Asshur or Assyria = "a step"

1. the second son of Shem, eponymous ancestor of the Assyrians

2. the people of Assyria

   proper locative noun

3. the nation, Assyria

4. the land, Assyria or Asshur

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

Gozan = "a cutting off"

1. the Mesopotamian city on or near the middle of the Euphrates where exiled Israelites were settled

to uncover, remove

1. (Qal)

   1. to uncover

   2. to remove, depart

   3. to go into exile

2. (Niphal)

   1. (reflexive)

      1. to uncover oneself

      2. to discover or show oneself

      3. to reveal himself (of God)

   2. (passive)

      1. to be uncovered

      2. to be disclosed, be discovered

      3. to be revealed

   3. to be removed

3. (Piel)

   1. to uncover (nakedness)

      1. nakedness

      2. general

   2. to disclose, discover, lay bare

   3. to make known, show, reveal

4. (Pual) to be uncovered

5. (Hiphil) to carry away into exile, take into exile

6. (Hophal) to be taken into exile

7. (Hithpael)

   1. to be uncovered

   2. to reveal oneself

Hosea or Hoshea or Oshea = "salvation"

1. family name of Joshua, the son of Nun

2. the 19th and last king of the northern kingdom of Israel

3. son of Beeri, and the first of the minor prophets; prophet to the northern kingdom of Israel in the reign of Jeroboam II

4. a son of Azaziah, a chief of Ephraim in the time of David

5. an Israelite chief who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah

Habor = "joining"

1. a tributary of the Euphrates River in Assyria

Halah = "painful"

1. a city or district in Mesopotamia under Assyrian control where the Israelite captives were taken

to dwell, remain, sit, abide

1. (Qal)

   1. to sit, sit down

   2. to be set

   3. to remain, stay

   4. to dwell, have one's abode

2. (Niphal) to be inhabited

3. (Piel) to set, place

4. (Hiphil)

   1. to cause to sit

   2. to cause to abide, set

   3. to cause to dwell

   4. to cause (cities) to be inhabited

   5. to marry (give an dwelling to)

5. (Hophal)

   1. to be inhabited

   2. to make to dwell

Israel = "God prevails"

1. the second name for Jacob given to him by God after his wrestling with the angel at Peniel

2. the name of the descendants and the nation of the descendants of Jacob

   1. the name of the nation until the death of Solomon and the split

   2. the name used and given to the northern kingdom consisting of the 10 tribes under Jeroboam; the southern kingdom was known as Judah

   3. the name of the nation after the return from exile

to capture, take, seize

1. (Qal)

   1. to capture, seize

   2. to capture (of men) (fig.)

   3. to take (by lot)

2. (Niphal)

   1. to be captured

   2. to be caught (of men in trap, snare) (fig.)

3. (Hithpael) to grasp each other

Media or Medes or Madai = "middle land"

1. a people descended from the son of Japheth and who inhabited the territory of Media

   proper locative noun

2. land inhabited by the descendants of Japheth; located northwest of Persia proper, south and southwest of the Caspian Sea, east of Armenia and Assyria, and west and northwest of the great salt desert of Iram

king

stream, river

1. stream, river

2. (underground) streams

excitement, anguish

1. of terror

city, town (a place of waking, guarded)

1. city, town

Samaria = "watch mountain"

1. the region of northern Palestine associated with the northern kingdom of the 10 tribes of Israel which split from the kingdom after the death of Solomon during the reign of his son Rehoboam and were ruled by Jeroboam

2. the capital city of the northern kingdom of Israel located 30 miles (50 km) north of Jerusalem and 6 miles (10 km) northwest of Shechem

year

1. as division of time

2. as measure of time

3. as indication of age

4. a lifetime (of years of life)

ninth (as ordinal number)