אָב (ab) (Hebrew Lexicon • H1 • father, forefather, patriarch): father, forefather, patriarch. Father, ancestor, founder of clan; God as Father of Israel ('Is not He your Father, who bought you?', Deuteronomy 32:6 ). It is closely linked with בֵּן (ben) (Aramaic Lexicon • H1123 • son, children, building block): son, children, building block. Son, building block of community; 'children of the captivity' ( Ezra 6:16 ).
Father, ancestor, founder of clan; God as Father of Israel ('Is not He your Father, who bought you?', Deuteronomy 32:6).
Son, building block of community; 'children of the captivity' (Ezra 6:16).
Son; essential component of the premier Messianic apocalyptic title Bar Enash ('Son of Man', Daniel 7:13).
Judgment, heavenly court of justice; 'The court sat, and the books were opened' (Daniel 7:10, 22).
Judge, magistrate administering divine and civil law in Ezra 7:25.
Generation, epoch; 'His kingdom is from generation to generation' (Daniel 4:3, 34).
Human being, humanity, collective mankind, and proper name of first man Adam; created on sixth day from dust of adamah, covenant head of race.
Ground, soil, arable land; material source of human physical existence, cursed on account of human transgression, yielding fruit under blessing.
The Lord, Sovereign, Master; title applied exclusively to the God of Israel as Sovereign Ruler of the earth and Master of His covenant people.
To love, delight in; commanded in Shema ('love the LORD your God with all your heart', Deuteronomy 6:5) and neighbor love (Leviticus 19:18).
Love, affection, relational commitment; describes God's unprovoked love for Israel (Deuteronomy 7:8) and ardent marital covenant devotion.
House, household, royal dynasty (House of David), and temple (Beit YHWH, House of the LORD).
Firstborn male possessing double portion and headship; applied to Israel (Exodus 4:22) and Davidic King ('My firstborn, highest of the kings of the earth', Psalm 89:27).
Right of firstborn; sacred covenant inheritance traded by Esau for stew, obtained by Jacob (Genesis 25:31).
Hebrew lemma pronunciation and morphological inflection of the core theological concept of Covenant.
Son, male offspring; covenant heir; Israel as God's firstborn son (Exodus 4:22), and Davidic King as begotten Son (Psalm 2:7).
To create; a theological terminus technicus having exclusively God as subject, producing new realities ex nihilo without pre-existing materials.
A formal, legally binding compact or treaty sanctioned by oath and blood ceremony; the framework governing God's relation to creation, Israel, and David.
To kneel, adore, pronounce blessing, bestow beneficial favor and life-vitality; God blessing creatures imparts fertility and covenant flourishing.
Blessing, gift, invoked divine favor; foundational promise to Abraham ('in you all families of the earth shall be blessed', Genesis 12:3).
Glad news, reward for message of military victory; the joyful report of salvation.
To announce good tidings, herald glad news of victory and redemption; theological root of New Testament euangelion / gospel ('How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings good tidings', Isaiah 52:7).
Flesh, physical body, humanity; expresses human kinship ('one flesh') and creaturely transience in contrast to the eternal Spirit of God.
Daughter; personified community of God's covenant people: Bat Tziyyon ('Daughter of Zion', Isaiah 52:2, Zechariah 9:9).
To buy back, ransom, liberate kin from debt/enslavement, avenge blood, maintain property in family; Yahweh acts as Goel of Israel redeeming from Egypt and exile.
Right of repurchase, price of liberation, redemption of family ancestral inheritance (Leviticus 25, Ruth 4:6, Jeremiah 32:7).
Heroic warrior, champion; divine title of the Messiah in Isaiah 9:6 ('El Gibbôr', Mighty God) conquering the powers of darkness.
Heroic strength, might, victory; power of God demonstrated in creation and in the historical redemption of Israel from Egypt.
To be great, grow, magnify; worship doxology exalting the greatness of God's Name above all creation.
Greatness, magnitude; used of the infinite majesty, power, and mercy of God in saving His people.
To revile, taunt, speak insolent blasphemies against the holy transcendent God of Israel (2 Kings 19:6, Psalm 44:16).
Nation, body of people, pagan gentiles; geopolitical peoples of earth in distinction from Israel, yet promised redemption through seed of Abraham.
Sacred lot cast to determine divine will (Proverbs 16:33), allocate promised land to tribes, and designate Yom Kippur goats (Leviticus 16:8).
Idols, blocky shapeless things, dung-pellets; disparaging term in Ezekiel for pagan idols defiling Israel and provoking divine wrath.
To strip, uncover, reveal secret mysteries (galah ozen / galah sod); also physically to go into exile, stripped of homeland.
Garden, hedged enclosure; specifically the sanctuary-garden planted by God in Eden (Gan-Eden) where humanity walked in fellowship with God.