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בא The filling of an empty space. בא To fill a space by entering it. באה (fem.) ENTRANCE: Strong's #: 872 בוא To come or go into a space is to fill it. A void within oneself that desires to be filled. בוא b.w.a COME (V): May also be translated as; Bring (when written in the hiphil [causative] form). To move toward something; approach; enter. This can be understood as to come or to go. To fill a void by entering it. Strong's #: 935 מבוא ma-vo (masc.) ENTRANCE: A place of entering. Once (Zechariah 8:7) used for the west as the place where the sun enters the underworld. Strong's #: 3996 תבואה te-vu-ah (fem.) PRODUCTION: Total output of a commodity or an industry. An increase of produce, usually of fruit. Strong's #: 8393 מבואה (fem.) ENTRANCE: A place of entering. Strong's #: 3997 בד The father of the tent often sat alone at the door of the tent. Here he could receive shade from the sun, watch over his household and watch the road for approaching strangers. (see Genesis 18:1,2) The pictograph is a representation of a tent. The is a picture of the tent door. These two pictographs represent "the door of the tent". בד Anyone or anything that is alone, apart or separated from the whole or from something else. בד bad (masc.) FIBER: May also be translated as; Linen, part; alone, aside, only, self, that alone (when prefixed with "to~"); besides (when prefixed with "from~" and "to~"). A branch (which may be used as a staff), string or filament, as separated from the tree or plant. Linen that is made from the fibers of the flax plant. Often used in the idiom "to his/her own fiber" meaning alone or self. Strong's #: 905, 906 בדד Someone or something that is alone and separated from the whole. בדד BE. ALONE (V): Strong's #: 909 בדד (masc.) ALONE: One who is separated from the group; solitary; desolate. Strong's #: 910 אבד A wanderer is one alone or lost. A place separated from people is a place of ruin. אבד a.b.d PERISH (V): To be deserted or abandoned; separated from the whole, life or functionality. Strong's #: 6, 7, 8 אבדה a-vey-dah (fem.) LOST. THING: An object that is missing or misplaced. Strong's #: 9 אבדון (fem.) DESTRUCTION: A place of ruin. Alternate spelling: אבדה Strong's #: 10, 11 אבדן (masc.) DESTRUCTION: A separation through extinction. Strong's #: 12, 13 בדא A separation from truth. בדא DEVISE (V): To invent a false account or story. Strong's #: 908 בד bad (masc.) LIE: A lie or liar, as what causes a separation through careless words, lying, or bragging. Strong's #: 907 ביד Something brought to ruin and left alone. ביד (masc.) RUIN: Someone or something brought to ruin. Alternate spelling: פיד Strong's #: 6365 בדל בדל b.d.l SEPARATE (V): To set or keep apart. Strong's #: 914 בדל (masc.) PIECE: Something that is divided or separated from something else. Strong's #: 915 בדיל (masc.) TIN: A metal separated out by smelting. Strong's #: 913 מבדלה (fem.) SEPARATE. PLACE: A place separated. Strong's #: 3995 בדק בדק REPAIR (V): The repairing of a breach in a wall. Strong's #: 918 בדק (masc.) BREACH: A breach in the wall of a building or ship. Strong's #: 919 בדר בדר (masc.) SCATTER: Strong's #: 921 בטל בטל HALT (V): To stop an action through hinderance. Strong's #: 988, 989 בתל בתול (fem.) VIRGINITY: The state of being absolutely chaste. (Always used in the masculine plural form) Strong's #: 1331 בתולה be-tu-lah (fem.) VIRGIN: An unmarried young woman who is absolutely chaste. Strong's #: 1330 שבט A branch used as a staff, scepter, spear, writing implement or measuring rod. שבט she-vet (masc.) STAFF: A walking stick made from the branch of a tree. Also, a tribe as a branch of the family. Strong's #: 7625, 7626 בה An empty space needing to be filled. אבה A void within oneself that desires to be filled. אבה a.b.h CONSENT (V): To give approval; to be in concord in opinion or sentiment; agreement as to action or opinion; to be willing to go somewhere or do something. Strong's #: 14 אבה (masc.) BOX: An empty container to be filled. Strong's #: 16 אבי a-viy (fem.) DESIRE: Strong's #: 15 בוה An empty space needing to be filled. בוהו bo-hu (masc.) UNFILLED: Empty. As an empty box that needs to be filled. Strong's #: 922 בז An enemy would plunder a household for goods to supply themselves as a bird of prey attacks its prey. The pictograph represents a house. The represents an agricultural implement or a weapon. Combined these pictographs have the meaning of “a house cut" or “attacked". בז The removal of what is of value as when an attacking army takes from the defeated all that is of value or the loss of value of a food due to spoilage. בז (masc.) SPOILS: Something that is seized by violence and robbery; prey; booty. Alternate spelling: בג Strong's #: 897, 957 בזה (fem.) SPOILS: Strong's #: 961 בזז בזז b.z.z PLUNDER (V): To commit robbery or looting. Strong's #: 962 בזא A division of what is plundered. בזא DIVIDE (V): A division made by cutting into pieces. Strong's #: 958 בזה To treat something as spoiled, no longer of value. בזה b.z.h DISDAIN (V): A feeling of contempt for what is beneath one; to look with scorn on; to treat something as spoiled or no longer of value. Strong's #: 959 בזוה (masc.) DESPISED: Something that is considered vile. Strong's #: 960 בזיון (masc.) DESPISED: Something that is treated as spoiled, no longer of value. Strong's #: 963 בוז To treat something as spoiled, no longer of value. בוז b.w.z DESPISE (V): To look down on with contempt or aversion. Strong's #: 936 בוז (masc.) DESPISED: One who is looked down upon with contempt or aversion. Strong's #: 937 בוזה (fem.) DESPISED: Strong's #: 939 בזק בזק (masc.) LIGHTNING: Strong's #: 965 בזר בזר SCATTER (V): Strong's #: 967 בצע בצע CUT. OFF (V): 1. To cut something off to destroy it. 2. To take something by force or greed. Strong's #: 1214 בצע be-tsa (masc.) PROFIT: A valuable return; to derive benefit. The taking of money or something of value through force in the sense of cutting. Strong's #: 1215 בח The killing of an animal for slaughter by inserting the point of the knife into throat to sever the artery. אבח אבחה (fem.) POINT: The point of a sword or knife. Strong's #: 19 בחן A close and careful examination of a place or something. An inspection to determine effectiveness. בחן b.hh.n EXAMINE (V): To inspect closely; to test, try or scrutinize. Strong's #: 974 בחן (masc.) WATCHTOWER: A place of inspection. Strong's #: 975 בחין (masc.) WATCHTOWER: A place of inspection. Strong's #: 971 בחון (masc.) WATCHTOWER: A place of inspection. Strong's #: 969 בוחן (masc.) TESTED: Something that has been tested through inspection and found worthy. Strong's #: 976 בחר An examination to determine the choicest. בחר b.hh.r CHOOSE (V): To select freely and after consideration. Strong's #: 977 בחיר (masc.) CHOSEN: Strong's #: 972 בחור (masc.) YOUTH: A young person as one chosen for an activity. Strong's #: 970 בחורות (fem.) YOUTH: The state of being at a young age. Strong's #: 979 מבחר miv-hhar (masc.) CHOSEN: Someone or something that is the object of choice or of divine favor. Strong's #: 4005 מבחור (masc.) CHOICE: The best of a group. Strong's #: 4004 בכר The firstfruits of the crop or womb. Can also be used for someone or something of great prominence as the firstborn is the prominent one who receives the greater inheritance and respect from the family. בכר b.k.r BEAR. FIRSTLING (V): To be the first born out of the womb or the first crops of a plant. Strong's #: 1069 בכר (masc.) YOUNG. CAMEL: A young camel. Strong's #: 1070 בכירה be-khi-rah (fem.) FIRSTBORN. FEMALE: The daughter that is born first; the prominent one. Alternate spelling: בכורה Strong's #: 1067 בכור be-khor (masc.) FIRSTBORN: The first offspring, usually a son, of a man or animal; the prominent one. Strong's #: 1060 בכורה be-kho-rah (fem.) BIRTHRIGHT: Rights, privileges or possessions to which a person is entitled by birth. The rights of the firstborn son (see Deut. 21:17). Also meaning the firstborn. Strong's #: 1062 בכורה (fem.) FIRSTRIPE: The first fruits of the harvest. Strong's #: 1073 ביכרה (fem.) CAMEL: A young female camel. Strong's #: 1072 ביכור bi-khor (masc.) FIRSTFRUIT: The first gathered fruits of a harvest; the first results of an undertaking. Strong's #: 1061 ביכורה (fem.) FIRSTFRUIT: Strong's #: 1063 זבח The killing of an animal for food or sacrifice. זבח z.b.hh SACRIFICE (V): An act of offering to deity something precious; to kill an animal for an offering. Strong's #: 1684, 2076 זבח ze-vahh (masc.) SACRIFICE: An animal killed for an offering. Strong's #: 1685, 2077 מזבח (masc.) ALTAR: The place of sacrifice. Strong's #: 4056 מזבח miz-bey-ahh (masc.) ALTAR: The place of sacrifice. Strong's #: 4196 טבח טבח t.b.hh BUTCHER (V): One who slaughters animals or dresses their flesh. Strong's #: 2873 טבח te-vahh (masc.) SLAUGHTERING: The act of slaughtering, the meat of the slaughter or one who slaughters. Also an executioner as one who slaughters. Strong's #: 2874, 2876, 2877 טבחה (fem.) COOK: One who slaughters animals for food. Strong's #: 2879 מטבח (masc.) SLAUGHTER: Strong's #: 4293 טיבחה (fem.) SLAUGHTER: The act of slaughtering. Also the meat of the slaughter. Strong's #: 2878 בט Something that is broken up into pieces. בט The crevices, clefts and cracks in rock cliffs and outcroppings. Something that is broken into pieces. A place of desolation. בטה (fem.) DESOLATION: Alternate spelling: בתה Strong's #: 1326, 1327 בטא An incoherent, broken or rash utterance of words usually spoken as a vow. בטא b.t.a UTTER (V): To speak out words. Alternate spelling: בטה Strong's #: 981 מבטא (masc.) UTTERANCE: Words that are spoken out. Strong's #: 4008 בהט The intersecting lines of marble appear as broken pieces. בהט (masc.) RED. MARBLE: Strong's #: 923 בטן בטן be-ten (fem.) WOMB: An organ where something is generated or grows before birth. Strong's #: 990 בוטן bo-ten (masc.) PISTACHIO: A greenish-yellow nut from a small tree of the same name. From its belly shape. Strong's #: 992 בנט אבנט av-neyt (masc.) SASH: A waistband worn around the waist. Strong's #: 73 בתק A cutting into pieces. בתק CUT (V): Strong's #: 1333 בתר A cutting into two pieces. בתר b.t.r CUT. IN. TWO (V): To sever into two pieces or parts. Strong's #: 1334 בתר be-ter (masc.) CUT. PIECE: A sacrificial animal that has been cut into pieces. Strong's #: 1335 בך The placing of one eyes in the palms when crying. A weeping from mourning or from the billowing of smoke in the eyes.The pictograph is a tent representing what is inside. The is the palms of the hand. Combined these mean the "inside the palms". אבך The rolling of the tears down the cheek. אבך ROLL (V): The rolling of smoke. Strong's #: 55 בכא בכא (masc.) BALSAM: A tree that weeps sap when cut. Strong's #: 1057 בכה בכה b.k.h WEEP (V): To express deep sorrow, especially by shedding tears. Strong's #: 1058 בכה (masc.) WEEP: Strong's #: 1059 בכית be-khit (fem.) TIME. OF. WEEPING: A period of sadness or mourning. Strong's #: 1068 בכי be-khi (masc.) WEEPING: The act of expressing sorrow by shedding tears. Strong's #: 1065 בוך To be tangled, confused or lost in a place of uncertainty that can bring one to tears. בוך b.w.k ENTANGLED (V): Twisted together or interwoven in a confused manner. Involved. Strong's #: 943 מבוכה (fem.) CONFUSION: A state of entanglement. Strong's #: 3998 נבך נבך (masc.) SPRING: A spring of water. Strong's #: 5033 בל A flowing of any substance. בל To come to nothing when effort is given. בל (masc.) NONE: Strong's #: 1077 בלי be-li (masc.) UNAWARE: May also be translated as; Not. Without design, attention, preparation, or premeditation. Strong's #: 1097 תבלית (fem.) RUIN: A complete flowing away of something by destruction. Strong's #: 8399 בלו (masc.) TRIBUTE: Strong's #: 1093 בלל A flowing or mixing of a liquid or solid. בלל b.l.l MIX (V): To combine in one mass; to mingle together. Strong's #: 1101 בליל (masc.) FODDER: A mixed feed for livestock. Strong's #: 1098 תבל (fem.) UNNATURAL. MIX: An action that lacks any results. Strong's #: 8397 תבלול (masc.) CATARACT: The clouding color of the eyes that appear as a mixture. Strong's #: 8400 אבל A flowing of tears. אבל a.b.l MOURN (V): To feel or express grief or sorrow. Strong's #: 56 אבל a-veyl MOURNING: A flowing of tears. Also, a meadow as a weeping ground. Strong's #: 57, 58, 60 אבל a-val (masc.) NEVERTHELESS: In spite of that. A flowing of certainty. Strong's #: 61 אובל (masc.) WATERWAY: A flowing of water. Strong's #: 180 בלא A flowing away life. בלא (masc.) OLD: Alternate spelling: בלוי Strong's #: 1094 הבל A flowing out or away of contents. הבל VAIN (V): To be void of usefulness. Strong's #: 1891 הבל (masc.) VANITY: The state of being empty of contents or usefulness. Strong's #: 1892 בהל The flowing of the insides through trouble, amazement, haste or anxiety. בהל b.h.l STIR (V): To disturb the quiet of; agitate. Strong's #: 926, 927 בהלה (fem.) DISMAY: Strong's #: 928 בהיל (masc.) HASTE: Alternate spelling: בהילו Strong's #: 924 בלה A flowing away of function, life or strength. בלה b.l.h WEAR. OUT (V): To make useless, especially by long or hard usage. Strong's #: 1086, 1089 בלה (masc.) WORN. OUT: Strong's #: 1080, 1087 בלהה (fem.) TERROR: A flowing away of the insides. Strong's #: 1091 בול A large flowing of water. As the river rises and overflows its banks, the surrounding lands are flooded depositing the water for growing the crops. בול (masc.) OVERGROWTH: The large amount of vegetation that grows on the banks of a river. Strong's #: 944 מבול ma-bul (masc.) FLOOD: To cover with an overwhelming quantity or volume of water. Strong's #: 3999 יבל A flowing of wealth, water or sound. יבל y.b.l BRING (V): Strong's #: 2986, 2987 יבל (masc.) WATERCOURSE: A flowing body of water. Strong's #: 2988 יבלת (fem.) ULCER: A flowing or seeping lesion. Strong's #: 2990 יבול (masc.) PRODUCT: The growth of fruits and crops from flooding waters. Strong's #: 2981 יובל yo-vel (masc.) TRUMPET: An instrument of flowing air to make a sound. Also, the horn of a ram as used as a trumpet. Strong's #: 3104 תיבל tey-vel (fem.) EARTH: The whole of the land or region. A land flowing with substance. Strong's #: 8398 יובל (masc.) CREEK: A flowing body of water. Strong's #: 3105 בבל A mixing up. בבל (masc.) MIXED. UP: Strong's #: n/a בלם A binding of the mouth to restrain an animal. בלם MUZZLE (V): Strong's #: 1102 בלע בלע b.l.ah SWALLOW (V): To pass through the mouth and move into the esophagus to the stomach. Strong's #: 1104 בלע (masc.) SWALLOWED: Strong's #: 1105 בלק בלק b.l.q LAY. WASTE (V): Strong's #: 1110 בלת בילתי bil-ti (masc.) EXCEPT: May also be translated as; Not; by not (when prefixed with "to~"). With the exclusion of from the whole. The whole with the exception of one or more. Strong's #: 1115 דבל דבלה (fem.) CAKE: A cake of pressed figs. Strong's #: 1690 טבל טבל t.b.l DIP (V): To plunge or immerse momentarily or partially, as under the surface of a liquid, to moisten, cool, or coat. Strong's #: 2881 טבול (masc.) TURBAN: Strong's #: 2871 כבל כבל (masc.) FETTER: As twisted together. Strong's #: 3525 נבל נבל n.b.l FADE (V): To degrade a person, action or object. To droop or pass away. To wither away as a leaf. To wear out of strength. To act unproductively. Strong's #: 5034 נבל (masc.) PITCHER: A vessel for holding liquids such as a bottle or skin bag. Also a musical instrument of similar shape. Strong's #: 5035 נבלה (fem.) DEAD. BODY: The remains of a creature or person that has lost its life. Strong's #: 5038 נבלות (fem.) VAGINA: In the sense of flowing. Strong's #: 5040 נבל נבל (masc.) FOOL: In the sense of fading away. Strong's #: 5036 נבלה ne-va-lah (fem.) FOLLY: Lack of good sense or prudence and foresight. In the sense of fading away. Strong's #: 5039 עבל עיבל (masc.) ROUND. STONE: Strong's #: n/a עובל (masc.) ROUNDED: Strong's #: n/a רבל ריבלה (fem.) FRUITFUL: A noun of uncertain meaning. Strong's #: n/a שבל The flooding of the river which provides water to the surrounding crop fields. שבל sh.b.l EXCHANGE (V): The act of giving or taking one thing in return for another. To buy or sell produce, usually grain. Bartering. Alternate spelling: שבר Strong's #: 7666 שבל she-ver (masc.) GRAIN. SEEDS: A family of grasses used for food. As traded or sold. Alternate spelling: שבר Strong's #: 7668 שביל (masc.) PATH: As the path of a stream. Strong's #: 7635 שובל (masc.) UPPER. LEG: As the leg of a stream. Strong's #: 7640 שבלול (masc.) SNAIL: From the trail it leaves appearing like a stream. Strong's #: 7642 שיבול shi-bol (masc.) / שיבולת (fem.) SHEAVE: Grains grown in fields watered by the flooding of the river. To gather and bind into a sheaf. Also, meaning a flood that gives water to the soil for growing crops. Alternate spelling: חבלת Strong's #: 5451, 7641 שבק שבק sh.b.q LEAVE. ALONE (V): Strong's #: 7662 בם Anything that is tall, high or that is lifted up or exalted. בהם A tall creature. בהמה be-hey-mah (fem.) BEAST: An animal as distinguished from man or a plant. A tall or large creature. Also representative of wealth, as one who is exalted. Strong's #: 929, 930 במה במה (fem.) PLATFORM: A place higher than the surrounding area. Often used in reference to sacred, or exalted, places. Strong's #: 1116 יבם When a husband dies his brother takes his place as his sister-in-laws husband. Any children born to him will be of his brother's line in order to continue, lift up, his family. יבם y.b.m DO. THE. MARRIAGE. DUTY (V): To perform the duty of the brother-in-law. When a brother dies, it is his brother's responsibility to marry his sister-in-law to provide his brother a child there-by, exalting the woman to her responsibility of bringing a child for her dead husband. Strong's #: 2992 יבם (masc.) BROTHER. IN. LAW: A male sibling of one's spouse. Strong's #: 2993 יבמת (fem.) SISTER. IN. LAW: A female sibling of one's spouse. Strong's #: 2994 בן The tent was constructed of woven goat hair. Over time the sun bleaches and weakens the goat hair necessitating their continual replacement. Each year the women make a new panel, approximately 3 feet wide and the length of the tent. The old panel is removed (being recycled into a wall or floor) and the new strip is added to the tent. Since the tent is only replaced one small piece at a time the tent essentially lasts forever. The pictograph is a picture of the tent. The is a picture of a sprouting seed and represents continuity as the seed continues the next generation. The combined meaning of these letters mean “the continuing of the house". בן There are many similarities between building a tent out of goat hair panels and the building of a house out of sons (The idea of building a house with sons can be seen in Genesis 30.3). Just as the tent panels are added to continue the tent, sons are born to the family to continue the family line. Just as the tent is continually being renewed with new panels, the family is continually being renewed with new sons. בן ben (masc.) SON: A male offspring. This can be the son or a later male descendant of the father. One who continues the family line. Strong's #: 1121, 1123, 1247, 1248 בת bat (fem.) DAUGHTER: A female having the relation of a child to parent. A village that resides outside of the city walls; as "the daughter of the city." Strong's #: 1323 תבן te-ven (masc.) STRAW: Stalks of grain after threshing; dry, stalky plant residue. When more permanent structures were built, they were constructed of stones and bricks made of clay and straw; replacing the tent panels as the main component of construction for dwellings. Strong's #: 8401 מתבן (masc.) STRAW: When more permanent structures were built they were constructed of stones and bricks, made of clay and straw, replacing the tent panels as the main component of construction for dwellings. Strong's #: 4963 בנן The building of a family or a structure for housing the family. בנין (masc.) BUILDING: Strong's #: 1146, 1147 אבן אבן e-ven (fem.) STONE: A piece of rock, often in the context of building material. Strong's #: 68, 69 אובן o-ven (masc.) STONE. STOOL: A platform made of stone and used by a potter or a midwife. Strong's #: 70 הבן The hardness of stone or brick. הבן (masc.) EBONY: A hard wood. Strong's #: 1894 בהן The part of the body understood as the builder by the Hebrews. בוהן bo-hen (fem.) THUMB: The opposable digit of the hand. Also the big toe of the foot. Perceived as the builder because of its unique abilities. Strong's #: 931 בנה A structure built for occupation. בנה b.n.h BUILD (V): To construct a building or home with wood, stone or other material or a family with sons. Strong's #: 1124, 1129 בניה (fem.) BUILDING: Strong's #: 1140 מבנה (masc.) STRUCTURE: The framework of a building. Strong's #: 4011 תבנית tav-nit (fem.) PATTERN: A model or instructions detailing a construction. Strong's #: 8403 בון The skill of the mind and hands to build. Before the tent is constructed the location and orientation must be carefully considered according to weather, view and size. The planning and building of a house, structure or family. תבון ta-vun (masc.) / תבונה te-vu-nah (fem.) INTELLIGENCE: The ability to learn, reason, plan and build. Strong's #: 8394 בין The tent was usually divided into two parts, one for the females and the other for the male. The wall makes a distinction between the two sides. Understanding as the ability to discern between two or more things. בין b.y.n UNDERSTAND (V): To grasp the meaning of; to have comprehension. Strong's #: 995 בין beyn (masc.) BETWEEN: In the time, space or interval that separates. As the wall is between the two sides of the tent. Strong's #: 996, 997, 1143 בינה (fem.) UNDERSTANDING: A comprehension of the construction of a structure or thought. Strong's #: 998, 999 לבן לבן l.b.n MAKE. BRICKS (V): To shape moist clay or earth into blocks for construction purposes. Can also mean to be "white." Strong's #: 3835 לבנה le-vey-nah (fem.) BRICK: A building material typically rectangular and of moist clay hardened by heat. Strong's #: 3840, 3843 מלבן (masc.) BRICK. KILN: A furnace for firing bricks. Strong's #: 4404 בס The corral or pen is used for storing livestock. אבס Livestock chosen for slaughter are placed in pens and fed to make them. אבס FEED. GRAIN (V): To feed livestock or fowl grain to make fat. Strong's #: 75 אבוס (masc.) MANGER: A feeding trough. Strong's #: 18 מאבוס (masc.) GRANARY: A place for storing feed. Strong's #: 3965 בוס The ground inside the stall is heavily trampled by the livestock and made hard and compact. בוס b.w.s TRAMPLE. DOWN (V): To purposely destroy by stomping upon to break or smash. Strong's #: 947 תבוסה (fem.) TRAMPLED: To be destroyed by being tread upon. Strong's #: 8395 מבוסה (fem.) TRAMPLED: Strong's #: 4001 בנס בנס ANGER (V): Strong's #: 1149 בסם בשם ba-sham (masc.) BALSAM: A sweet smelling spice. Strong's #: 1313 בסמת (fem.) FRAGRANCE: A sweet smelling spice. Strong's #: n/a בוסם bo-sem (masc.) SWEET. SPICE: An aromatic spice that is pleasing to the nose. Strong's #: 1314 מבסם (masc.) SPICE. PLACE: A sweet smelling spice. Strong's #: n/a בצק The swelling of dough as it ferments. בצק b.ts.q SWELL. UP (V): To rise or increase in size. Strong's #: 1216 בצק ba-tseyq (masc.) DOUGH: A mass of flour and water that rises when yeast is added and is then baked into bread or cakes. Strong's #: 1217 בשס בשס TRAMPLE (V): Strong's #: 1318 כבס Clothes were placed in the cleaning solution and trampled on. כבס k.b.s WASH (V): To immerse articles of clothing into a cleaning solution and agitate them, usually by treading upon them, to clean them; to clean the body. Strong's #: 3526 כבש כבש k.b.sh SUBDUE (V): To conquer and bring into subjection; bring under control. Place the foot on the land in the sense of subduing it. Also, to place one’s foot into another nation in the sense of subduing it. Strong's #: 3533 כבש (masc.) FOOTSTOOL: Strong's #: 3534 כיבשן kiv-shan (masc.) FURNACE: An enclosed structure in which heat is produced by burning wood inside. Strong's #: 3536 בע A gushing over or swelling up as an eruption or a fountain. בע בעי (masc.) HEAP: A mound of dirt over a grave. Strong's #: 1164 אבע אבעבועה a-va-bu-ah (fem.) PUSTULE: A swelling irritation that festers on the skin. An inflammatory pustule as an eruption. Strong's #: 76 בעה בעה SEEK (V): Strong's #: 1156, 1158 בוע A swelling up of water from the ground. מבוע (masc.) SPRING: Strong's #: 4002 בעט בעט b.ah.t KICK (V): Strong's #: 1163 בער A burning with fire or rage. בער b.ah.r BURN (V): May also be translated as; Ignite (when written in the piel [intensive] form). To undergo rapid combustion or consume fuel in such a way as to give off heat, gases, and, usually, light; be on fire; have fierce anger Strong's #: 1197 בער (masc.) BARBAROUS: A burning one. Strong's #: 1198 בערה be-ey-rah (fem.) BURNING: Something that is aflame with fire. Strong's #: 1200 תבערה tav-ey-rah (fem.) KINDLED: Strong's #: n/a בעתה (fem.) TROUBLE: What causes fear. Strong's #: 1205 בעור (masc.) IGNITING: Strong's #: n/a ביעות (masc.) TERROR: What causes fear. Strong's #: 1161 טבע טבע t.b.ah SINK (V): To fall, drop, or descend down to a lower level. Strong's #: 2883 טבעת ta-ba-at (fem.) RING: A circular band of metal or other durable material. Also the signet ring containing the mark of the owner that is sunk into a lump of clay as a seal. Strong's #: 2885 נבע נבע BELCH (V): Strong's #: 5042 פחד The shaking and trembling of the thighs when afraid or in reverence of an awesome thing. פחד p.hh.d SHAKE. IN. AWE (V): To physically or mentally tremble in amazement or fear. Strong's #: 6342 פחד pa-hhad (masc.) AWE: As shaking when in the presence of an awesome sight. Strong's #: 6343, 6344 פחדה (fem.) AWESOMENESS: Strong's #: 6345 צבע The dipping of the finger into a vat of dye and dripping color onto something. צבע WET (V): To be wet with the drops of dew. Strong's #: 6641, 6647 צבע (masc.) SPOTS: Something spotted with different colors. Strong's #: 6648 צבעון (masc.) SPLASHED: Strong's #: n/a אצבע ets-ba (fem.) FINGER: The extension of the hand. Can be used to point. Through the sense of dipping into a liquid, such as blood, and dripping drops onto something. Strong's #: 676, 677 בק A thing or place empty of contents or inhabitants. בק בקבוק (masc.) BOTTLE: Strong's #: 1228 בקק בקק b.q.q EMPTY. OUT (V): To be drained away. Strong's #: 1238 אבק The arid landscape of an empty land. אבק a.b.q GRAPPLE (V): A hand-to-hand struggle. Rolling around in the dust when wrestling. Strong's #: 79 אבק a-vaq (masc.) DUST: Fine particles of earth or other material that are easily disturbed to create a cloud. Strong's #: 80 אבקה (fem.) AROMATIC. POWDER: Strong's #: 81 בהק A harmless skin rash or spot empty of fluid. בהק (masc.) RASH: Strong's #: 933 בוק בוקי (masc.) / בוקה (fem.) VACANT: Strong's #: 950 מבוקה (fem.) DRAINED: Strong's #: 4003 דבק דבק d.b.q ADHERE (V): To join or stick to someone or something. Strong's #: 1692, 1693 דבק (masc.) FASTENER: What joins together. Strong's #: 1694, 1695 בר The plant families of grains such as wheat and barley have a cluster of seeds at the top of the stalk called "heads". These grains were used for food for both man and livestock. The pictograph is a picture of a tent but also represents the family which resides inside the tent. The is a picture of a head. Combined these have the meaning of "family of heads". בר Grains grown in fields were used for meal to make flour as well as feed for livestock. The stalks of the grains were burned to make potash for making soap. What is cleaned with soap becomes white or bright. בר bar (masc.) GRAIN: A seed or fruit of a cereal grass. The grain and the field as a place for growing grain. Strong's #: 1250, 1251 ברבור bar-bur (masc.) FOWL: Birds fattened on the grains in the field. Strong's #: 1257 ברר The stalks of the grains were burned to make potash for making soap. ברר CLEAN (V): The cleaning or polishing of something to make it bright or pure. May also mean "choice" in the sense of being clean or pure. Strong's #: 1305 ברר ba-rar (masc.) CLEAN: Cleanliness from soap. Also pure as a moral cleanliness. Alternate spelling: בר Strong's #: 1249 אבר The fowl, fed on grain, becomes strong for the long flight. אבר SOAR (V): Strong's #: 82 אבר (masc.) LONG. WINGED: Strong's #: 83 אברה (fem.) FEATHER: Strong's #: 84 אביר a-vir (masc.) VALIANT: Possessing or acting with bravery or boldness. The mighty power of a bird in flight. Anything or anyone of great mental or physical strength. Strong's #: 46, 47 באר באר b.a.r EXPLAIN (V): To provide a meaning. Strong's #: 874 ברא Grain is fed to the livestock making them fat or full. ברא b.r.a FATTEN (V): To make more substantial, fleshy or plump; to fill up. The filling of the earth in Genesis 1 with the sun, moon, plants and animals. The filling of man with breath and the image of God. Strong's #: 1254 בריא ba-ri (masc.) / בריאה (fem.) FED. FAT: A member of the livestock that has been fed grains to fatten it for the slaughter. Strong's #: 1277, 1278 הבר הבר DIVIDE (V): Strong's #: 1895 בהר What is cleaned with soap becomes white or bright. בהרת (fem.) WHITE. SPOT: A light colored blemish or spot on the skin and a possible sign of leprosy. Strong's #: 934 בהיר (masc.) BRIGHT: Strong's #: 925 ברה The grain is used as food for man or livestock. Livestock fed grains become fat and are the choicest for slaughter. ברה SELECT (V): To choose in the sense of choosing the best piece of meat. Strong's #: 1262 ברות (fem.) MEAT: The choicest meats are those from fatted livestock. Strong's #: 1267 ברית be-rit (fem.) COVENANT: A solemn and binding agreement between two or more parties especially for the performance of some action. Often instituted through a sacrifice. Strong's #: 1285 בריה be'rih (masc.) FATTENED: Livestock that are fed grains become fat. Strong's #: 1274 ביריה (fem.) MEAT: Strong's #: 1279 בור בור (masc.) CLEAN: Strong's #: 1252, 1253 בורית (fem.) SOAP: Strong's #: 1287 ביר בירה (fem.) PALACE: Strong's #: 1001, 1002 בירנית (fem.) CASTLE: Strong's #: 1003 ברך The bending at the knee to drink from a pond or present a gift. ברך b.r.k KNEEL (V): May also be translated as; Respect (when written in the piel [intensive] form). To bend the knee, to kneel in homage or to kneel down to get a drink water. Strong's #: 1288, 1289 ברך be-rekh (masc.) KNEE: The joint between the femur and tibia of the leg. Strong's #: 1290, 1291 ברכה be-ra-khah (fem.) PRESENT: A gift given to another in respect as if on bended knee. Also, a pool of water as a place where one kneels down to drink from. Strong's #: 1293, 1295 אברך av-reykh (masc.) BEND. THE. KNEE: A kneeling down, often as a sign of respect to another. Strong's #: 86 ברק The shining flash of a sword as it is thrust. ברק THRUST (V): To thrust a sword or throw lightning bolts. Strong's #: 1299 ברק ba-raq (masc.) FLASH: The bright light shining off the edge of a sword. The bright light of lightning. Strong's #: 1300 ברקת ba-re-qet (fem.) EMERALD: Possibly the Emerald, a green variety of Beryl. The Hebrew word is from a root meaning to flash or shimmer, while the Septuagint uses Smaragdos meaning a green stone. Other possible translations are Beryl or Quartz. Strong's #: 1304 #REF! ברש ברוש (masc.) CYPRESS: As a sharp sword. Alternate spelling: ברות Strong's #: 1265, 1266 גבר One of great strength (warrior) or authority (master). גבר g.b.r OVERCOME (V): To get the better of. Be successful in strength or authority. Strong's #: 1396 גבר ge-ver (masc.) WARRIOR: One of great strength in battle, such as a warrior. One who is strong in authority, such as a master. Strong's #: 1397, 1399, 1400 גברת ge-ve-ret (fem.) FEMALE. OWNER: A female master overseeing slaves or servants. Strong's #: 1404 גביר ge-vir (masc.) OWNER: Possessor of an article or property. Strong's #: 1376 גבירה (fem.) MISTRESS: Strong's #: 1377 גבורה ge-vo-rah (fem.) BRAVERY: An act of defending one's property, convictions or beliefs. Control through physical strength. Strong's #: 1369, 1370 גיבר (masc.) MIGHTY: Strong's #: 1401 גיבור gi-bor (masc.) COURAGEOUS: Having or characterized by mental or moral strength to venture, persevere, and withstand danger, fear or difficulty. Strong's #: 1368 עבר The crossing over or passing through a land or water to gain access to the side beyond. עבר ah.b.r CROSS. OVER (V): To pass from one side to the other; to go across a river or through a land; to transgress in the sense of crossing over. Strong's #: 5668, 5674, 5675 עבר ey-ver (masc.) OTHER. SIDE: As being across from this side. Strong's #: 5676 עברה ev-rah (fem.) WRATH: Strong vengeful anger. As crossing over from peace. Strong's #: 5678, 5679 עברון ev-ron (masc.) / עברונה ev-ro-nah (fem.) CROSSING. ONE: Strong's #: n/a מעבר ma-a-var (masc.) CROSSING: A place or structure as on a street or over a river where pedestrians or vehicles pass from one side to the other. In the river for crossing. Strong's #: 4569 עבור a-vur (masc.) GRAIN: Strong's #: 5669 בש A drying up of a land, stream, plant, etc. When a wetland dries up the fish and vegetation die and begin to stink from the rotting matter. Shame in the sense of being whithered up. בש Shame in the sense of being whithered up. בשן (masc.) / בשנה (fem.) SHAME: In the sense of being whithered and dried up. Strong's #: 1317 באש The smell of a dried up marsh. באש b.a.sh STINK (V): To emit a bad odor or be loathsome. Strong's #: 887, 888 באש (masc.) STINK: A foul odor. Strong's #: 889 באשה (fem.) STINKWEED: Strong's #: 890 באוש (fem.) STINK: Strong's #: 873, 891 בוש Shame in the sense of being whithered up. בוש b.w.sh BE. ASHAMED (V): May also be translated as; Refrained (when written in the piel [intensive] form). Feeling shame, guilt or disgrace; to be dried up with shame. Strong's #: 954 בושה (fem.) SHAME: In the sense of being whithered and dried up. Strong's #: 955 בושת (fem.) SHAME: A state of confusion in the sense of being dried up. Strong's #: 1322 מבוש (masc.) GENITALS: The feeling of shame when exposed. Strong's #: 4016 יבש A dried up and withered land. יבש y.b.sh DRY. OUT (V): To be withered, ashamed or confused. Strong's #: 3001 יבש (masc.) DRY: Strong's #: 3002 יבשה ya-ba-shah (fem.) DRY. GROUND: Land that has become dried, parched or void of water. Strong's #: 3004 יבשת ya-be-shet (fem.) DRY. LAND: An area void of moisture or water. Strong's #: 3006, 3007 לבש לבש l.b.sh WEAR (V): May also be translated as; Clothe (when written in the hiphil [causative] form). To cover with cloth or clothing; to provide with clothing; put on clothing. Strong's #: 3847, 3848 לבוש le-vush (masc.) CLOTHING: Garments in general. Strong's #: 3830, 3831 מלבוש (masc.) CLOTHING: Strong's #: 4403 תלבושת (fem.) CLOTHING: Strong's #: 8516 עבש Something that is withered and dried up. עבש ROT (V): Strong's #: 5685 בת The family mark is the name of the patriarch of the family (such as "the house of Jacob"). The primary function of the tent is to provide a protection and a sleeping area at night. The pictograph is the tent or house. The is two crossed sticks meaning a mark or sign. בת בת bat (masc.) BAT: A liquid standard of measure equal to 9 Imperial gallon. Strong's #: 1324, 1325 בות A place for spending the night. בות LODGE (V): To spend the night. Strong's #: 956 בית The house or tent where the family spends the night. בית beyt (masc.) HOUSE: May also be translated as; Inside. The structure or the family, as a household that resides within the house. A housing. Within. Strong's #: 1004, 1005 ביתן (masc.) PALACE: A large house. Strong's #: 1055