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 build, rebuild, establish, cause to continue

1. (Qal)

   1. to build, rebuild

   2. to build a house (ie, establish a family)

2. (Niphal)

   1. to be built

   2. to be rebuilt

   3. established (of restored exiles) (fig.)

   4. established (made permanent)

   5. to be built up (of childless wife becoming the mother of a family through the children of a concubine)

Gad = "troop"

1. seventh son of Jacob by Zilpah, Leah's handmaid, and full brother of Asher.

2. the tribe descended from Gad

3. a prophet during the time of David; appears to have joined David when in the hold; reappears in connection with the punishment for taking a census; also assisted in the arrangements for the musical service of the "house of God"

Dibon = "wasting"

1. a town in Moab on the east side of the Jordan which was taken over by the Israelites and rebuilt by the children of Gad

2. a place in south Judah reinhabited by the men of Judah after the return from captivity

Ataroth = "crowns"

1. a town east of the Jordan in Gilead, taken and built by the tribe of Gad

2. a place on the boundary of Ephraim and Manasseh

3. a place between Ephraim and Benjamin

Aroer = "ruins"

1. a city on the north bank of the river Arnon, the southern point of the territory of Sihon the king of the Amorites and later of Reuben; modern 'Arair'

2. a city in Ammon near the Jabbok belonging to Gad

3. a town in southern Judah