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

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

house

1. house, dwelling habitation

2. shelter or abode of animals

3. human bodies (fig.)

4. of Sheol

5. of abode of light and darkness

6. of land of Ephraim

place

receptacle

home, house as containing a family

household, family

1. those belonging to the same household

2. family of descendants, descendants as organized body

household affairs

inwards (metaph.)

(TWOT) temple

on the inside

within

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

Benjamin = "son of the right hand"

1. Jacob's and Rachel's youngest son, Joseph's full brother

2. son of Bilhan, great-grandson of Benjamin

3. a Benjamite, one of the sons of Harim, in the time of Ezra who had taken a strange wife

4. the tribe descended from Benjamin, the son of Jacob

also, even, indeed, moreover, yea

1. also, moreover (giving emphasis)

2. neither, neither...nor (with negative)

3. even (for stress)

4. indeed, yea (introducing climax)

5. also (of correspondence or retribution)

6. but, yet, though (adversative)

7. even, yea, yea though (with 'when' in hypothetical case)

(TWOT) again, alike

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

to bind, be distressed, be in distress, be cramped, be narrow, be scant, be in straits, make narrow, cause distress, beseige

1. (Qal) to suffer distress

Jordan = "descender"

1. the river of Palestine running from the roots of Anti-Lebanon to the Dead Sea a distance of approx 200 miles (320 km)

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 fight, do battle, make war

1. (Qal) to fight, do battle

2. (Niphal) to engage in battle, wage war

(Qal) to eat, use as food

exceedingly, much

might, force, abundance

muchness, force, abundance, exceedingly

1. force, might

2. exceedingly, greatly, very (idioms showing magnitude or degree)

   1. exceedingly

   2. up to abundance, to a great degree, exceedingly

   3. with muchness, muchness

to pass over or by or through, alienate, bring, carry, do away, take, take away, transgress

1. (Qal)

   1. to pass over, cross, cross over, pass over, march over, overflow, go over

   2. to pass beyond

   3. to pass through, traverse

      1. passers-through (participle)

      2. to pass through (the parts of victim in covenant)

   4. to pass along, pass by, overtake and pass, sweep by

      1. passer-by (participle)

      2. to be past, be over

   5. to pass on, go on, pass on before, go in advance of, pass along, travel, advance

   6. to pass away

      1. to emigrate, leave (one's territory)

      2. to vanish

      3. to perish, cease to exist

      4. to become invalid, become obsolete (of law, decree)

      5. to be alienated, pass into other hands

2. (Niphal) to be crossed

3. (Piel) to impregnate, cause to cross

4. (Hiphil)

   1. to cause to pass over, cause to bring over, cause to cross over, make over to, dedicate, devote

   2. to cause to pass through

   3. to cause to pass by or beyond or under, let pass by

   4. to cause to pass away, cause to take away

5. (Hithpael) to pass over

Ammon = "tribal"

1. a people dwelling in Transjordan descended from Lot through Ben-ammi