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

to offend, be guilty, trespass

1. (Qal)

   1. to do wrong, offend, trespass, commit an offense, do injury

   2. to be or become guilty

   3. to be held guilty

   4. to be incriminated

2. (Niphal) to suffer punishment

3. (Hiphil) to declare guilty

(TWOT) to be desolate, acknowledge offense

Baal = "lord"

1. supreme male divinity of the Phoenicians or Canaanites

2. a Reubenite

3. the son of Jehiel and grandfather of Saul

   proper locative noun

4. a town of Simeon, probably identical to Baalath-beer

to speak, declare, converse, command, promise, warn, threaten, sing

1. (Qal) to speak

2. (Niphal) to speak with one another, talk

3. (Piel)

   1. to speak

   2. to promise

4. (Pual) to be spoken

5. (Hithpael) to speak

6. (Hiphil) to lead away, put to flight

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)

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 die, kill, have one executed

1. (Qal)

   1. to die

   2. to die (as penalty), be put to death

   3. to die, perish (of a nation)

   4. to die prematurely (by neglect of wise moral conduct)

2. (Polel) to kill, put to death, dispatch

3. (Hiphil) to kill, put to death

4. (Hophal)

   1. to be killed, be put to death

      1. to die prematurely

to lift, bear up, carry, take

1. (Qal)

   1. to lift, lift up

   2. to bear, carry, support, sustain, endure

   3. to take, take away, carry off, forgive

2. (Niphal)

   1. to be lifted up, be exalted

   2. to lift oneself up, rise up

   3. to be borne, be carried

   4. to be taken away, be carried off, be swept away

3. (Piel)

   1. to lift up, exalt, support, aid, assist

   2. to desire, long (fig.)

   3. to carry, bear continuously

   4. to take, take away

4. (Hithpael) to lift oneself up, exalt oneself

5. (Hiphil)

   1. to cause one to bear (iniquity)

   2. to cause to bring, have brought

trembling