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

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

to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out

1. (Qal)

   1. —

      1. to happen, fall out, occur, take place, come about, come to pass

      2. to come about, come to pass

   2. to come into being, become

      1. to arise, appear, come

      2. to become

         1. to become

         2. to become like

         3. to be instituted, be established

   3. to be

      1. to exist, be in existence

      2. to abide, remain, continue (with word of place or time)

      3. to stand, lie, be in, be at, be situated (with word of locality)

      4. to accompany, be with

2. (Niphal)

   1. to occur, come to pass, be done, be brought about

   2. to be done, be finished, be gone

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

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

staff, branch, tribe

1. staff, rod, shaft

2. branch (of vine)

3. tribe

   1. company led by chief with staff (originally)

Nahshon = "enchanter"

1. son of Amminadab and prince of the Judah at the first numbering in the wilderness; 5th in descent from Judah in the genealogy of Christ

Amminadab = "my kinsman is noble"

1. son of Ram or Aram and father of Nahshon or Naasson and an ancestor of Jesus; father-in-law of Aaron

2. a Kohathite Levite and chief of the sons of Uzziel

3. a Levite, son of Kohath; also 'Izhar'

to come near, approach, enter into, draw near

1. (Qal) to approach, draw near

2. (Niphal) to be brought near

3. (Piel) to cause to approach, bring near, cause to draw near

4. (Hiphil) to bring near, bring, present

offering, oblation

first, primary, former

1. former (of time)

   1. ancestors

   2. former things

2. foremost (of location)

3. first (in time)

4. first, chief (in degree)

   adverb

first, before, formerly, at first