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 אָדָם (adam) (Hebrew Lexicon • H120 • man, mankind, Adam ): man, mankind, Adam . Human being, humanity, collective mankind, and proper name of first man Adam; created on sixth day from dust of adamah, covenant head of race.
father, forefather, patriarch. Father, ancestor, founder of clan; God as Father of Israel ('Is not He your Father, who bought you?', Deuteronomy 32:6).
man, mankind, Adam. Human being, humanity, collective mankind, and proper name of first man Adam; created on sixth day from dust of adamah, covenant head of race.
Lord, Sovereign Master. The Lord, Sovereign, Master; title applied exclusively to the God of Israel as Sovereign Ruler of the earth and Master of His covenant people.
generation, age. Generation, epoch; 'His kingdom is from generation to generation' (Daniel 4:3, 34).
low, poor, helpless, weak. Thin, lean, reduced in strength or resources; legal protection mandated in courts against bribery (Exodus 23:3).
judgment, court, judicial sentence. Judgment, heavenly court of justice; 'The court sat, and the books were opened' (Daniel 7:10, 22).
son, descendant, heir, member of class. Son, male offspring; covenant heir; Israel as God's firstborn son (Exodus 4:22), and Davidic King as begotten Son (Psalm 2:7).
son (Bar Enash in Daniel 7:13). Son; essential component of the premier Messianic apocalyptic title Bar Enash ('Son of Man', Daniel 7:13).
son, children, building block. Son, building block of community; 'children of the captivity' (Ezra 6:16).
ground, soil, agricultural earth. Ground, soil, arable land; material source of human physical existence, cursed on account of human transgression, yielding fruit under blessing.
firstborn, heir of covenant blessing. 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).
greatness, magnitude, majesty. Greatness, magnitude; used of the infinite majesty, power, and mercy of God in saving His people.
blood, lifeblood, shed blood. Blood, lifeblood; vehicle of creaturely life ('life of the flesh is in the blood', Leviticus 17:11) given upon altar to make atonement.
nation, gentile, people group. Nation, body of people, pagan gentiles; geopolitical peoples of earth in distinction from Israel, yet promised redemption through seed of Abraham.
flesh, body, humanity, frailty. Flesh, physical body, humanity; expresses human kinship ('one flesh') and creaturely transience in contrast to the eternal Spirit of God.
judge, magistrate. Judge, magistrate administering divine and civil law in Ezra 7:25.
judgment, cause, lawsuit, justice. Legal cause, lawsuit, judgment; defending the right of the fatherless and poor (Jeremiah 22:16).
house, family, dynasty, temple. House, household, royal dynasty (House of David), and temple (Beit YHWH, House of the LORD).
garden, enclosed paradise. Garden, hedged enclosure; specifically the sanctuary-garden planted by God in Eden (Gan-Eden) where humanity walked in fellowship with God.
to love, desire, delight in. 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).
to create, shape, form. To create; a theological terminus technicus having exclusively God as subject, producing new realities ex nihilo without pre-existing materials.
David, beloved (Davidic Covenant). David; shepherd, psalmist, anointed king of Israel with whom God made an unconditional everlasting covenant (2 Samuel 7, Psalm 89); prime type of the Messiah.
love, covenant affection. Love, affection, relational commitment; describes God's unprovoked love for Israel (Deuteronomy 7:8) and ardent marital covenant devotion.
birthright, primacy of inheritance. Right of firstborn; sacred covenant inheritance traded by Esau for stew, obtained by Jacob (Genesis 25:31).
daughter, inhabitants (Daughter of Zion). Daughter; personified community of God's covenant people: Bat Tziyyon ('Daughter of Zion', Isaiah 52:2, Zechariah 9:9).
good news, tidings, gospel message. Glad news, reward for message of military victory; the joyful report of salvation.
to bless, kneel, adore, pronounce favor. To kneel, adore, pronounce blessing, bestow beneficial favor and life-vitality; God blessing creatures imparts fertility and covenant flourishing.
blessing, benediction, prosperity. Blessing, gift, invoked divine favor; foundational promise to Abraham ('in you all families of the earth shall be blessed', Genesis 12:3).
to uncover, reveal, disclose, go into exile. To strip, uncover, reveal secret mysteries (galah ozen / galah sod); also physically to go into exile, stripped of homeland.
covenant, treaty, solemn alliance. A formal, legally binding compact or treaty sanctioned by oath and blood ceremony; the framework governing God's relation to creation, Israel, and David.
redemption, right of redemption, kinship. Right of repurchase, price of liberation, redemption of family ancestral inheritance (Leviticus 25, Ruth 4:6, Jeremiah 32:7).
to act vanity, become futile. To become empty, follow idols into delusion; 'they followed vanity and became vain' (2 Kings 17:15, Jeremiah 2:5).
word, matter, event, divine decree. Word, speech, matter, historic event; the Word of the LORD (Dǝḇar YHWH) as dynamic creative and prophetic power executing God's sovereign will in history.
to bring good news, herald tidings, proclaim. 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).
to grow, be magnified, exalt. To be great, grow, magnify; worship doxology exalting the greatness of God's Name above all creation.
mighty warrior, champion (El Gibbor). Heroic warrior, champion; divine title of the Messiah in Isaiah 9:6 ('El Gibbôr', Mighty God) conquering the powers of darkness.