Genesis 24

^I “Abraham” = Abraham. From the same as Abiram (exalted father, a high father – lofty) {from ab (father literal or figurative) + rum (rise, bring up, being high, extol, exalt, haughty; to raise in a literal or figurative sense)}. This is Abraham, father of many nations or father of a multitude.
^II “was old” = zaqen. From the same as zaqan (beard or chin – the beard represents old age). This is to be old or grow old.
^III “advanced” = bo. This is to enter, come in, advance, fulfill, bring offerings, enter to worship, attack. It can also have a sexual connotation.
^IV “years” = yom. Literally “days.”
^V “Lord” = YHVH. From havah (to be, become) or hayah (to come to pass, become, be). This is the name of the God of Israel, the self-existent and eternal one, the tetragrammaton. This pronunciation has been lost to time so “Lord” is generally used in its place.
^VI “blessed” = barak. This is to kneel, to bless. It is blessing God as part of worship and adoration or blessing humans to help them. It can be used as a euphemism to say curse God.

^VII “servant” = ebed. From abad (to work, serve, compel; any kind of work; used causatively, can mean to enslave or keep in bondage). This is a servant, slave, or bondservant.
^VIII “oldest” = zaqen. Related to “old” in v5. From the same as zaqan (see note II above). This is old, aged, or elder.
^IX “house” = bayit. Probably from banah (to build, make, set up, obtain children; to build literally or figuratively). This is house, court, family, palace, temple.
^X “had charge of” = mashal. This is to rule, reign, govern, have authority, wield.

^XI “put” = sim. This is to put or place in a literal or figurative sense. It can be appoint, care, change, make, and may other things.
^XII {untranslated} = na. This particle is used for requests or for urging. It can be we pray, now, I ask you, oh. This is the same “na” in “hosanna.”
^XIII “hand” = yad. This is hand, ability, power. Hand in a literal sense, but also what one can do or the means by which one does it.
^XIV “thigh” = yarek. Root may mean to be soft. This is thigh, side, body, shank. It can be used figuratively for genitalia.

^XV “make…swear” = shaba. Perhaps from sheba (seven – the number of perfection/sacred fullness). This is to swear, curse, vow, make a covenant. Properly, it can mean to be complete. This is to seven oneself – as in affirming something so strongly it is as though it were said seven times.
^XVI “God” = Elohim.
^XVII “heaven” = shamayim. Root may mean being lofty. This is sky, the air, or heaven. It is in a dual noun form so this might refer to the part of the sky where the clouds move on the one hand and the part beyond that where the sun, moon, and stars are on the other hand.
^XVIII {untranslated} = Elohim. Same as “God” in v3. See note XVI above.
^XIX “earth” = erets. Root may mean to be firm. This is earth, ground, field land, or country.

^XX “get” = laqach. This is to take, accept, carry away, receive. It can also have the sense of take a wife or take in marriage.
^XXI “wife” = ishshah. From ish (man); perhaps from enosh (human, humankind, mortal); from anash (to be weak, sick, or frail). This is woman, wife, or female.
^XXII “son” = ben. Related to “house” in v2. From banah (see note IX above). This is son, age, child. It is son in a literal or figurative sense.
^XXIII “daughters” = bat. Related to “house” in v2 & “son” in v3. From ben (see note XXII above). This is daughter in a literal or figurative sense.
^XXIV “Canaanites” = Kanaaniy. From Kanaan (Canaan, his descendants, and the land where they settled; perhaps meaning lowlands, describing their land or subjugated in reference to being conquered by Egypt); from kana (to be humble, subdue; properly, bend the knee). This is Canaanite, which in some instances would imply a peddler or sometimes used in place of Ishmaelite. Seehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canaan

^XXV “among” = qereb. Perhaps from qarab (to come near or approach). This is among, in the midst, before, the center It is the inward part, whether literal or figurative. It can also be used for the heart, the site of thoughts and feelings. This word is also used as a technical term for the entrails of the animals who are sacrificed.
^XXVI “live” = yashab. This is to sit and so to remain and so to dwell. It is sitting for any reason – as a judge, in order to ambush, or just sitting quietly. Causatively, this can mean settling or marrying. This can also mean continue, endure, or establish.
^XXVII “go” = halak. This is go, come, walk. It is walk literally and figuratively and includes people and animals. It can be used figuratively for one’s moral life – how we walk according to God’s way or against it. It can also refer to the walk of life as in the course one’s life takes, the choices we make, etc.
^XXVIII “country” = erets. Same as “earth” in v3. See note XIX above.
^XXIX “kindred” = moledet. From yalad (to bear, bring forth, beget, calve, act as midwife, show lineage). This is kindred, offspring, birthplace, lineage, native country, or family.
^XXX “Isaac” = Yitschaq. From tsachaq (to laugh, mock, play, make sport; this is laughing out loud whether in joy or in a scornful way). This is Isaac, meaning “he laughs.”

^XXXI “woman” = ishshah. Same as “wife” in v3. See note XXI above.
^XXXII “be willing” = abah. This is to breathe after, be willing, obey, accept, be content with, satisfy.
^XXXIII “follow” = halak + achar. Literally “go after.” Halak is the same as “go” in v4. See note XXVII above. Achar is from achar (to remain behind, linger, continue, or delay; can imply procrastination). This is after of the portion behind.
^XXXIV “land” = erets. Same as “earth” in v3. See note XIX above.
^XXXV “take…back” = shub + shub. To turn back, return, turn away – literally or figuratively. Doesn’t necessarily imply going back to where you started from. This is also the root verb for the Hebrew word for repentance “teshubah.” The word is repeated twice – the first time as an Infinitive Absolute. The Infinitive Absolute serves to emphasize the sentiment of the word. It is rather like Foghorn Leghorn’s speech pattern, “I said, I said.”
^XXXVI “came” = yatsa. This is to go or come out, bring forth, appear. It is to go out in a literal or figurative sense.

^XXXVII “see to it” = shamar. This is to keep, watch, or preserve. It means to guard something or to protect it as a thorny hedge protects something.
^XXXVIII “took” = laqach. Same as “get” in v3. See note XX above.
^XXXIX “father’s” = ab. Related to “Abraham” in v1. See note I above.
^XL “birth” = moledet. Same as “kindred” in v4. See note XXIX above.

^XLI “spoke” = dabar. This is generally to speak, answer, declare, or command. It might mean to arrange and so to speak in a figurative sense as arranging words.
^XLII “offspring” = zera. From zara (to sow or scatter seed; conceive or yield). This is seed or sowing. It can, thus, mean a fruit, plant, sowing time, child, offspring, or posterity.
^XLIII “send” = shalach. This is to send out, away, send for, forsake. It can also mean to divorce or set a slave free.
^XLIV “angel” = malak. This is a messenger, an angel, or a deputy of some kind. Can be used for human messengers literally or for prophets, priests, or teachers as messengers of God. Also used for supernatural messengers i.e. angels.
^XLV “before” = paneh. Literally “before your face.” From panah (to turn, face, appear). This is face in a literal or figurative sense. It could be face, presence, anger, respect. It can also be used of God to indicate divine favor or presence.

^XLVI “be free” = naqah. This is to be empty, cleanse, acquit, blameless, immune, innocent. It is to be clean or to make clean in a literal or figurative sense. It can also be bare in a negative sense, destroyed.
^XLVII “oath” = shebuah. Related to “swear” in v3. From shaba (see note XV above). This is an oath or curse.
^XLVIII “only” = raq. From the same as raq (thin, surely, only); perhaps from raqaq (to spit). This is but, except, at least. In the sense of being thin, it figuratively refers to some kind of limit.
^XLIX “master” = adon. From a root that means ruling or being sovereign. This is lord, master, or owner.
^L “matter” = dabar. Related to “spoke” in v7. From dabar (see note XLI above). This is speech, a word, a matter, an affair, charge, command, message, promise, purpose, report, request. It is a word, which implies things that are spoken of in a wide sense.

^LI “ten” = eser. This is ten of -teen.
^LII “camels” = gamal. Literally “camels from the camels of his master.” From gamal (how one deals with someone whether positively or negatively – so to reward, requite; to wean or the work that goes into something ripening). This is a camel as an animal of labor or one that bears burdens. The English word “camel” is from a Semitic source, perhaps Hebrew or others.
^LIII “departed” = halak. Same as “go” in v4. See note XXVII above.
^LIV “gifts” = tub. From tob (to be pleasing, to be good). This is goodness, gladness, something that is good. It can also be beauty, welfare, or joy.
^LV {untranslated} = yad. Same as “hand” in v2. See note XIII above.

^LVI “set out” = qum. To arise, stand, accomplish, establish, abide. This is rising as in rising against, getting up after being sick or asleep, arising from one state to another, becoming powerful, or rising for action. It can also be standing in a figurative sense.
^LVII “Aram-naharaim” = Aram Naharayim. Perhaps related to “Abraham” in v1. 5x in OT. From Aram (Aram, Syria, Mesopotamia – meaning elevated or citadel); {perhaps from ‘armon (any fortified building – castle, citadel, palace) OR from rum (see note I above)} + nahar (stream, river, or flood; particularly the Nile or Euphrates; figuratively, prosperity); from nahar (to flow, sparkle, be cheerful)}. This is “Aram of the Two Rivers,” a name for Mesopotamia referring to the Tigris and Euphrates. See https://www.abarim-publications.com/Meaning/Aram.html#.XqfDX8hKhPY
^LVIII “city” = iyr. From uwr (to awaken or wake oneself up). This can mean excitement in the sense of wakefulness or city. Properly, this is a place that is guarded. Guards kept schedules according to watches. This sense of the word would include cities as well as encampments or posts that were guarded.
^LIX “Nahor” = Nachor. 18x in OT. From the same as nachar (nostril or snorting; root means to snort or snore). This is Nachor or Nahor, meaning “snorer.”

^LX “kneel down” = barak. Same as “blessed” in v1. See note VI above.
^LXI “outside” = chuts. Root may mean to sever. So, this is something that is separated by a wall – the outside, the street, a field, highway, or abroad.
^LXII “well” = beer. From baar (to make plain; to dig; can also mean to engrave or figuratively to explain). This is a well or pit.
^LXIII “water” = mayim. This is water, waters, or waterway in a general sense. Figuratively, it can also mean juice, urine, or semen.

^LXIV “toward” = eth. Literally “at the time of.” Probably from anah (to answer, sing, announce); from ad (forever, all, old); from adah (to pass on, advance, decorate oneself). This is a period or season. It can also mean whenever or continually.
^LXV “time” = eth. Same as “toward” in v11. See note LXIV above.
^LXVI “go out” = yatsa. Same as “came” in v5. See note XXXVI above.

^LXVII “please” = na. Same as {untranslated} in v2. See note XII above.
^LXVIII “grant…success” = qarah. This is to encounter, usually unintentionally. It can also mean to happen or to lay wood for a floor or roof.
^LXIX {untranslated} = paneh. Same as “before” in v7. See note XLV above.
^LXX “show” = asah. This is to make, do, act, appoint, become in many senses.
^LXXI “steadfast love” = chesed. From chasad (being good, kind, merciful; may mean bowing one’s neck as is done in the presence of an equal for courtesy’s sake; so, if one in a superior position is treating you like an equal, that is what is captured here). This is favor, goodness, kindness, loving kindness, pity, reproach, or a good deed. When done by God to humanity, this is mercy/loving kindness. When done by humanity to God, it is piety.

^LXXII {untranslated} = hinneh. From hen (lo! Behold! If, though; an expression of surprise). This is to draw attention, show suddenness or surprise, or to emphasize the importance of the coming statement. See! Lo! Behold!
^LXXIII “standing” = natsab. This is to station, appoint, establish, take a stand.
^LXXIV “spring” = ayin. This is eye in a literal or figurative sense so eye, appearance, favor, or a fountain (the eye of the landscape).
^LXXV “townspeople” = ish + iyr. Ish is related to “wife” in v3. See note XXI above. Iyr is the same as “city” in v10. See note LVIII above.
^LXXVI “coming out” = yatsa. Same as “came” in v5. See note XXXVI above.

^LXXVII {untranslated} = hayah. Related to “Lord” in v1. See note V above.
^LXXVIII “girl” = naarah. From naar (child or a servant; a child in their active years so they could be aged anywhere from infancy to adolescence); perhaps from naar (to shake, toss up and down, tumble around). This is a girl or young lady ranging anywhere in age from infancy to adolescence.
^LXXIX “offer” = natah. This is to stretch or spread out, to extend, or bend. In can also imply moral deflection.
^LXXX “jar” = kad. 18x in OT– 9x in Genesis 24 re: Isaac meeting Rebekah, 4x in Judges 7 of the empty jars that Gideon’s men had; 3x in 1 Kings 17 of the jar belonging to the widow of Zarephath, 1x in 1 Kings 18 of the jars filled with water as part of Elijah’s contest with the priests of Baal, and 1x in Ecclesiastes 12 regarding an extended metaphor of youth and old age – here a broken pitcher. This is a jar, pitcher, bowl, or pail. The root might mean to deepen. It is a vessel made of clay – earthenware, used domestically.
^LXXXI “drink” = shathah. This is to drink literally or figuratively. It could also be a drinker.

^LXXXII “water” = shaqah. This is to give water to, to cause to drink – to irrigate, drown. It can be used for watering plants or giving water to flocks.
^LXXXIII “appointed” = yakach. This is to decide, be right, argue, or convince. It can also be to decide, convict, reason together, or reprove.
^LXXXIV “know” = yada. This is to know, acknowledge, advise, answer, be aware, be acquainted with. Properly, this is to figure something out by seeing. It includes ideas of observation, recognition, and care about something. It can be used causatively for instruction, designation, and punishment.

^LXXXV {untranslated} = hayah. Same as {untranslated} in v14. See note LXXVII above.
^LXXXVI “finished” = kalah. This is to end, be finished, complete, prepare, consume, spent, or completely destroyed.
^LXXXVII {untranslated} = hinneh. Same as {untranslated} in v13. See note LXXII above.
^LXXXVIII “was” = yatsa. Same as “came” in v5. See note XXXVI above.
^LXXXIX “Rebekah” = Ribqah. From the same as marbeq (fattened, a stall used for housing cattle; root may mean to tie up). This is Rebekah, perhaps meaning tied up or secured. Seehttps://www.abarim-publications.com/Meaning/Rebekah.html#.Xu5ad0VKhPY

^XC “was born” = yalad. Related to “kindred” in v4. See note XXIX above.
^XCI “Bethuel” = Bethuel. Related to “God” in v3 & “house” in v2 & “son” and “daughters” in v3. 10x in OT. Perhaps from the same as bathah (end, desolation, destruction); {from the same as bath (bath as a unit of measurement for liquid); probably from the same as battah (precipice, desolation, steep; the root perhaps means to break in pieces)} + el (see note XVI above) OR from betulah (virgin) + el (God, a god) OR from bayit (see note IX above) + el (see note XVI above). This is Bethuel, which perhaps means “man of God” or “virgin of God” or “house of God” or “destroyed of God.” See https://www.abarim-publications.com/Meaning/Bethuel.html#.XuWupEVKhPY
^XCII “Milcah” = Milchah. 11x in OT. From malkah (queen); from melek (king, royal). This is Milcah or Milkah, meaning “queen.”
^XCIII “brother” = ach. This is brother, kindred, another, other, like. It is literally brother, but it can also be someone who is similar, resembling, or related to.
^XCIV “shoulder” = shekem. Perhaps from shakam (to rise early, begin work early; properly, this is leaning one’s shoulder or back into a load or a burden; also, loading an animal for work). This is shoulder, neck, or some other place that bears burdens. Figuratively, it can refer to the spur of a hill, or one’s allotted portion.

^XCV “fair” = tob. Related to “gifts” in v10. From tob (see note LIV above). This is good, beautiful, pleasant, agreeable, bountiful, at ease. This word is used for goodness as a concept, a good thing, a good person. This can refer to prosperity and welfare as well as joy, kindness, sweetness, and graciousness. So, this is ethically good, but also enjoyably good.
^XCVI “look upon” = mareh. From raah (to see, show, stare, think, view; to see in a literal or figurative sense). This is sight, appearance, or vision. It can be a view, seeing itself, that which is seen, something real, or a vision one sees.
^XCVII “virgin” = betulah. Perhaps related to “Bethuel” in v15. See note XCI above.
^XCVIII “man” = ish. Same as “townspeople” in v13. See note LXXV above.

^XCIX “went down” = yarad. This is to go down, descend; going down in a literal or figurative sense. It can be going to the shore or a boundary, bringing down an enemy.
^C “filled” = male. This is fill, satisfy, replenish, accomplish, fulfill, confirm, or consecrate. It is fill in a literal or figurative sense.
^CI “came up” = alah. This is to go up, approach, ascend, be high, be a priority; to arise in a literal or figurative sense.

^CII “ran” = ruts. This is to run or rush, divide quickly, bring swiftly. It can also refer to a footman or guard.
^CIII “meet” = qirah. From the same as qara (to happen, meet, bring about). This is any kind of encounter, whether peaceful, hostile, or incidental. It can also mean help or seek.
^CIV “sip” = gama. 2x in OT. This is to drink or absorb, whether literally or figuratively. It can also mean to race.
^CV “little” = me’at. From ma’at (being or becoming small, decrease, diminish, pare off). This is a little or few, lightly little while, very small matter.

^CVI “lord” = adon. Same as “master” in v9. See note XLIX above.
^CVII “quickly” = mahar. This is being liquid, which implies flowing. So, this word implies hurrying forward, whether in a positive or negative sense.
^CVIII “lowered” = yarad. Same as “went down” in v16. See note XCIX above.
^CIX “gave…a drink” = shaqah. Same as “water” in v14. See note LXXXII above.

^CX “emptied” = arah. 15x in OT. This is being or making someone naked or bare, to be defenseless, empty, poured out, spread, uncover. This can be to demolish, pour out, to empty, or to leave destitute.
^CXI “trough” = shoqet. Related to “water” in v14. 2x in OT. From shaqah (see note LXXXII above). This is a trough for water.
^CXII “gazed” = shaah. 1x in OT. Perhaps from sha’ah (to make a loud noise or crash, devastate, rush). This is to gaze or stun. It can imply a sense of awe or astonishment.
^CXIII “silence” = charash. This is to scratch, which implies etching or plowing. It can mean to manufacture regardless of materials used. Figuratively, it can be to devise or conceal. It can also have a sense of secrecy. Hence, being silent or left alone. It can also be speechless.
^CXIV “learn” = yada. Same as “know” in v14. See note LXXXIV above.
^CXV “journey” = derek. From darak (to tread, march, to walk. Can also mean affixing a string to a box since one needs to step on it to bend it in the process; so also an archer). This is a road as a thing that is walked on. Can be used figuratively for the path that one’s life takes or how one chooses to live one’s life.
^CXVI “made…successful” = tsalach. This is pushing forward in a literal or figurative sense. So it could be to break out, to come mightily, to rush, to go over. Figuratively, it could mean to prosper.

^CXVII {untranslated} = hayah. Same as {untranslated} in v14. See note LXXVII above.
^CXVIII “gold” = zahab. Root may mean to shimmer. This is gold or something that has the color of gold like oil. It can also refer to a clear sky – to good weather.
^CXIX “nose-ring” = nezem. 17x in OT. This is a ring worn for decorative reasons. It also includes earrings, nose rings, or other jewels.
^CXX “weighing” = mishqal. From shaqal (to weigh, spend, trade). This is to weigh, or a unit of weight. It shares a root with the word “shekel.”
^CXXI “half shekel” = beqa. 2x in OT. From baqa (to break open, breach, divide, rip, shake, tear; to dash into pieces or be ready to burst). This is a portion of a shekel, usually half. A beka is a particular unit of weight and also a size of coin.

^CXXII “two” = shenayim. From sheni (double, again, another, second); from shanah (to fold, repeat, double, alter, or disguise). This is two, both, second, couple.
^CXXIII “bracelets” = tsamiyd. 7x in OT. From tsamad (to join, link, fasten; figuratively to serve or contrive). This is some kind of covering or lid such as a bracelet or arm clasp.
^CXXIV “arms” = yad. Same as “hand” in v2. See note XIII above.

^CXXV “tell” = nagad. This is to declare, make conspicuous, stand in front, manifest, predict, explain.
^CXXVI {untranslated} = na. Same as {untranslated} in v2. See note XII above.
^CXXVII “room” = maqom. Related to “set out” in v10. From qum (see note LVI above). This is a standing, which is to say a spot or space a place. It can also refer to a locality or a physical/mental condition. HaMaqom is also a Jewish name for God – the place, i.e. the Omnipresent One.
^CXXVIII “spend the night” = lun. This is to stop – usually to lodge for the night. It can imply dwelling, enduring, or staying permanently. Figuratively, it can mean being obstinate, particularly with one’s words – to complain.

^CXXIX “plenty” = rab. From rabab (increasing in any aspect whether quantity, authority, size, quality, greatness, etc.). This is abundance, many, elder, exceedingly, great. It refers to abundance of amount, rank, or status.
^CXXX “straw” = teben. Related to “house” in v2 & “son” ad “daughters” in v3 & “Bethuel” in v15. 17x in OT. Perhaps from banah (see note IX above). This is some kind of material from processing grain or other agricultural refuse used for fodder – like straw or chaff.
^CXXXI “fodder” = mispo. 5x in OT – 4x in Genesis and 1x in Judges 19 in the story of the Levite’s concubine. This is from a root that might be to collect. This is a word for fodder or feed.
^CXXXII “place” = maqom. Same as “room” in v23. See note CXXVII above.

^CXXXIII “bowed his head” = qadad. 15x in OT. Properly, this means to shrivel up. So it is used for bowing one’s head, bowing down, or stooping. It can be used to show deference.
^CXXXIV “worshiped” = shachah. This is to bow down, make a humble entreaty, to do homage to royalty or to God.
^CXXXV “forsaken” = azab. To loosen, relinquish, permit, forsake, fail, leave destitute.
^CXXXVI “faithfulness” = emet. From aman (to believe, endure, fulfill, confirm, support, be faithful, put one’s trust in, be steadfast. Figuratively, this is to be firm, steadfast, or faithful, trusting, believing, being permanent, morally solid). This is firmness or stability. Figuratively, it is faithfulness, truth, or trustworthiness. This is the same root that “amen” comes from.
^CXXXVII “led” = nachah. This is lead, guide, or bring. It can be used for transporting into exile or coming in as colonists. This is the word used in Psalm 23 “he leads me in the paths of righteousness.”
^CXXXVIII “way” = derek. Same as “journey” in v21. See note CXV above.
^CXXXIX “kin” = ach. Same as “brother” in v15. See note XCIII above.

^CXL “mother’s” = em. This is a mother as binding a family together or a breeding female animal. It could be mother in a literal or figurative sense.
^CXLI “things” = dabar. Same as “matter” in v9. See note L above.
^CXLII “name” = shem. Related to “put” in v2. May be from sim (see note XI above). This is name, fame, renown. A name was thought to indicate something essential about a person – something about their individuality. So, this word can also mean honor, authority, or character.
^CXLIII “Laban” = Laban. From the same as laban (white); from laban (to be white or make a brick). This is Laban, meaning white.

^CXLIV {untranslated} = hayah. Same as {untranslated} in v14. See note LXXVII above.
^CXLV “seen” = raah. Related to “look upon” in v16. See note XCVI above.
^CXLVI “sister’s” = achot. Related to “brother” in v15. From the same as ach (see note XCIII above). This is sister in a literal or figurative sense. It can also mean another or together.
^CXLVII “heard” = shama. This is to hear, call, consent, or consider. It implies listening intelligently, giving attention, and, because of these two factors, obedience and action are often implied.
^CXLVIII “words” = dabar. Same as “matter” in v9. See note L above.

^CXLIX “went” = bo. Same as “advanced” in v1. See note III above.
^CL “there” = hinneh. Same as {untranslated} in v13. See note LXXII above.
^CLI “standing” = amad. This is to stand up in a literal or figurative sense. So it can be establish, continue, endure, take a stand, act, be a servant, stand still, remain, stand against an enemy.

^CLII “come in” = bo. Same as “advanced” in v1. See note III above.
^CLIII “prepared” = panah. Related to “before” in v7. See note XLV above.
^CLIV “unloaded” = patach. This is to open wide in a literal or figurative sense. So, it is open, draw out, let something go free, break forth. It can also mean to plow, engrave, or carve.
^CLV “wash” = rachats. This is to wash, wash away – it can be complete or partial.
^CLVI “feet” = regel. This is foot, endurance, or journey. It is a foot as the means of walking and so it implies a step or a greater journey. It can be used euphemistically for private parts.
^CLVII “men” = enosh. Related to “wife” in v3 & “townspeople” in v13.  See note XXI above.

^CLVIII “set” = yasam. Related to “put” in v2 & “name” in v29. 2x in OT. From the same as sim (see note XI above). This is to put or place.
^CLIX “before” = paneh. Same as “before” in v7. See note XLV above.
^CLX “eat” = akal. This is to eat, devour, burn up, or otherwise consume. It can be eating in a literal or figurative sense.
^CLXI “errand” = dabar. Same as “matter” in v9. See note L above.

^CLXII “become wealthy” = gadal. This is to grow up, become great, become wealthy – to advance. The root meaning may be to twist in the sense of the process of growing.
^CLXIII “flocks” = tson. This is a flock of sheep and goats.
^CLXIV “herds” = baqar. From baqar (to plow, break forth; figuratively, to inquire, inspect, consider). This is cattle – an animal used for plowing.
^CLXV “silver” = keseph. From kasaph (to long for, be greedy; to become pale). This is silver or money.

^CLXVI “male” = ebed. Same as “servant” in v2. See note VII above.
^CLXVII “female slaves” = shiphchah. Root may mean to spread out – it would be the same root used in mishpachah, which means family or clan. This is maidservant, female slave, or female bondslave.
^CLXVIII “donkeys” = chamor. From chamar (to be red, blush). This is a male donkey.
^CLXIX “Sarah” = Sarah. From the same as Saray (princess, mistress, noble lady, queen); from sar (chief, ruler, captain, official, prince). This is Sarah, meaning princess.
^CLXX “old” = ziqnah. Related to “old” in v5 & “oldest” in v2. From zoqen (old age); from the same as zaqan (see note II above). 6x in OT. This is old or old age through the analogy of being bearded.

^CLXXI “kindred” = mishpachah. Related to “female slaves” in v35. From the same as shiphchah (see note CLXVII above). This is one’s circle of relatives – clan, family, kindred.
^CLXXII “before” = paneh. Same as “before” in v7. See note XLV above.
^CLXXIII “oath” = alah. From alah (to swear, take an oath, curse – usually negative). This is oath, curse, swearing.
^CLXXIV “be” = hayah. Same as {untranslated} in v14. See note LXXVII above.
^CLXXV “free” = naqiy. Related to “be free” in v8. From naqah (see note XLVI above). This is blameless, innocent, free from punishment, or clear.

^CLXXVI “only” = na. Same as {untranslated} in v2. See note XII above.
^CLXXVII {untranslated} = hinneh. Same as {untranslated} in v13. See note LXXII above.
^CLXXVIII “let” = hayah. Same as {untranslated} in v14. See note LXXVII above.
^CLXXIX “young woman” = almah. 7x in OT– this is the same word used in Isaiah 7:14 to refer to the “young woman” who is with child and shall name her son Immanuel. From elem (youth, lad, stripling; something that remains out of view); perhaps from alam (to hide, conceal, a dissembler; to conceal in a literal or figurative sense). This is a young woman or girl. It can be a maid as one who is veiled. By extension, this can mean virgin since a girl/young woman was presumed to be a virgin.

^CLXXX “heart” = leb. May be related to labab (to encourage; properly, to be encased as with fat; used in a good sense, this means to transport someone with love; used in a bad sense, it can mean to dull one’s senses). This is the heart, courage, one’s inner self, the mind, or the will. Heart is only used in a figurative sense in the Old and New Testaments.
^CLXXXI {untranslated} = hinneh. Same as {untranslated} in v13. See note LXXII above.
^CLXXXII “let down” = yarad. Same as “went down” in v16. See note XCIX above.
^CLXXXIII “asked” = shaal. This is to ask, inquire, beg, borrow, desire, request. It can also mean to demand.
^CLXXXIV “ring” = nezem. Same as “nose-ring” in v22. See note CXIX above.
^CLXXXV “nose” = aph. From anaph (to be angry; properly, breathing hard as a signifier of being enraged). This properly refers to the nose or nostril and by extension the face. It can specifically refer to anger or wrath as one breathes hard and nostrils flare in times of great anger.

^CLXXXVI “right” = emet. Same as “faithfulness” in v27. See note CXXXVI above.
^CLXXXVII “obtain” = laqach. Same as “get” in v3. See note XX above.
^CLXXXVIII “kinsman” = ach. Same as “brother” in v15. See note XCIII above.

^CLXXXIX “deal” = asah. Same as “show” in v12. See note LXX above.
^CXC “loyally” = chesed. Same as “steadfast love” in v12. See note LXXI above.
^CXCI “truly” = emet. Same as “faithfulness” in v27. See note CXXXVI above.
^CXCII “turn” = panah. Same as “prepared” in v31. See note CLIII above.
^CXCIII “right hand” = yamin. May be from yamam (to go or choose the right, use the right hand; to be physically fit or firm). This can mean right hand, right side, or south. Since most people are right-handed, the metaphorical usage of this word presumes that the right hand is stronger and more agile. Thus, it is the instrument of power and action.
^CXCIV “left” = semol. Perhaps from the same as simlah (mantle, clothes, wrapper); perhaps from semel (image, figure, likeness). This is left, left side, or north as the part that is dark.

^CXCV “answered” = anah. This is answer, respond, announce, sing, shout, or testify. It means to pay attention, which implies responding and, by extension, starting to talk. Used in a specific sense for singing, shouting, testifying, etc.
^CXCVI “cannot” = lo + yakol. Yakol is to be able, endure, overcome, prevail.
^CXCVII “bad” = ra’. From ra’a’ (to be evil, bad, afflict; properly, to spoil – to destroy by breaking into pieces; figuratively, to cause something to be worthless; this is bad in a physical, social, or moral sense; that which displeases, to do harm or mischief, to punish or vex). This is bad, disagreeable, that which causes pain, misery, something having little or no value, something that is ethically bad, wicked, injury, calamity. This refers to anything that is not what it ought to be – a natural disaster, a disfigurement, an injury, a sin.
^CXCVIII “good” = tob. Same as “fair” in v16. See note XCV above.
^CXCIX “look” = hinneh. Same as {untranslated} in v13. See note LXXII above.
^CC “before” = paneh. Same as “before” in v7. See note XLV above.

^CCI {untranslated} = hayah. Same as {untranslated} in v14. See note LXXVII above.
^CCII “bowed” = shachah. Same as “worshiped” in v26. See note CXXXIV above.
^CCIII “ground” = erets. Same as “earth” in v3. See note XIX above.

^CCIV “brought out” = yatsa. Same as “came” in v5. See note XXXVI above.
^CCV “jewelry” = keli. Related to “finished” in v15. From kalah (see note LXXXVI above). This is something that was prepared – any implement, utensil, article, vessel, weapon, or instrument. Also includes jewels, weapons, bags, carriages, and furniture.
^CCVI {untranslated} = keli. Same as “jewelry” in v53. See note CCV above.
^CCVII “garments” = beged. From bagad (to cover or conceal; figuratively, to act in a covert or treacherous way, to transgress or pillage). This is clothing, garment, robe, or some other kind of clothing. Figuratively, it can be treachery or pillaging.
^CCVIII “costly ornaments” = migdanah. 4x in OT. From the same as meged (something of value or excellent; usually a product or produce). This is something excellent or valuable – precious like a gem.

^CCIX “rose” = qum. Same as “set out” in v10. See note LVI above.
^CCX “morning” = boqer. Related to “herds” in v35. From baqar (see note CLXIV above). This refers to the break of day. So it is dawn, early, morning, or morrow.
^CCXI “send…back” = shalach. Same as “send” in v7. See note XLIII above.
^CCXII “remain” = yashab. Same as “live” in v3. See note XXVI above.
^CCXIII “ten” = asor. Related to “ten” in v10. 16x in OT. From the same as eser (see note LI above). This is ten or tenth.

^CCXIV “delay” = achar. Related to “follow” in v5. See note XXXIII above.
^CCXV “let…go” = shalach. Same as “send” in v7. See note XLIII above.
^CCXVI “call” = qara. This is to call or call out – to call someone by name. Also used more broadly for calling forth.
^CCXVII {untranslated} = peh. This is mouth in a literal or figurative sense. So, more literally, it can be beak or jaws. More figuratively, it refers to speech, commands, or promises.

^CCXVIII “will” = halak. Same as “go” in v4. See note XXVII above.
^CCXIX “sent away” = shalach. Same as “send” in v7. See note XLIII above.
^CCXX “nurse” = yanaq. This is to suckle or to nurse. In a causative sense, it can mean to give milk. So, this word can be used for a nursing mother or for her suckling child.

^CCXXI “become” = hayah. Same as {untranslated} in v14. See note LXXVII above.
^CCXXII “myriads” = rebabah. Related to “plenty” in v25. 16x in OT. From rabab (see note CXXIX above). This is abundance, a myriad. It can be an indefinite large amount or mean ten thousand or a million.
^CCXXIII “gain possession” = yarash. This is inheriting or dispossessing. It refers to occupying or colonizing – taking territory by driving out the previous inhabitants and living there instead of them. By implication, it can mean to seize or rob, to expel, ruin, or impoverish.
^CCXXIV “gates” = shaar. May be related to sha’ar (to calculate or reckon; may come from a root that means to open up or split). This is a gate, door, or other opening like a port.
^CCXXV “foes” = sane. This is an enemy or foe. It is one that is hated with a personal hatred.

^CCXXVI “maids” = naarah. Same as “girl” in v14. See note LXXVIII above.
^CCXXVII “mounted” = rakab. This is to ride an animal or in some vehicle. It can also mean bringing on a horse.
^CCXXVIII “Beer-lahai-roi” = Be’er lahai ro’i. Related to “well” in v11 & “look upon” in v16 & “seen” in v30. 3x in OT.  From beer (see note LXII above) + chay (alive, living, lifetime; age; animals, plants, water, or a company or congregation of people – life in a very broad sense); {from chayah (to live or keep alive literally or figuratively)} + ro’eh (vision, seer); {from raah (see note XCVI above)}. This is Beer-lahai-roi, which means “well of the living one that sees me” or “well of a living one, my seer.”
^CCXXIX “settled” = yashab. Same as “live” in v3. See note XXVI above.
^CCXXX {untranslated} = erets. Same as “earth” in v3. See note XIX above.
^CCXXXI “Negeb” = Negeb. Root may mean to be parched. The Negeb is the south country – sometimes used to refer to Egypt. This is a land that suffers from a lot of drought.

^CCXXXII “in” = panah. Same as “prepared” in v31. See note CLIII above.
^CCXXXIII “walk” = suach. 1x in OT. This is a musing, perhaps while walking or involving meditation.
^CCXXXIV “field” = sadeh. This is literally field, ground, soil, or land. It is used to mean wild like a wild animal.
^CCXXXV “looking up” = nasa + ayin. Literally “he lifted up his eyes.” Nasa is to lift in a broad sense, literally and figuratively. So it could be to carry, take, or arise. It could also be bring forth, advance, accept. Ayin is the same as “spring” in v13. See note LXXIV above.
^CCXXXVI {untranslated} = hinneh. Same as {untranslated} in v13. See note LXXII above.

^CCXXXVII “looked up” = nasa…ayin. Same as “looking up” in v63. See note CCXXXV above.
^CCXXXVIII “slipped” = naphal. This is to fall, whether by accident, to fall prostrate, or to fall in violent death. Figuratively, it can refer to personal ruin or calamity, a city falling, an attack or a falling away. It can also be a deep sleep or wasting away.
^CCXXXIX “veil” = tsaiph. 3x in OT – all in Genesis 24 and in the story of Judah and Tamar in Genesis 38. This is a veil or shawl. Its root may mean to wrap.
^CCXL “covered” = kasah. This is to cover, conceal, overwhelm. It is to cover as clothes do or to hide a secret.

^CCXLI “told” = saphar. From sepher (writing, document, book, evidence). This is properly to tally or record something. It can be enumerate, recount, number, celebrate, or declare.
^CCXLII “done” = asah. Same as “show” in v12. See note LXX above.
^CCXLIII “brought…into” = bo. Same as “advanced” in v1. See note III above.
^CCXLIV “tent” = ohel. Perhaps from ahal (to shine, be clear). This is a tent, covering, home, or side pillar.
^CCXLV “loved” = aheb. This is to love, beloved, friend. It is to have affection for sexually or otherwise.
^CCXLVI “comforted” = nacham. Properly, this is a strong breath or a sigh. This can be to be sorry, to pity, console. Comfort, or repent. But, one can also comfort oneself with less righteous thoughts, so this can also mean to avenge oneself.