Ch. 33: Vocab

Question 1

בֶּ֫טֶן

Answer 1

belly, stomach, womb
fs
Belly beṭen (button)

Question 2

הֶ֫בֶל

Answer 2

vanity, futility, breath
The vanity and futility of life weigh hebel(y) [heavily]
on the speaker in Ecclesiastes. Eccl 1:14 says “All is
vanity (הֶ֫בֶל ”.(

Question 3

חֶרְפָּה

Answer 3

reproach, disgrace, shame

He felt shame and disgrace about his ḥerpâ –s [herpes]

Question 4

מִזְרָח

Answer 4

east, sunrise

mizrāḥ [Ra] was the sun(rise) god of Egypt

Question 5

לִין

Answer 5

to remain overnight, spend the night

Spend the night in a lîn [lean]-to.[biconsonantal]

Question 6

מָשַח

Answer 6

to smear, anoint

I smear māšaḥ [my shack]

Question 7

עָנָה

Answer 7

to be afflicted, humbled
Anna afflicted me
[Don’t confuse with עָנָן = clouds, cloud mass]
[This is a homonym of עָנָה ‘to answer, respond

Question 8

רָכַב

Answer 8

to mount and ride, ride

רֶ֫כֶב = chariot

Question 9

שָבַת

Answer 9

to stop, cease, rest

rest on šābat [the Sabbath]

Question 10

גִּבְעָה

Answer 10

hill

give a effort going up this hill

Question 11

סֶ֫לָה

Answer 11

technical poetic notation of undermined meaning; in Pss and 3x in Habakkuk

Question 12

שַׁבָּתוֹת

Answer 12

cp

Sabbaths, days or periods of rest

Question 13

שַׁבָּת

Answer 13

cs

Sabbath, day or period of rest