Ephraim = "double ash-heap: I shall be doubly fruitful"

1. second son of Joseph, blessed by him and given preference over first son, Manasseh

2. the tribe, Ephraim

3. the mountain country of Ephraim

4. sometimes used name for the northern kingdom (Hosea or Isaiah)

5. a city near Baal-hazor

6. a chief gate of Jerusalem

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

lot

1. lot - pebbles used for systematically making decisions

portion

1. lot, portion (thing assigned by casting lots)

2. recompense, retribution

Dan = "a judge"

1. the 5th son of Jacob, the 1st of Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid

2. the tribe descended from Dan, the son of Jacob

   proper locative noun

3. a city in Dan, the most northern landmark of Palestine

half

1. half

2. middle

to be left over, remain, remain over, leave

1. (Qal) remainder (participle)

2. (Niphal) to be left over, remain over, be left behind

3. (Hiphil)

   1. to leave over, leave

   2. to save over, preserve alive

   3. to excel, show pre-eminence

   4. to show excess, have more than enough, have an excess

staff, branch, tribe

1. staff, rod, shaft

2. branch (of vine)

3. tribe

   1. company led by chief with staff (originally)

Manasseh = "causing to forget"

1. the eldest son of Joseph and progenitor of the tribe of Manasseh

   1. the tribe descended from Manasseh

   2. the territory occupied by the tribe of Manasseh

2. son of king Hezekiah of Judah and himself king of Judah; he was the immediate and direct cause for the exile

3. a descendant of Pahath-moab who put away a foreign wife in the time of Ezra

4. a descendant of Hashum who put away a foreign wife in the time of Ezra

clan, family

1. clan

   1. family

   2. tribe

   3. people, nation

2. guild

3. species, kind

4. aristocrats

excitement, anguish

1. of terror

city, town (a place of waking, guarded)

1. city, town

ten

1. ten

2. with other numbers

Kohath = "assembly"

1. the 2nd of the 3 sons of Levi and progenitor of a family in the tribe of Levi