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

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

Gilead = "rocky region"

1. a mountainous region bounded on the west by the Jordan, on the north by Bashan, on the east by the Arabian plateau, and on the south by Moab and Ammon; sometimes called 'Mount Gilead' or the 'land of Gilead' or just 'Gilead'. Divided into north and south Gilead

2. a city (with prefix 'Jabesh')

3. the people of the region

   proper masculine noun

4. son of Machir and grandson of Manasseh

5. father of Jephthah

6. a Gadite

hill, mountain, hill country, mount

to seize, dispossess, take possession off, inherit, disinherit, occupy, impoverish, be an heir

1. (Qal)

   1. to take possession of

   2. to inherit

   3. to impoverish, come to poverty, be poor

2. (Niphal) to be dispossessed, be impoverished, come to poverty

3. (Piel) to devour

4. (Hiphil)

   1. to cause to possess or inherit

   2. to cause others to possess or inherit

   3. to impoverish

   4. to dispossess

   5. to destroy, bring to ruin, disinherit

south-country, Nekeb, south

1. south-country

   1. region of southern Judah, boundaries not specific

2. south

Esau = "hairy"

1. eldest son of Isaac and Rebecca and twin brother of Jacob; sold the birthright for food when he was hungry and the divine blessing went to Jacob; progenitor of the Arab peoples

Philistine = "immigrants"

1. an inhabitant of Philistia; descendants of Mizraim who immigrated from Caphtor (Crete?) to the western seacoast of Canaan

field, land

1. cultivated field

2. of home of wild beasts

3. plain (opposed to mountain)

4. land (opposed to sea)

Samaria = "watch mountain"

1. the region of northern Palestine associated with the northern kingdom of the 10 tribes of Israel which split from the kingdom after the death of Solomon during the reign of his son Rehoboam and were ruled by Jeroboam

2. the capital city of the northern kingdom of Israel located 30 miles (50 km) north of Jerusalem and 6 miles (10 km) northwest of Shechem

lowland, valley

1. lowland

   1. strip west of Judean mountains (technical term)

      1. the Shephelah

   2. strip near coast north of Carmel