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Biblical Hebrew words for worship and the Temple · 9 Biblical Hebrew words for covenant and promise · 8 Biblical Hebrew words for the heart and inner life · 10 Biblical Hebrew words for nature and creation · 5 Animals in the Hebrew Bible · 3 Biblical Hebrew words for farming and the land · 6 People and roles in the Hebrew Bible · 5

פִּגּוּל

sacrificial meat gone foul

מוֹלֶדֶת

kindred, birthplace

תַּמְרוּרִים

bitterness (bitter weeping)

fool (the stubborn one who repeats his folly); Orion

three-pronged meat fork

a cut half (of a covenant animal)

מְגוּרִים

sojournings; the place you lived as a guest

תּוּשִׁיָּה

sackcloth; sack

to stick, to cling

sheep-breeder, sheep-master

כְּלָיוֹת

kidneys — the seat of conscience and one's innermost feelings

bow (archer's weapon; also rainbow)

a rope; the measuring cord, and so the plot of land it measured out

the first rain of the season (early autumn rain)

young lion (metaphorically, a powerful ruler)

threshing floor

a vision, something seen in a prophetic trance

מִסְפֵּד

wailing, loud public lamentation

truly, so be it — a binding 'yes, I accept the terms'

a fire-offering; the portion of a sacrifice burned on the altar

kinsman-redeemer — the near relative obligated to rescue you

a hut, a makeshift shelter of branches

favor, grace, charm

go-between: interpreter, advocate

תְּשׁוּבָה

return, repentance

covenant, binding agreement

עֵרָבוֹן

a pledge handed over as security for a promise

shrewd, canny, sharp-eyed

לִוְיָתָן

sea-dragon, leviathan

the beaten-out dome of sky

inner sanctuary, the innermost room of the Temple

עֹלֵלוֹת

the small grape clusters left on the vine after the main harvest, for the poor

soothing aroma (of a sacrifice)

תְּנוּפָה

wave offering; a waving, brandishing motion

חֲסִידָה

sworn curse that binds a covenant

Yaacov, native Jerusalemite

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