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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

to gather, restrain, fence, fortify, make inaccessible, enclose

1. (Qal)

   1. to cut off

   2. fortified, cut off, made inaccessible (pass participle)

   3. secrets, mysteries, inaccessible things (subst)

2. (Niphal) to be withheld

3. (Piel) to fortify

Hezekiah or Hizkiah or Hizkijah = "Jehovah is my strength"

1. 12th king of Judah, son of Ahaz and Abijah; a good king in that he served Jehovah and did away with idolatrous practices

2. great-great-grandfather of Zephaniah the prophet

3. son of Neariah, a descendant of David

4. head of a family of returning exiles in the time of Nehemiah

Judah = "praised"

1. the son of Jacob by Leah

2. the tribe descended from Judah the son of Jacob

3. the territory occupied by the tribe of Judah

4. the kingdom comprised of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin which occupied the southern part of Canaan after the nation split upon the death of Solomon

5. a Levite in Ezra's time

6. an overseer of Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah

7. a Levite musician in the time of Nehemiah

8. a priest in the time of Nehemiah

all, the whole

1. all, the whole of

2. any, each, every, anything

3. totality, everything

king

Sennacherib = "Sin multiplied brothers" (Sin = the moon)

1. son of Sargon, father of Esarhaddon, and king of Assyria from 705- 681 BC; attacked Judah during the reign of king Hezekiah and Judah was delivered when in response to the prayer of Hezekiah an angel smote 185,000 Assyrian soldiers

excitement, anguish

1. of terror

city, town (a place of waking, guarded)

1. city, town

upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against

1. upon, on the ground of, on the basis of, on account of, because of, therefore, on behalf of, for the sake of, for, with, in spite of, notwithstanding, concerning, in the matter of, as regards

2. above, beyond, over (of excess)

3. above, over (of elevation or pre-eminence)

4. upon, to, over to, unto, in addition to, together with, with (of addition)

5. over (of suspension or extension)

6. by, adjoining, next, at, over, around (of contiguity or proximity)

7. down upon, upon, on, from, up upon, up to,, towards, over towards, to, against (with verbs of motion)

8. to (as a dative)

   conjunction

because that, because, notwithstanding, although

to go up, ascend, climb

1. (Qal)

   1. to go up, ascend

   2. to meet, visit, follow, depart, withdraw, retreat

   3. to go up, come up (of animals)

   4. to spring up, grow, shoot forth (of vegetation)

   5. to go up, go up over, rise (of natural phenomenon)

   6. to come up (before God)

   7. to go up, go up over, extend (of boundary)

   8. to excel, be superior to

2. (Niphal)

   1. to be taken up, be brought up, be taken away

   2. to take oneself away

   3. to be exalted

3. (Hiphil)

   1. to bring up, cause to ascend or climb, cause to go up

   2. to bring up, bring against, take away

   3. to bring up, draw up, train

   4. to cause to ascend

   5. to rouse, stir up (mentally)

   6. to offer, bring up (of gifts)

   7. to exalt

   8. to cause to ascend, offer

4. (Hophal)

   1. to be carried away, be led up

   2. to be taken up into, be inserted in

   3. to be offered

5. (Hithpael) to lift oneself

ten, -teen (in combination with other numbers)

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

year

1. as division of time

2. as measure of time

3. as indication of age

4. a lifetime (of years of life)

to catch, handle, lay hold, take hold of, seize, wield

1. (Qal)

   1. to lay hold of, seize, arrest, catch

   2. to grasp (in order to) wield, wield, use skilfully

2. (Niphal) to be seized, be arrested, be caught, be taken, captured

3. (Piel) to catch, grasp (with the hands)