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breath, spirit, living being. Breath, vital breath of God, spirit; divine life-principle imparted to humanity conferring moral responsibility and rational consciousness.

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).

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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').

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

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

name, memorial, reputation. Name, reputation, renown, character; especially the Name of the LORD representing His self-revelation, holy presence dwelling at the sanctuary, and locus of worship.

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

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

utterance, declaration, oracle (ne'um YHWH). Solemn divine oracle, formal prophetic utterance; almost always in construct formula ne'um YHWH ('declaration of the LORD') certifying divine origin.

until, forever, eternity. Until, forever; marks the duration of the saints possessing the kingdom forever and ever (Daniel 7:18).

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.

sin, fault, guilt, penalty. Sin, moral delinquency, liability to punishment before the divine tribunal; frequently bears capital sentence ('sin unto death').

to visit, attend to, appoint, punish. To attend to, inspect, muster, appoint, visit; used of God visiting His people in gracious deliverance or judicial reckoning of iniquity.

tree, wood, timber, gallows. Tree, wood; features in primeval garden (Tree of Life, Tree of Knowledge), altar/ark, and tree bearing covenant curse (Deuteronomy 21:23).

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

to understand, discern, perceive. To separate mentally, discern between good and evil, perceive deep spiritual truth.

to escape, deliver, slip away. To slip away safely, bring through disaster, preserve alive (Piel: to save/deliver).

iniquity, perversity, guilt and punishment. Crookedness, perversity, iniquity, guilt, and the punishment incurred by twisted rebellion; theological triad with chatta'at and pesha (Exodus 34:7).

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

Most High, Supreme. The Most High, Sovereign Lord over cosmic powers, nations, and earthly rulers; first revealed through Melchizedek (Genesis 14:18) as Possessor of heaven and earth.

wonder, miraculous sign, portent. Wonder, miraculous display of power, portent of future redemption; paired with ot ('signs and wonders', otot u-mofetim).

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

a son, a man. Primary meaning: a son, a man. Strong's: a "son" (sometimes of animals), used very widely of immediate, remote or figuratively, kinship. Lexical nuances: a son ; in the ordinary sense: Mt 10:37 , Mk 9:17 , Lk 1:13 , al. mult.; omitted with the art. of origin (WM, § 30, 3; Bl., §35, 2), τὸν τοῦ Ἰεσσαί , Ac 13:22 (LXX) ; also c. gen. anarth. (cl.), Σώπατρος Πύρρου Βεροιαῖος , Ac 20:4 ; c. adj., προτότοκος , Lk 2:7 ; μονογένης , Lk 7:12 ; opp. to νόθος , He 12:8 ; in a wider sense, of posterity: ὁ υἱ. Δαυΐδ , of the Messiah (cf. Dalman, Words , 316...

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).

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

testimony, witness, covenant precept. Testimony, solemn covenant witness; Two Tablets of Decalogue placed inside Ark ('Ark of the Testimony', Aron Ha-Edut) testifying to God's holiness.

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 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.