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perpetuity, endurance, victory. Eminence, endurance, everlastingness, perpetuity, truth; unwavering consistency of God ('The Glory of Israel will not lie', 1 Samuel 15:29).

to make, do, fashion, accomplish. To make, produce, fashion, perform; broad verb of creative and historical action, describing God making the cosmos and fulfilling covenant.

to lift up, carry, bear iniquity, forgive. To lift, carry, bear; in soteriological context, to bear away iniquity as substitutionary bearer, hence to forgive ('bearing iniquity and transgression', Exodus 34:7; Isaiah 53:4, 12).

time, season, appointed epoch. Time, proper occasion, opportune season ('To everything there is a season', Ecclesiastes 3:1); divine kairos for deliverance or judgment.

perpetuity, eternity, forever. Continuous duration, perpetual time, eternity; used of the eternal dwelling of God ('inhabits eternity', Isaiah 57:15) and Messiah's throne.

Eden, delight, primeval paradise. Eden, delight; primeval location of human paradise and pristine sanctuary where river branched into four headwaters.

soul, life, living being, person. Throat, neck, appetite, breath, life, living creature; in biblical anthropology, humanity was created a living soul (nephesh chayah), a psychophysical unity.

to bend, twist, pervert, act iniquitously. To twist moral rectitude, pervert divine justice, make crooked ('we have sinned and acted iniquitously', Daniel 9:5).

to know, perceive, choose. To know, ascertain, experience, perceive; in covenant context denotes experiential intimacy, recognition of authority, and divine election ('You only have I known').

people, covenant nation, kin. People, kinfolk, tribe; designates the covenant community of Israel ('My people', ammi), bound by covenant with Yahweh.

to deliver, snatch away, rescue, strip. To snatch away from danger, pluck out of burning, liberate from power of oppressors (Hiphil: hitsil).

to show grace, be gracious, bestow favor. To bend down, show unmerited favor, pity; heartfelt petition of psalmist ('Be gracious to me, O God, according to Your lovingkindness', Psalm 51:1).

to breathe into, blow, inflate. To blow, breathe into; specific act of God breathing the breath of life into nostrils of Adam, animating inanimate dust into a living soul.

helper, rescue, counterpart. Help, vital rescuer; applied to woman as corresponding counterpart to man (ezer kenegdo, Genesis 2:18), and to God as Israel's sole deliverer.

wise, skilled, discerning. Wise, judicious, skilled in ethical living and practical craftsmanship, receptive to instruction.

low, poor, helpless, weak. Thin, lean, reduced in strength or resources; legal protection mandated in courts against bribery (Exodus 23:3).

mother, matriarch. Mother, bearer of life; honored in Decalogue, and metaphor for divine comfort ('As one whom his mother comforts', Isaiah 66:13).

flesh, body, humanity, frailty. Flesh, physical body, humanity; expresses human kinship ('one flesh') and creaturely transience in contrast to the eternal Spirit of God.

daughter, inhabitants (Daughter of Zion). Daughter; personified community of God's covenant people: Bat Tziyyon ('Daughter of Zion', Isaiah 52:2, Zechariah 9:9).

deliverance, escaped remnant, escape. Escape, deliverance, body of survivors; signifies those whom Yahweh snatches from destruction to constitute the restored community.

light, daylight, illumination. Physical light summoned at creation ('Let there be light'), spiritual revelation, purity, and divine favor ('The LORD is my light').

poor, afflicted, humble, needy. Afflicted, economically oppressed, bowed down; object of special divine care and Messianic salvation.

servant, slave, worshiper. Servant, bondservant; honorary title of covenant leaders (Moses, David) and supremely the prophetic 'Servant of the LORD' (Isaiah 53).

greatness, magnitude, majesty. Greatness, magnitude; used of the infinite majesty, power, and mercy of God in saving His people.

to subdue, bring into subjection. To subdue, bring into cultivation; creation commission to bring earth's potential into orderly flourishing (Genesis 1:28).

witness, testifying party, monument. Witness, testifying person or memorial stones testifying to covenant oath taken before God (Genesis 31:48, Joshua 24:27).

brother, kinsman, fellow countryman. Brother by blood or covenant kinship; duty of brotherly love, mutual aid, and protection of inheritance in Israel.

steadfast love, covenant loyalty, mercy. Covenant loyalty, lovingkindness, steadfast love, mercy; the core relational attribute of God by which He obligates Himself in grace to sustain His covenant promises.

to leave, abandon, cast off. To leave behind, abandon; God temporarily abandoning His dwelling place at Shiloh or his inheritance due to persistent idolatry.

to sprinkle, spatter. To sprinkle purifying blood, water, or oil upon altar, mercy seat, or worshiper; applied prophetically to Messiah ('sprinkle many nations', Isaiah 52:15).

day, epoch, time (Yom YHWH). Day, solar cycle, appointed epoch; supremely the 'Day of the LORD' (Yom YHWH), the decisive eschatological intervention of God in cosmic judgment and salvation.

truth, faithfulness, firmness. Firmness, stability, reliability, truth; that which is solid, trustworthy, and consistent with reality and God's character. Frequently paired with hesed.

living, alive, life. Living, alive, vigorous; primary epithet of true God ('The Living God', El Chay) in distinction from lifeless idols.

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.

crown, consecration, diadem. Diadem, royal crown, holy crown of high priest (Exodus 29:6), and hair of Nazirite set apart in consecrated devotion to God.

to pour out, cast, anoint. To pour out oil upon head of high priest or king in consecration, pour drink offerings, or cast metal for sanctuary.