. to bring in, cause to come in, gather, cause to come, bring near, bring against, bring upon

   4. to bring to pass

3. (Hophal)

   1. to be brought, brought in

   2. to be introduced, be put

Bilhah = "troubled"

1. Rachel's handmaid whom she gave to Jacob as a concubine, mother to two of Jacob's children, Dan and Naphtali

   proper locative noun

2. a city in Simeon

son, grandson, child, member of a group

1. son, male child

2. grandson

3. children (pl. - male and female)

4. youth, young men (pl.)

5. young (of animals)

6. sons (as characterisation, i.e. sons of injustice [for un- righteous men] or sons of God [for angels]

7. people (of a nation) (pl.)

8. of lifeless things, i.e. sparks, stars, arrows (fig.)

9. a member of a guild, order, class

whispering, defamation, evil report

1. whispering

2. defamation, defaming

3. evil report, unfavourable saying

he, she, it

1. himself (with emphasis)

2. resuming subj with emphasis

3. (with minimum emphasis following predicate)

4. (anticipating subj)

5. (emphasising predicate)

6. that, it (neuter)

   demonstrative pronoun

that (with article)

to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out

1. (Qal)

   1. —

      1. to happen, fall out, occur, take place, come about, come to pass

      2. to come about, come to pass

   2. to come into being, become

      1. to arise, appear, come

      2. to become

         1. to become

         2. to become like

         3. to be instituted, be established

   3. to be

      1. to exist, be in existence

      2. to abide, remain, continue (with word of place or time)

      3. to stand, lie, be in, be at, be situated (with word of locality)

      4. to accompany, be with

2. (Niphal)

   1. to occur, come to pass, be done, be brought about

   2. to be done, be finished, be gone

Zilpah = "a trickling"

1. the Syrian given by Laban to Leah as a handmaid, a concubine of Jacob, mother of Asher and Gad

Joseph = "Jehovah has added"

1. the eldest son of Jacob by Rachel

2. father of Igal, who represented the tribe of Issachar among the spies

3. a son of Asaph

4. a man who took a foreign wife in the time of Ezra

5. a priest of the family of Shebaniah in the time of Nehemiah

Jacob = "heel holder" or "supplanter"

1. son of Isaac, grandson of Abraham, and father of the 12 patriarchs of the tribes of Israel

a boy, lad, servant, youth, retainer

1. boy, lad, youth

2. servant, retainer

ten, -teen (in combination with other numbers)

1. used only in combination to make the numbers 11-19

small cattle, sheep, sheep and goats, flock, flocks

1. small cattle (usually of sheep and goats)

2. of multitude (simile)

3. of multitude (metaphor)

bad, evil

1. bad, disagreeable, malignant

2. bad, unpleasant, evil (giving pain, unhappiness, misery)

3. evil, displeasing

4. bad (of its kind - land, water, etc)

5. bad (of value)

6. worse than, worst (comparison)

7. sad, unhappy

8. evil (hurtful)

9. bad, unkind (vicious in disposition)

10. bad, evil, wicked (ethically)

    1. in general, of persons, of thoughts

    2. deeds, actions

       masculine noun

evil, distress, misery, injury, calamity

1. evil, distress, adversity

2. evil, injury, wrong

3. evil (ethical)

   feminine noun

evil, misery, distress, injury

1. evil, misery, distress

2. evil, injury, wrong

3. evil (ethical)

to pasture, tend, graze, feed

1. (Qal)

   1. to tend, pasture

      1. to shepherd

      2. of ruler, teacher (fig)

      3. of people as flock (fig)

      4. shepherd, herdsman (subst)

   2. to feed, graze

      1. of cows, sheep etc (literal)

      2. of idolater, Israel as flock (fig)

2. (Hiphil) shepherd, shepherdess

to associate with, be a friend of (meaning probable)

1. (Qal) to associate with

2. (Hithpael) to be companions

(Piel) to be a special friend

seven (cardinal number)

1. as ordinal number

2. in combination - 17, 700 etc

year

1. as division of time

2. as measure of time

3. as indication of age

4. a lifetime (of years of life)

descendants, results, proceedings, generations, genealogies

1. account of men and their descendants

   1. genealogical list of one's descendants

   2. one's contemporaries

   3. course of history (of creation etc)

2. begetting or account of heaven (metaph)