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

to go in, enter, come, go, come in

1. (Qal)

   1. to enter, come in

   2. to come

      1. to come with

      2. to come upon, fall or light upon, attack (enemy)

      3. to come to pass

   3. to attain to

   4. to be enumerated

   5. to go

2. (Hiphil)

   1. to lead in

   2. to carry in

   3. to bring in, cause to come in, gather, cause to come, bring near, bring against, bring upon

   4. to bring to pass

3. (Hophal)

   1. to be brought, brought in

   2. to be introduced, be put

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

Gadi = "my fortune"

1. the Gadite father of Menahem, a king of Israel

Jabesh = "dry"

1. a town in the territory of Gilead; according to Eusebius, it is beyond the Jordan, 6 miles (10 km) from Pella, on the mountain road to Gerasa; site unknown but may be modern 'Wadi Yabes'

   proper masculine noun

2. father of Shallum, the 15th king of the northern kingdom

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

to be or become king or queen, reign

1. (Qal) to be or become king or queen, reign

2. (Hiphil) to make one king or queen, cause to reign

3. (Hophal) to be made king or queen

to counsel, advise

1. (Niphal) to consider

Menahem = "comforter"

1. son of Gadi and king of the northern kingdom of Israel; slew the usurper Shallum to ascend the throne and reigned for ten years; contemporary with prophets Hosea and Amos

to strike, smite, hit, beat, slay, kill

1. (Niphal) to be stricken or smitten

2. (Pual) to be stricken or smitten

3. (Hiphil)

   1. to smite, strike, beat, scourge, clap, applaud, give a thrust

   2. to smite, kill, slay (man or beast)

   3. to smite, attack, attack and destroy, conquer, subjugate, ravage

   4. to smite, chastise, send judgment upon, punish, destroy

4. (Hophal) to be smitten

   1. to receive a blow

   2. to be wounded

   3. to be beaten

   4. to be (fatally) smitten, be killed, be slain

   5. to be attacked and captured

   6. to be smitten (with disease)

   7. to be blighted (of plants)

to go up, ascend, climb

1. (Qal)

   1. to go up, ascend

   2. to meet, visit, follow, depart, withdraw, retreat

   3. to go up, come up (of animals)

   4. to spring up, grow, shoot forth (of vegetation)

   5. to go up, go up over, rise (of natural phenomenon)

   6. to come up (before God)

   7. to go up, go up over, extend (of boundary)

   8. to excel, be superior to

2. (Niphal)

   1. to be taken up, be brought up, be taken away

   2. to take oneself away

   3. to be exalted

3. (Hiphil)

   1. to bring up, cause to ascend or climb, cause to go up

   2. to bring up, bring against, take away

   3. to bring up, draw up, train

   4. to cause to ascend

   5. to rouse, stir up (mentally)

   6. to offer, bring up (of gifts)

   7. to exalt

   8. to cause to ascend, offer

4. (Hophal)

   1. to be carried away, be led up

   2. to be taken up into, be inserted in

   3. to be offered

5. (Hithpael) to lift oneself

Shallum = "retribution"

1. son of Jabesh, conspirator and slayer of king Zachariah of the northern kingdom of Israel ending the dynasty of Jehu; assumed the throne and became the 15th king of the northern kingdom; reigned for one month and was killed by Menahem

2. the 3rd son of king Josiah of Judah and subsequent king of Judah; reigned for 3 months before he was taken captive to Egypt where he was placed in chains and later died

   1. also 'Jehoahaz'

3. husband of Huldah the prophetess in the reign of king Josiah of Judah. Maybe the same as 4

4. uncle of Jeremiah the prophet. Maybe the same as 3

5. a Simeonite, son of Shaul and grandson of Simeon

6. a Judaite, son of Sisamai and father of Jekamiah in the family of Jerahmeel

7. an Ephraimite, father of Jehizkiah

8. a son of Naphtali

9. a Korahite Levite, chief of a family of gatekeepers for the east gate of the temple

   1. maybe same as 13

10. son of Halohesh and ruler of a district of Jerusalem; also repairer of the wall of Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah

11. a priest, of the family of Eleazar, son of Zadok and father of Hilkiah in the family line of Ezra

12. a Korahite Levite, son of Kore, father of Maaseiah, and in charge of the work of the service. Maybe same as 9

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

14. a Levite and descendant of Bani who had a foreign wife in the time of Ezra

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

the under part, beneath, instead of, as, for, for the sake of, flat, unto, where, whereas

1. the under part

   accusative adverb

2. beneath

   preposition

3. under, beneath

   1. at the foot of (idiom)

   2. sweetness, subjection, woman, being burdened or oppressed (fig)

   3. of subjection or conquest

4. what is under one, the place in which one stands

   1. in one's place, the place in which one stands (idiom with reflexive pronoun)

   2. in place of, instead of (in transferred sense)

   3. in place of, in exchange or return for (of things mutually interchanged)

      conjunction

5. instead of, instead of that

6. in return for that, because that

   in compounds

7. in, under, into the place of (after verbs of motion)

8. from under, from beneath, from under the hand of, from his place, under, beneath

Tirzah = "favourable"

1. one of the 7 daughters of Zelophehad the son of Hepher of the tribe of Manasseh

   proper locative noun

2. one of the kingdoms on the west of the Jordan conquered by Joshua and the Israelites

3. a Canaanite city, later capital of the northern kingdom of Israel