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

Gazer or Gezer = "portion"

1. a Levitical city on the border of Ephraim

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

to dwell, remain, sit, abide

1. (Qal)

   1. to sit, sit down

   2. to be set

   3. to remain, stay

   4. to dwell, have one's abode

2. (Niphal) to be inhabited

3. (Piel) to set, place

4. (Hiphil)

   1. to cause to sit

   2. to cause to abide, set

   3. to cause to dwell

   4. to cause (cities) to be inhabited

   5. to marry (give an dwelling to)

5. (Hophal)

   1. to be inhabited

   2. to make to dwell

Canaanite = see Cana "zealous"

1. descendant of inhabitant of Canaan

   noun

2. descendant or inhabitant of Canaan

3. a merchant, trader

not, no

1. not (with verb - absolute prohibition)

2. not (with modifier - negation)

3. nothing (subst)

4. without (with particle)

5. before (of time)

midst, among, inner part, middle

1. inward part

   1. physical sense

   2. as seat of thought and emotion

   3. as faculty of thought and emotion

2. in the midst, among, from among (of a number of persons)

3. entrails (of sacrificial animals)