Bela = "destruction"

1. a king of Edom

2. first son of Benjamin

3. a son of Ahaz, a Reubenite

   proper locative noun

4. one of the five cities of the plain which was spared at the intercession of Lot, and received the name of Zoar

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

Baal-meon = "lord of the habitation"

1. a town in Reuben, mentioned in connection with Nebo, and in the time of Ezekiel, Moabite

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)

Joel = "Jehovah is God"

1. son of Pethuel and the 2nd of the 12 minor prophets with a book by his name; probably prophesied in the time of king Uzziah of Judah

2. eldest son of Samuel the prophet and father of Heman the singer

3. a Simeonite chief

4. a Reubenite

5. a chief of Gad

6. son of Izrahiah and a chief of Issachar

7. brother of Nathan of Zobah and one of David's mighty warriors

8. son of Pedaiah and a chief of the half tribe of Manasseh west of the Jordan in the time of David

9. a son of Nebo who returned with Ezra and had a foreign wife

10. a Benjamite, son of Zichri

11. a Levite

12. a Kohathite Levite in the reign of Hezekiah

13. a Gershonite Levite chief in the time of David

14. a Gershonite Levite, son of Jehiel and a descendant of Laadan; maybe same as 13

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

Nebo = "prophet"

1. a Babylonian deity who presided over learning and letters; corresponds to Greek Hermes, Latin Mercury, and Egyptian Thoth

   proper locative noun

2. a city in Moab and at one time assigned to Reuben; probably located on or near Mount Nebo

3. a city in Judah (maybe Benjamin) from which the families of some exiles, who returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel, originally came

4. the mountain where Moses died; located east of the Jordan opposite Jericho; site uncertain

as far as, even to, until, up to, while, as far as

1. of space

   1. as far as, up to, even to

2. in combination

   1. from...as far as, both...and (with 'min' - from)

3. of time

   1. even to, until, unto, till, during, end

4. of degree

   1. even to, to the degree of, even like

      conjunction

until, while, to the point that, so that even

Azaz = "strong"

1. a Reubenite, father of Bela

Aroer = "ruins"

1. a city on the north bank of the river Arnon, the southern point of the territory of Sihon the king of the Amorites and later of Reuben; modern 'Arair'

2. a city in Ammon near the Jabbok belonging to Gad

3. a town in southern Judah

Shema = "hear"

1. a Reubenite, son of Joel, father of Azaz, and grandfather of Bela

2. a Judaite, son of Hebron and father of Raham

3. a Benjamite, son of Elpaal who along with his brother Beriah were heads of their fathers houses in Aijalon and who drove out the inhabitants of Gath. Probably the same as 'Shimhi'

4. an Israelite who stood on the right hand of Ezra as he read the Law to the people