Judges 18

^I “days” = yom. Root may mean being hot. This is the day in a literal or figurative sense. It can also mean birth, age, daylight, continually or other references to time.
^II “no” = ayin. Perhaps from a word that means to be nothing. This means nothing, none, non-existent. It can also simply mean not or are not.
^III “king” = melek. From malak (to be or become king or queen, to rise to the throne, to be crowned; by implication, to take counsel). This is king or royal.
^IV“Israel” = Yisrael. From sarah (to persist, exert oneself, contend, persevere, wrestle, prevail) + El (God or god). This is Israel, meaning God strives or one who strives with God; new name for Jacob and for his offspring. This refers to the people and to the land.

^V “tribe” = shebet. This is a rod, staff, club, scepter, dart, or tribe. Literally a stick that can be used for punishing, writing, fighting, walking, ruling; thus, used figuratively for a clan.
^VI “Danites” = Dani. 5x in OT. From Dan (Dan or a Danite, meaning “judge”; Dan, his tribe, or the lands of the tribe); from din (to judge, defend, dispute, govern, strive). This is Danite, someone belonging to the tribe of Dan.
^VII “seeking” = baqash. This is to seek, ask, desire, or request. It can be any kind of searching. It can also mean to worship or pray – implies a striving for.
^VIII “territory” = nachalah. Related to nachal (to inherit, occupy, distribute, take as heritage). This is properly something that was inherited. It can mean occupancy generally or, more particularly, an heirloom or an estate. This can be an inheritance, gift, possession, or portion.

^IX “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.
^X “ten” = yom + hu. Literally, “that day.” Yom is the same as “days” in v1. See note I above.
^XI “among” = tavek. This is among, middle, in the midst, the center. Perhaps, properly, to sever.
^XII “allotted” = 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.

^XIII “Danites” = ben + Dan. Literally, “children of Dan.” Ben is from banah (to build or obtain children). This is son, age, child. It is son in a literal or figurative sense. Dan is related to “Danites” in v1. See note VI above.
^XIV “sent” = shalach. This is to send out, away, send for, forsake. It can also mean to divorce or set a slave free.
^XV “five” = chamesh. This is five.
^XVI “valiant” = ben + chayil. Literally, “children of valor.” Ben is the same as “Danites” in v2. See note XIII above. Chayil is from chul (to be firm, strong, prosperous; to endure). This is strength, wealth, ability, activity. It can refer to soldier or a company of soldiers as well as goods. It is a force of people, means, or goods. It can speak of valor, virtue, or strength.
^XVII “men” = ish. Perhaps from enosh (human, humankind, mortal); from anash (to be weak, sick, or frail). This is man, husband, another, or humankind.

^XVIII “from” = qatsah + ish. Qatsah is from qatseh (end, brink, border, edge, frontier; that which is within set boundaries); from qatsah (to cut off, cut short; figuratively, to destroy). This is an end, corner, outer limit, coast, corner, fringe. Ish is the same as “men” in v2. See note XVII above.
^XIX “clan” = mishpachah. From the same as shiphcah (maid, maidservant); root means to spread out. This is one’s circle of relatives – clan, family, kindred.
^XX “Zorah” = Tsorah. 10x in OT. From tsirah (hornet, wasp); from the same as tsaraat (leprosy or a mark); from tsara (to have leprosy, be a leper). This is Zorah, Zareah, or Zoreah. A city whose name means “leprous” or “hornet” or “nest of hornets.” See https://www.abarim-publications.com/Meaning/Zorah.html
^XXI “Eshtaol” = Eshtaol. 7x in OT. Probably from shaal (to ask, inquire, beg, borrow, desire, request, to demand). This is Eshtaol, a place whose name means “to found” or “establish” or “entreaty.”

^XXII “spy out” = ragal. From regel (foot, endurance, or journey; a foot as the means of walking and so it implies a step or a greater journey; can euphemistically mean private parts). This is to walk along, spy out, slander.
^XXIII “land” = erets. Root may mean to be firm. This is earth, ground, field land, or country.
^XXIV “explore” = chaqar. Properly, this means to penetrate. So, it means to thoroughly investigate, examine, ponder, or seek out.
^XXV “said” = amar. This is to speak, say, answer, command, promise, report.
^XXVI “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.

^XXVII “came” = bo. This is to enter, come in, advance, fulfill, bring offerings, enter to worship, attack. It can also have a sexual connotation.
^XXVIII “hill country” = har. From harar (hill or mountain). This is mountain, hill, hilly region.
^XXIX “Ephraim” = Ephrayim. From the same as epher (ashes or dust – properly something strewn) OR from parah (to grow, increase, be fruitful in a literal or figurative sense). This is Ephraim, one of Joseph’s sons, his descendants, and their land.

^XXX “house” = bayit. Related to “Danites” in v2. Probably from banah (see note XIII above). This is house, court, family, palace, temple.
^XXXI “Micah” = Mikah. From Mikayah (Micaiah, Micah; “who is like the Lord?”); {from mi (who, what, which, whoever) + ki (that, for, when, certainly) + Yah (the shortened form of the name of the God of Israel; God, Lord); {from YHVH (proper name of the God of Israel; God, Lord; the self-existent or eternal one); from havah (to become) or hayah (to be or become, to happen)}}}. This is Micah or Micaiah, which means “who is like the Lord?” See https://www.abarim-publications.com/Meaning/Micah.html
^XXXII “stayed” = 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.

^XXXIII “recognized” = nakar. This is to recognize, examine, take notice, show, scrutinize. It is looking at something in a fixed way, showing perhaps respect or reverence. Alternately, it can show gazing with suspicion. Also, it can mean being strange towards someone or something and rejecting or ignoring it.
^XXXIV “voice” = qol. This is a sound, used often for human voices. Also used when God speaks or angels, animals or instruments. It can be a cry or a noise, thunder or earthquakes and so on.
^XXXV “young” = naar. May be from na’ar (to shake, toss up and down, tumble around). This is a child or a servant. It is a child in their active years so they could be aged anywhere from infancy to adolescence.
^XXXVI “Levite” = Leviyyi. From Levi (Levi; perhaps meaning “attached”; Jacob’s son, his tribe, and descendants); perhaps from lavah (to join, twine, unite, remain, borrow, lend). This is Levite or levitical.

^XXXVII “went over” = sur. This is to turn aside in a literal or figurative sense – to depart, decline, rebel, remove, or withdraw.
^XXXVIII “asked” = amar. Same as “said” in v2. See note XXV above.
^XXXIX “brought” = bo. Same as “came” in v2. See note XXVII above.
^XL “doing” = asah. This is to make, do, act, appoint, become in many senses.
^XLI “hired” = sakar. From sakar (to hire, reward, earn). This is wages, payment, service, salary, worth, reward, or benefit.
^XLII “become” = hayah. Related to “Micah” in v2. See note XXXI above.
^XLIII “priest” = kohen. This is literally the one who officiates i.e. the priest. This is where the Jewish last name “Cohen” (and its variants) comes from.

^XLIV “inquire” = shaal. Related to “Eshtaol” in v2. See note XXI above.
^XLV {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.”
^XLVI “God” = Elohim. Related to “Israel” in v1. See note IV above.
^XLVII “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.

^XLVIII “mission” = 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.
^XLIX “undertaking” = halak. Same as “go” in v2. See note XXVI above.
^L “succeed” = 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.

^LI “replied” = amar. Same as “said” in v2. See note XXV above.
^LII “peace” = shalom. From shalam (to be complete or sound; to have safety mentally, physically, or extending to one’s estate; so, if these things are safe and complete, the implication is that one would be friendly; and, if being friendly, one would make amends and that friendship would be reciprocated). This is completeness, soundness, welfare, favor, friend, good health. It is to be safe and figuratively well, happy, at peace, friendly. Abstractly, it includes the ideas of welfare and prosperity (not in excessive wealth, but in having enough).
^LIII “are on” = halak. Same as “go” in v2. See note XXVI above.
^LIV “under the eye of” = nokach. Perhaps from the same as nekach (root may mean being straightforward; before, the front). This is in front of, before, on behalf, opposite.
^LV “Lord” = YHVH. Related to “Micah” in v2 & “become” in v4. See note XXXI above.

^LVI “Laish” = Layish. 7x in OT. From the same as layish (lion – as a creature that crushes); from lush (to knead). This is Laish, a city whose name means “lion.”
^LVII “observed” = raah. This is to see in a literal or figurative sense so stare, advise, think, view.
^LVIII “people” = am. From amam (to darken, hide, associate; creating shadows by huddling together). This is people or nation. It can be used specifically for a tribe, collectively of troops or armies, or figuratively to refer to a flock of animals.
^LIX “there” = 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.
^LX “securely” = betach. From batach (to hide for refuge, be secure or sure; figuratively, it refers to trust, being confident, or hoping). This is a place of refuge. So, abstractly, it can be confidence, security, hope, trust, or assurance.

^LXI “manner” = mishpat. From shaphat (to judge, defend, pronounce judgment, condemn, govern). This is a verdict or formal sentence whether from humans or from God. It includes the act of judging as well as the place that judging takes place, the suit itself, and the penalty. Abstractly, this is justice, which includes the rights of the participants.
^LXII “Sidonians” = Tsidoni. 16x in OT. From Tsidon (Sidon – a city in Phoenicia); from Phoenician tsydon (Sidon; probably meaning fishery or fishing town). This is Sidonian or Zidonian. See https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Sidon & https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidon
^LXIII “quiet” = shaqat. This is to be quiet, rest, calm, settle, be still, peace.
^LXIV “unsuspecting” = batach. Related to “securely” in v7. See note LX above.

^LXV “lacking” = kalam. This is bearing shame, bringing dishonor or disgrace, humiliate insult, taunt, embarrass, reproach. Properly, to wound in a figurative sense.
^LXVI “nothing” = ayin + dabar. Ayin is the same as “no” in v1. See note II above. Dabar is from dabar (to speak, declare, discuss). 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.
^LXVII “earth” = erets. Same as “land” in v2. See note XXIII above.
^LXVIII “possessing” = 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.
^LXIX “wealth” = etser. 1x in OT. From atsar (to restrain, rule, confine, bond; to hold back, maintain, rule, assemble). This may mean restraint, ruler, or wealth.

^LXX “far” = rachoq. From rachaq (to widen, become distant, cast, or remove in a literal or figurative sense). This is distant or far, whether of space or of time.
^LXXI “no” = ayin. Same as “no” in v1. See note II above.
^LXXII “dealings” = dabar. Same as “nothing” in v7. See note LXVI above.
^LXXIII “Aram” = adam. Alternate translation – “anyone.” Perhaps from adam (to be red, make ruddy); related to adamah (ground, dirt, earth). This is man, humankind, also Adam’s name. It refers to a human individual or humanity.

^LXXIV “kinsfolk” = 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.
^LXXV “them” = ach. Same as “kinsfolk” in v8. See note LXXIV above.
^LXXVI “come” = 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.
^LXXVII “go up” = alah. This is to go up, approach, ascend, be high, be a priority; to arise in a literal or figurative sense.
^LXXVIII “seen” = raah. Same as “observed” in v7. See note LVII above.

^LXXIX {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!
^LXXX “very” = meod. Perhaps from the same as uwd (firebrand, a poker). This is very, greatly, exceedingly. It can also mean vehemence, force, abundance.
^LXXXI “good” = tob. From tob (to be pleasing, to be good). 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.

^LXXXII “do nothing” = chashah. 15x in OT. This is to be silent or not doing anything.
^LXXXIII “be slow” = atsel. 1x in OT. This is to delay, to lean, be slack, be lazy.
^LXXXIV “enter in” = bo. Same as “came” in v2. See note XXVII above.
^LXXXV “go” = bo. Same as “came” in v2. See note XXVII above.
^LXXXVI “come” = bo. Same as “came” in v2. See note XXVII above.

^LXXXVII “broad” = rachab. From rachab (to grow wide or enlarge in a literal or figurative sense; extend, relieve, rejoice, or speak boldly). This is wide, extensive, spacious, or vast. It is roomy in a literal or figurative sense. It can also mean liberty or proud.
^LXXXVIII “given” = natan. This is to give, put, set, offer. It is to give literally or figuratively.
^LXXXIX “hands” = 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.
^XC {untranslated} = yad. Same as “hands” in v10. See note LXXXIX above.
^XCI “place” = maqom. Related to “come” in v9. From qum(see note LXXVI 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.

^XCII “no” = ayin. Same as “no” in v1. See note II above.
^XCIII “lack” = machsor. 13x in OT. From chaser (to lack, need, become empty, to fail). Related to “I shall not want” from Psalm 23:1. This is something needed so it could be lack, poverty, or deficiency.
^XCIV “anything” = kol + dabar. Kol is From kalal (to complete). This is all or every. Dabar is the same as “nothing” in v7. See note LXVI above.
^XCV “six” = shesh. This is six. Figuratively, it can be a surplus since it is one more than the number of fingers on the hand.
^XCVI “hundred” = meah. This is hundred or some number times one hundred (i.e. hundredfold or the base of two hundred, three hundred, etc.).
^XCVII “Danite” = Dani. Same as “Danites” in v1. See note VI above.

^XCVIII “armed” = chagar. This is to gird, bind, or arm. Generally, it is using a belt to gather up one’s garment so that it’s easier to run or move quickly.
^XCIX “weapons” = keli. From kalah (to end, be finished, complete, prepare, consume, spent, or completely destroyed). This is something that was prepared – any implement, utensil, article, vessel, weapon, or instrument. Also includes jewels, weapons, bags, carriages, and furniture.
^C “war” = milchamah. From lacham (to eat or feed on; figuratively, to battle as a kind of consumption/destruction). This is battle, war, fighting, or one who fights (i.e. a warrior).
^CI “set out” = nasa. This is properly pulling up as when one pulls up tent pegs or stakes. This would imply striking tents in order to start a journey. So this could be bring, pullout, set out, journey, or cause to go away.

^CII “encamped” = chanah. This is decline, bending down, or living in tents. It can be camping to create a home or camping as a part of battle.
^CIII “Kiriath-jearim” = Qiryath Yearim. From qiryah (city, building); {from qarah (to happen, meet, bring about)} + yaar (honeycomb) OR from qiryah (see above) + yaar (honeycomb, forest, thicket) OR from qiryah (see above) + iyr (can mean excitement in the sense of wakefulness or city; properly, a place that is guarded; guards kept schedules according to watches; cities as well as encampments or posts that were guarded); {from uwr (to awaken or wake oneself up)}. This is Kiriath-jearim, a city whose name means “city of forests” or “city of towns.”
^CIV “Judah” = Yehudah. Probably from yadah (to throw one’s hands into the air in a gesture of praise); from yad (hand). This is Judah, meaning “praised.”

^CV “account” = ken. Perhaps from kun (properly, in a perpendicular position; literally, to establish, fix, fasten, prepare; figuratively, it is certainty, to be firm, faithfulness, render sure or prosperous). This is to set upright. Generally used figuratively to mean thus, so, afterwards, rightly so.
^CVI “called” = qara. This is to call or call out – to call someone by name. Also used more broadly for calling forth.
^CVII “Mahaneh-dan” = Machaneh-dan. Related to “encamped” in v12 & to “Danites” in v1 & “Danites” in v2. 1x in OT. From machaneh (an encampment, whether of people traveling together or soldiers; a camp band or company; an army of soldiers; other groups like animals, angels or stars.); {from chanah (to decline, bending down, or living in tents; can be camping to create a home or camping as a part of battle)} + Dan (Dan or a Danite, meaning “judge”; Dan, his tribe, or the lands of the tribe); {from din (to judge, defend, dispute, govern, strive)}. This is Mahaneh-dan, a place whose name means “camp of Dan” or “camp of the judge” or “camp of judgment.” See https://www.abarim-publications.com/Meaning/Mahaneh-dan.html

^CVIII {untranslated} = hinneh. Same as {untranslated} in v9. See note LXXIX above.
^CIX “west” = achar. From achar (to remain behind, linger, continue, be behind, or delay; can also imply procrastination). This is after or the last part, following.
^CX “passed on” = abar. This is to pass over or cross over. It is used for transitions, whether literal or figurative. It can also mean to escape, alienate, or fail. This is the root verb from which “Hebrew” is drawn.
^CXI “came” = bo. Same as “came” in v2. See note XXVII above.

^CXII “men” = enosh. Related to “men” in v2. See note XVII above.
^CXIII “spy out” = regel. Related to “spy out” in v2. See note XXII above.
^CXIV “said” = 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.
^CXV {untranslated} = amar. Same as “said” in v2. See note XXV above.
^CXVI “comrades” = ach. Same as “kinsfolk” in v8. See note LXXIV above.

^CXVII “buildings” = bayit. Same as “house” in v2. See note XXX above.
^CXVIII “there are” = yesh. This is being, existence, or substance.
^CXIX “ephod” = ephod. This is an ephod, shoulder piece – perhaps a breastplate or apron. It can refer specifically to a ritual garment worn by the high priest. Alternately, it can refer to an image.
^CXX “teraphim” = teraphim. 15x in OT. Perhaps from rapha (properly, to repair by stitching – figuratively to heal or cure; to make whole). This is a household idol or god. Sometimes it is simply rendered “teraphim.” It can refer to idolatry more generally. It may mean healer.

^CXXI “idol” = pesel. From pasal (to hew, carve; used for wood or stone). This is an idol or image.
^CXXII “cast metal” = massekah. From nasak (to cover, pour out, offer; by analogy anointing a king). This is a pouring out or over. So it could be pouring molten metal to cast an image, making a libation (pouring out a drink offering), or otherwise covering.
^CXXIII “now, therefore” = attah. Perhaps from et (a period or season; whenever or continually); probably from anah (to answer, sing, announce); from ad (forever, all, old); from adah (to pass on, advance, decorate oneself). This is now, from now on.
^CXXIV “consider” = yada. Same as “know” in v5. See note XLVII above.

^CXXV “turned” = sur. This is to turn aside in a literal or figurative sense – to depart, decline, rebel, remove, or withdraw.
^CXXVI “direction” = sham. Literally, “there.”
^CXXVII “came” = bo. Same as “came” in v2. See note XXVII above.
^CXXVIII “home” = bayit. Same as “house” in v2. See note XXX above.
^CXXIX “greeted” = shaal + shalom. Shaal is the same as “inquire” in v5. See note XLIV above. Shalom is the same as “peace” in v6. See note LII above.

^CXXX “men” = ish. Same as “men” in v2. See note XVII above.
^CXXXI “Danites” = ben + Dan. Same as “Danites” in v2. See note XIII above.
^CXXXII “stood” = natsab. This is to station, appoint, establish, take a stand.
^CXXXIII “entrance” = petach. From patach (to open wide in a literal or figurative sense, loosen, plow, carve). This is opening, door, gate, entrance.
^CXXXIV “gate” = 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.

^CXXXV “spy out” = ragal. Same as “spy out” in v2. See note XXII above.
^CXXXVI “proceeded” = alah. Same as “go up” in v9. See note LXXVII above.
^CXXXVII “take” = laqach. This is to take, accept, carry away, receive. It can also have the sense of take a wife or take in marriage.
^CXXXVIII “idol” = pasil. Related to “idol” in v14. From pasal (see note CXXI above). This is an idol or other image.
^CXXXIX “men” = ish. Same as “men” in v2. See note XVII above.

^CXL “men” = elleh. Literally, “these.”
^CXLI “went” = bo. Same as “came” in v2. See note XXVII above.
^CXLII “idol” = pesel. Same as “idol” in v14. See note CXXI above.
^CXLIII “said” = amar. Same as “said” in v2. See note XXV above.

^CXLIV “said” = amar. Same as “said” in v2. See note XXV above.
^CXLV “keep quiet” = 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.
^CXLVI “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.
^CXLVII “mouth” = 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.
^CXLVIII “come” = halak. Same as “go” in v2. See note XXVI above.

^CXLIX “be” = hayah. Same as “become” in v4. See note XLII above.
^CL “father” = ab. This is father, chief, or ancestor. It is father in a literal or figurative sense.
^CLI “better” = tob. Same as “good” in v9. See note LXXXI above.
^CLII “one” = echad. Perhaps from achad (to unify, continue on a path; figuratively, to gather one’s thoughts). This is the number one, first, united. It can also be alone, altogether, a certain, a few.
^CLIII “person” = ish. Same as “men” in v2. See note XVII above.

^CLIV “accepted” = yatab. This is to be good or pleasing, joyful. It can also mean doing good in an ethical sense or be beautiful, happy, successful, or right.
^CLV “offer” = leb. From the same as lebab (the heart, courage, one’s inner self, the mind, the will; only used in a figurative sense in the Bible); 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 inner self, mind, will, feelings, the center.
^CLVI Literally, “heart was glad.”

^CLVII “idol” = pesel. Same as “idol” in v14. See note CXXI above.
^CLVIII “went” = bo. Same as “came” in v2. See note XXVII above.
^CIX “along with” = qereb. Same as “there” in v7. See note LIX above.
^CLX “resumed” = panah. This is to turn, regard, appear, look, prepare.
^CLXI “journey” = halak. Same as “go” in v2. See note XXVI above.
^CLXII “little ones” = taph. From taphaph (walking along with small, tripping steps like children do). This is little ones, children, families.

^CLXIII “livestock” = miqneh. From qanah (to get, acquire, purchase, move to jealousy, buyer, keep cattle). This is something that is bought, which implies property or possession. However, it is generally used of livestock – cattle, flock, herds.
^CLXIV “goods” = kebuddah. 3x in OT. From kabad (to be heavy, weighty, burdensome). This is abundance, weightiness, wealth, valuables, stately, or magnificence.
^CLXV “in front of” = paneh. Related to “resumed” in v21. From panah (see note CLX above). 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.

^CLXVI “some distance” = rachaq. Related to “far” in v7. See note LXX above.
^CLXVII “men” = enosh. Same as “men” in v14. See note CXII above.
^CLXVIII “called out” = zaaq. This is to cry or call out. It can be a call to assemble or gather together. By analogy, this could refer to a herald who announces a public gathering. It could also be a shriek from pain or danger.
^CLXIX “overtook” = dabaq. This is to follow closely or abide fast, to cling or be joined together. Figuratively, it can mean to catch something by chasing after it, to overtake, or to stick. A man clings to his wife in Genesis 2:24, Shechem was deeply attracted to Dinah in Genesis 34:3, Ruth clung to Naomi in Ruth 1:14, Solomon clung to his foreign wives and concubines in 1 Kings 11:2. It is also used of a tongue sticking to the mouth, pursuing or overtaking as in battle, and also clinging to God.
^CLXX “Danites” = ben + Dan. Same as “Danites” in v2. See note XIII above.

^CLXXI “shouted” = qara. Same as “called” in v12. See note CVI above.
^CLXXII “Danites” = ben + Dan. Same as “Danites” in v2. See note XIII above.
^CLXXIII “turned” = sabab. This is turning around, going around; to surround, cast, walk, fetch. It is to revolve or border in a literal or figurative sense.
^CLXXIV “around” = paneh. Same as “in front of” in v21. See note CLXV above.
^CLXXV “said” = amar. Same as “said” in v2. See note XXV above.
^CLXXVI “come with such a company” = zaaq. Same as “called out” in v22. See note CLXVIII above.

^CLXXVII “gods” = elohim. Same as “God” in v5. See note XLVI above.
^CLXXVIII “made” = asah. Same as “doing” in v3. See note XL above.
^CLXXIX “go away” = halak. Same as “go” in v2. See note XXVI above.
^CLXXX “left” = od. From ud (to admonish, repeat, duplicate, testify, restore, record, relieve). This is still, yet, again, more.

^CLXXXI “Danites” = ben + Dan. Same as “Danites” in v2. See note XIII above.
^CLXXXII “said” = amar. Same as “said” in v2. See note XXV above.
^CLXXXIII “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.
^CLXXXIV “or else” = pen. Related to “resumed” and “in front of” in v21. Perhaps from panah (see note CLX above). This is lest, if, or.
^CLXXXV “hot-tempered” = mar + nephesh. Mar is from marar (to be bitter, embittered, weep, troubled). This is bitterness literal or figurative. It could be fierce, angry, or discontented. Nephesh is related to naphash (to refresh or be refreshed). This is soul, self, person, emotion. It is a breathing creature. Can also refer to appetites and desires.
^CLXXXVI “fellows” = ish. Same as “men” in v2. See note XVII above.

^CLXXXVII “attack” = paga. This is to meet or happen, whether unintentionally or of violence. It can also be plead, spare, reach, or intercede.
^CLXXXVIII “lose” = asaph. This is to gather, assemble, or bring. It can also mean to take away, destroy, or remove.
^CLXXXIX “life” = nephesh. Same as “hot-tempered” in v25. See note CLXXXV above.
^CXC “lives” = nephesh. Same as “hot-tempered” in v25. See note CLXXXV above.
^CXCI “household” = bayit. Same as “house” in v2. See note XXX above.

^CXCII “Danites” = ben + Dan. Same as “Danites” in v2. See note XIII above.
^CXCIII “went” = halak. Same as “go” in v2. See note XXVI above.
^CXCIV “way” = derek. Same as “mission” in v5. See note XLVIII above.
^CXCV “too strong” = chazaq. From chazaq (to strengthen, seize, be courageous, repair, bind, heal, conquer, harden). This is strong, hard, powerful, loud, bold, violent, impudent. It is usually strong in a negative sense.
^CXCVI “turned” = panah. Same as “resumed” in v21. See note CLX above.
^CXCVII “went back” = 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.”

^CXCVIII “Danites” = hem. Literally, “they.”
^CXCIX “belonged” = hayah. Same as “become” in v4. See note XLII above.
^CC “came” = bo. Same as “came” in v2. See note XXVII above.
^CCI “put” = nakah. This is to hit whether lightly or severely. It can be used in a literal or figurative sense. So, this could be beat, punish, give wounds, kill, or slaughter.
^CCII {untranslated} = peh. Same as “mouth” in v19. See note CXLVII above.
^CCIII “sword” = chereb. From charab (to attack, slay). This is any sharp instrument like a sword, dagger, axe, or mattock.

^CCIV “burned down” = saraph + esh. Saraph is to burn or kindle. This is the root that “seraphim” comes from. Esh is fire, burning, flaming, hot. It is fire in a literal or figurative sense.
^CCV “city” = iyr. Related to “Kiriath-jearim” in v12. See note CIII above.
^CCVI “no” = ayin. Same as “no” in v1. See note II above.
^CCVII “deliverer” = natsal. This is to snatch someone or something away in a good sense – as rescue, defend, or deliver – or in a bad sense – as strip or plunder.
^CCVIII “Sidon” = Tsidon. Related to “Sidonians” in v17. See note LXII above.
^CCIX “no” = ayin. Same as “no” in v1. See note II above.

^CCX “valley” = emeq. From amoq (to be deep in a literal or figurative sense; profound). This is Vale or valley – frequently part of place names.
^CCXI “Beth-rehob” = Beth-rechob. Related to “Danites” and “house” in v2 & to “broad” in v10. 2x in OT. From bayit (see note XXX above) + rechob (a wide, open place like a plaza, square, or avenue); {from rachab (see note LXXXVII above)}. This is Beth-rehob, a place whose name may mean “place of a street” or “house of a street” or “house of wide plaza” or “house of breadth” or “region of wideness” or “place of a market.” See https://www.abarim-publications.com/Meaning/Beth-rehob.html
^CCXII “rebuilt” = banah. Related to “Danites” and “house” in v2 & “Beth-rehob” in v28. See note XIII above.
^CCXIII “lived” = yashab. Same as “live” in v1. See note IX above.

^CCXIV “named” = qara + shem. Qara is the same as “called” in v12. See note CVI above. Shem is related to “put” in v19. May be from sim (see note CXLVI 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.
^CCXV “Dan” = Dan. Same as “Danites” in v2. See note XIII above.
^CCXVI “ancestor” = ab. Same as “father” in v19. See note CL above.
^CCXVII “born” = yalad. This is to bear or bring forth. It can mean to act as midwife or to show one’s lineage. This is often used for birth or begetting.

^CCXVIII “name” = shem. Same as “named” in v29. See note CCXIV above.
^CCXIX “formerly” = rishon. From rishah (beginning or early time); from rosh (head, captain, or chief; excellent or the forefront; first in position or in statue or in time). This is first, former, ancestor, beginning, ranked first.
^CCXX “Danites” = ben + Dan. Same as “Danites” in v2. See note XIII above.
^CCXXI “set up” = qum. Same as “come” in v9. See note LXXVI above.
^CCXXII “idol” = pesel. Same as “idol” in v14. See note CXXI above.

^CCXXIII “Jonathan” = Yonathan. Related to “Micah” in v2 & “become” in v4 & “Lord” in v6 & to “given” in v10. From the same as Yehonathan (Jonathan or Jehonathan, meaning “the Lord has given.”); {from YHVH (see note XXXI above) + natan (see note LXXXVIII above)}. This is Jonathan, meaning “the Lord has given.”
^CCXXIV “son” = ben. Same as “Danites” in v2. See note XIII above.
^CCXXV “Gershom” = Gereshom. 14x in OT. From garash (to drive out or expel; to divorce or of an expatriate). This is Gershom, meaning exile or expelled.
^CCXXVI “Moses” = Menashsheh. From nashah (to forget, neglect, remove, deprive). This is Manasseh, literally “causing to forget.” It is Manasseh, his tribe, or the lands of the tribe.

^CCXXVII “Danites” = Dani. Same as “Danites” in v1. See note VI above.
^CCXXVIII “time” = yom. Same as “days” in v1. See note I above.
^CCXXIX “went into captivity” = galah. This is to remove, bring, carry, lead, appear, advertise. It can mean to strip someone or something bare in a negative sense. Captives were typically stripped before they were sent into exile. Used figuratively, in a positive sense, this word means reveal, disclose, discover.

^CCXXX “maintained” = sim. Same as “put” in v19. See note CXLVI above.
^CCXXXI “idol” = pesel. Same as “idol” in v14. See note CXXI above.
^CCXXXII “as long as” = kol + yom. Kol is the same as “anything” in v10. See note XCIV above. Yom is the same as “days” in v1. See note I above.
^CCXXXIII “Shiloh” = Shiloh. From shalah (to draw out, take away, require) OR from the same as Shiyloh (Shiloh; perhaps “he whose it is” or “tranquil”); perhaps from shalah (to be quiet, safe, tranquil; can imply success or happiness; could also mean to deceive or be negligent). This is Shiloh, perhaps “he whose it is” or “tranquil.”