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

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

covenant, alliance, pledge

1. between men

   1. treaty, alliance, league (man to man)

   2. constitution, ordinance (monarch to subjects)

   3. agreement, pledge (man to man)

   4. alliance (of friendship)

   5. alliance (of marriage)

2. between God and man

   1. alliance (of friendship)

   2. covenant (divine ordinance with signs or pledges)

(phrases)

1. covenant making

2. covenant keeping

3. covenant violation

to bring, lead, carry, conduct, bear along

1. (Hiphil)

   1. to bear along, bring

   2. to carry away, lead away

   3. to lead, conduct

2. (Hophal)

   1. to be borne along

   2. to be borne (to the grave)

   3. to be brought, be led, be conducted

day, time, year

1. day (as opposed to night)

2. day (24 hour period)

   1. as defined by evening and morning in Genesis 1

   2. as a division of time

      1. a working day, a day's journey

3. days, lifetime (pl.)

4. time, period (general)

5. year

6. temporal references

   1. today

   2. yesterday

   3. tomorrow

a lie, untruth, falsehood, deceptive thing

all, the whole

1. all, the whole of

2. any, each, every, anything

3. totality, everything

to cut, cut off, cut down, cut off a body part, cut out, eliminate, kill, cut a covenant

1. (Qal)

   1. to cut off

      1. to cut off a body part, behead

   2. to cut down

   3. to hew

   4. to cut or make a covenant

2. (Niphal)

   1. to be cut off

   2. to be cut down

   3. to be chewed

   4. to be cut off, fail

3. (Pual)

   1. to be cut off

   2. to be cut down

4. (Hiphil)

   1. to cut off

   2. to cut off, destroy

   3. to cut down, destroy

   4. to take away

   5. to permit to perish

5. (Hophal) cut off

Egypt = "land of the Copts"

1. a country at the northeastern section of Africa, adjacent to Palestine, and through which the Nile flows

   adjective

Egyptians = "double straits"

1. the inhabitants or natives of Egypt

with

1. with

2. against

3. toward

4. as long as

5. beside, except

6. in spite of

east, east wind

1. east (of direction)

2. east wind

be or become great, be or become many, be or become much, be or become numerous

1. (Qal)

   1. to become many, become numerous, multiply (of people, animals, things)

   2. to be or grow great

2. (Piel) to make large, enlarge, increase, become many

3. (Hiphil)

   1. to make much, make many, have many

      1. to multiply, increase

      2. to make much to do, do much in respect of, transgress greatly

      3. to increase greatly or exceedingly

   2. to make great, enlarge, do much

(Qal) to shoot

to be behind, follow after, pursue, persecute, run after

1. (Qal)

   1. to pursue, put to flight, chase, dog, attend closely upon

   2. to persecute, harass (fig)

   3. to follow after, aim to secure (fig)

   4. to run after (a bribe) (fig)

2. (Niphal)

   1. to be pursued

   2. one pursued (participle)

3. (Piel) to pursue ardently, aim eagerly to secure, pursue

4. (Pual) to be pursued, be chased away

5. (Hiphil) to pursue, chase

wind, breath, mind, spirit

1. breath

2. wind

   1. of heaven

   2. quarter (of wind), side

   3. breath of air

   4. air, gas

   5. vain, empty thing

3. spirit (as that which breathes quickly in animation or agitation)

   1. spirit, animation, vivacity, vigour

   2. courage

   3. temper, anger

   4. impatience, patience

   5. spirit, disposition (as troubled, bitter, discontented)

   6. disposition (of various kinds), unaccountable or uncontrollable impulse

   7. prophetic spirit

4. spirit (of the living, breathing being in man and animals)

   1. as gift, preserved by God, God's spirit, departing at death, disembodied being

5. spirit (as seat of emotion)

   1. desire

   2. sorrow, trouble

6. spirit

   1. as seat or organ of mental acts

   2. rarely of the will

   3. as seat especially of moral character

7. Spirit of God, the third person of the triune God, the Holy Spirit, coequal, coeternal with the Father and the Son

   1. as inspiring ecstatic state of prophecy

   2. as impelling prophet to utter instruction or warning

   3. imparting warlike energy and executive and administrative power

   4. as endowing men with various gifts

   5. as energy of life

   6. as manifest in the Shekinah glory

   7. never referred to as a depersonalised force

to pasture, tend, graze, feed

1. (Qal)

   1. to tend, pasture

      1. to shepherd

      2. of ruler, teacher (fig)

      3. of people as flock (fig)

      4. shepherd, herdsman (subst)

   2. to feed, graze

      1. of cows, sheep etc (literal)

      2. of idolater, Israel as flock (fig)

2. (Hiphil) shepherd, shepherdess

to associate with, be a friend of (meaning probable)

1. (Qal) to associate with

2. (Hithpael) to be companions

(Piel) to be a special friend

havoc, violence, destruction, devastation, ruin

1. violence, havoc (as social sin)

2. devastation, ruin

fat, oil

1. fat, fatness

2. oil, olive oil

   1. as staple, medicament or unguent

   2. for anointing

3. fat (of fruitful land, valleys) (metaph)