if

1. conditional clauses

   1. of possible situations

   2. of impossible situations

2. oath contexts

   1. no, not

3. if...if, whether...or, whether...or...or

4. when, whenever

5. since

6. interrogative particle

7. but rather

to say, speak, utter

1. (Qal) to say, to answer, to say in one's heart, to think, to command, to promise, to intend

2. (Niphal) to be told, to be said, to be called

3. (Hithpael) to boast, to act proudly

4. (Hiphil) to avow, to avouch

Bahurim = "young men's village"

1. a town in Benjamin between Jerusalem and Jericho beyond the Mount of Olives on the way to Jericho

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

Benjamite - "a son of the right hand"

1. one of the tribe of Benjamin

Gera = "a grain"

1. a son of Benjamin

2. a son of Bela and grandson of Benjamin

3. any member of the Gera family of the Benjamite tribe

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)

behold, lo, see, if

sword, knife

1. sword

2. knife

3. tools for cutting stone

Jehovah = "the existing One"

1. the proper name of the one true God

   1. unpronounced except with the vowel pointings of H136

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

to go, walk, come

1. (Qal)

   1. to go, walk, come, depart, proceed, move, go away

   2. to die, live, manner of life (fig.)

2. (Hiphil) to lead, bring, lead away, carry, cause to walk

to go down, descend, decline, march down, sink down

1. (Qal)

   1. to go or come down

   2. to sink

   3. to be prostrated

   4. to come down (of revelation)

2. (Hiphil)

   1. to bring down

   2. to send down

   3. to take down

   4. to lay prostrate

   5. to let down

3. (Hophal)

   1. to be brought down

   2. to be taken down

Jordan = "descender"

1. the river of Palestine running from the roots of Anti-Lebanon to the Dead Sea a distance of approx 200 miles (320 km)

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

Mahanaim = "two camps"

1. a place east of the Jordan, named from Jacob's encounter with angels

2. a Levitical city in Gad

to be or make sick

1. (Niphal) to be grievous or painful

2. (Hiphil) to make sick

with

1. with

2. against

3. toward

4. as long as

5. beside, except

6. in spite of

to be slight, be swift, be trifling, be of little account, be light

1. (Qal)

   1. to be slight, be abated (of water)

   2. to be swift

   3. to be trifling, be of little account

2. (Niphal)

   1. to be swift, show oneself swift

   2. to appear trifling, be too trifling, be insignificant

   3. to be lightly esteemed

3. (Piel)

   1. to make despicable

   2. to curse

4. (Pual) to be cursed

5. (Hiphil)

   1. to make light, lighten

   2. to treat with contempt, bring contempt or dishonour

6. (Pilpel)

   1. to shake

   2. to whet

7. (Hithpalpel) to shake oneself, be moved to and fro

curse, vilification, execration

to encounter, befall, meet

1. (Qal)

   1. to meet, encounter

   2. to befall (fig)

to swear, adjure

1. (Qal) sworn (participle)

2. (Niphal)

   1. to swear, take an oath

   2. to swear (of Jehovah by Himself)

   3. to curse

3. (Hiphil)

   1. to cause to take an oath

   2. to adjure

Shimei or Shimhi or Shimi or Shimea = "renowned"

1. a Benjamite, son of Gera of the house of Saul in the time of David

2. a Benjamite, son of Elah and commissariat officer in the time of Solomon

3. the Ramathite in charge of the vineyards of David

4. son of Gershon and grandson of Levi

5. a Levite, son of Jeduthun and chief of the 10th division of singers in the time of David

6. a Levite of the sons of Heman who took part in the purification of the temple in the time of king Hezekiah of Judah

7. a Levite, brother of Cononiah in charge of receiving the tithes and offerings in the reign of king Hezekiah of Judah

8. a Levite who had a foreign wife in the time of Ezra

9. a Judaite, son of Pedaiah and brother of Zerubbabel

10. a Simeonite, son of Zacchur

11. a Reubenite, son of Gog and father of Micah

12. one of the sons of Hashum who had a foreign wife in the time of Ezra

13. one of the sons of Bani who had a foreign wife in the time of Ezra

14. a Benjamite, son of Kish, father of Jair, and grandfather of Mordecai in the time of Esther

15. a Levite, son of Jahath, grandson of Gershon, and great grandson of Levi

16. Benjamite, father of Adaiah, Beraiah, and Shimrath. Spelled 'Shimhi'