father of an individual

of God as father of his people

head or founder of a household, group, family, or clan

ancestor

1. grandfather, forefathers — of person

2. of people

originator or patron of a class, profession, or art

of producer, generator (fig.)

of benevolence and protection (fig.)

term of respect and honour

ruler or chief (spec.)

to love

1. (Qal)

   1. human love for another, includes family, and sexual

   2. human appetite for objects such as food, drink, sleep, wisdom

   3. human love for or to God

   4. act of being a friend

      1. lover (participle)

      2. friend (participle)

   5. God's love toward man

      1. to individual men

      2. to people Israel

      3. to righteousness

2. (Niphal)

   1. lovely (participle)

   2. loveable (participle)

3. (Piel)

   1. friends

   2. lovers (fig. of adulterers)

to like

mother

1. of humans

2. of Deborah's relationship to the people (fig.)

3. of animals

point of departure or division

to say, speak, utter

1. (Qal) to say, to answer, to say in one's heart, to think, to command, to promise, to intend

2. (Niphal) to be told, to be said, to be called

3. (Hithpael) to boast, to act proudly

4. (Hiphil) to avow, to avouch

woman, wife, female

1. woman (opposite of man)

2. wife (woman married to a man)

3. female (of animals)

4. each, every (pronoun)

to weep, bewail, cry, shed tears

1. (Qal)

   1. to weep (in grief, humiliation, or joy)

   2. to weep bitterly (with cognate acc.)

   3. to weep upon (embrace and weep)

   4. to bewail

2. (Piel) participle

   1. lamenting

   2. bewailing

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

behold, lo, see, if

(Qal) to propose a riddle, propound a riddle

riddle, difficult question, parable, enigmatic saying or question, perplexing saying or question

1. riddle (dark obscure utterance)

2. riddle, enigma (to be guessed)

3. perplexing questions (difficult)

4. double dealing (with 'havin')

not, no

1. not (with verb - absolute prohibition)

2. not (with modifier - negation)

3. nothing (subst)

4. without (with particle)

5. before (of time)

to be conspicuous, tell, make known

1. (Hiphil) to tell, declare

   1. to tell, announce, report

   2. to declare, make known, expound

   3. to inform of

   4. to publish, declare, proclaim

   5. to avow, acknowledge, confess

      1. messenger (participle)

2. (Hophal) to be told, be announced, be reported

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

nation, people

1. people, nation

2. persons, members of one's people, compatriots, country-men

kinsman, kindred

only, altogether, surely

1. only

2. only, nought but, altogether (in limitation)

3. save, except (after a negative)

4. only, altogether, surely (with an affirmative)

5. if only, provided only (prefixed for emphasis)

6. only, exclusively (for emphasis)

Samson = "like the sun"

1. a Danite, son of Manoah, a Nazarite for life, and a judge of Israel for 20 years

to hate, be hateful

1. (Qal) to hate

   1. of man

   2. of God

   3. hater, one hating, enemy (participle) (subst)

2. (Niphal) to be hated

3. (Piel) hater (participle)

   1. of persons, nations, God, wisdom