Lexicon :: Strong's H2007 - hēnnâ

the sons of God saw that the daughters of mankind were beautiful, and they took any they chose as wives for themselves.

And Abimelech said to Abraham, “Why have you separated these seven ewe lambs? ”

Then the slaves and their children approached him and bowed down.

“After them, seven other cows ​— ​weak, very sickly, and thin ​— ​came up. I’ve never seen such sickly ones as these in all the land of Egypt.

“The seven good cows are seven years, and the seven good heads are seven years. The dreams mean the same thing.

The midwives said to Pharaoh, “The Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women, for they are vigorous and give birth before the midwife can get to them.”

but the wheat and the spelt were not destroyed since they are later crops.[fn]

The twelve stones corresponded to the names of Israel’s sons. Each stone was engraved like a seal with one of the names of the twelve tribes.

“Tell the Israelites: When someone sins unintentionally against any of the LORD’s commands and does anything prohibited by them —

“or finds something lost and lies about it; or swears falsely about any of the sinful things a person may do ​— ​

“You are not to have sexual intercourse with your son’s daughter or your daughter’s daughter, for they are your family.[fn]

“You are not to have sexual intercourse with a woman and her daughter. You are not to marry her son’s daughter or her daughter’s daughter and have sex with her. They are close relatives; it is depraved.

“Is the land they live in good or bad? Are the cities they live in encampments or fortifications?

“Yet they are the ones who, at Balaam’s advice, incited the Israelites to unfaithfulness against the LORD in the Peor incident, so that the plague came against the LORD’s community.

“This is how you are to treat all the cities that are far away from you and are not among the cities of these nations.

David’s oldest brother Eliab listened as he spoke to the men, and he became angry with him. “Why did you come down here? ” he asked. “Who did you leave those few sheep with in the wilderness? I know your arrogance and your evil heart ​— ​you came down to see the battle! ”

David and his men went up and raided the Geshurites, the Girzites,[fn] and the Amalekites. From ancient times they had been the inhabitants of the region through Shur as far as the land of Egypt.

They entered the interior of the house as if to get wheat and stabbed him in the stomach. Then Rechab and his brother Baanah escaped.

“I gave your master’s house to you and your master’s wives into your arms,[fn] and I gave you the house of Israel and Judah, and if that was not enough, I would have given you even more.

“Go and say to David, ‘This is what the LORD says: I am offering you three choices. Choose one of them for yourself, and I will do it to you.’ ”

He will certainly accomplish what he has decreed for me,

and he has many more things like these in mind.[fn]

He protects all his bones;

not one of them is broken.

The LORD hates six things;

in fact, seven are detestable to him:

The leech has two daughters: “Give, Give! ”

Three things are never satisfied;

four never say, “Enough! ”:

Search and read the scroll of the LORD:

Not one of them will be missing,

none will be lacking its mate,

because he has ordered it by my[fn] mouth,

and he will gather them by his Spirit.

“Let them come and tell us

what will happen.

Tell us the past events,

so that we may reflect on them

and know the outcome,

or tell us the future.

These two things have happened to you:

devastation and destruction,

famine and sword.

Who will grieve for you?

How can I[fn] comfort you?

Therefore, a lion from the forest will strike them down.

A wolf from arid plains will ravage them.

A leopard stalks their cities.

Anyone who leaves them will be torn to pieces

because their rebellious acts are many,

their unfaithful deeds numerous.

They will consume your harvest and your food.

They will consume your sons and your daughters.

They will consume your flocks and your herds.

They will consume your vines and your fig trees.

With the sword they will destroy

your fortified cities in which you trust.

while the king of Babylon’s army was attacking Jerusalem and all of Judah’s remaining cities ​— ​that is, Lachish and Azekah, for they were the only ones left of Judah’s fortified cities.

“‘All the women[fn] who remain in the palace of Judah’s king will be brought out to the officials of the king of Babylon and will say to you,[fn]

“Your trusted friends[fn] misled[fn] you

and overcame you.

Your feet sank into the mire,

and they deserted you.”

The likeness of four living creatures came from it, and this was their appearance: They looked something like a human,

and under the expanse their wings extended one toward another. They each also had two wings covering their bodies.

“But Samaria did not commit even half your sins. You have multiplied your detestable practices beyond theirs and made your sisters appear righteous by all the detestable acts you have committed.

“Look, every life belongs to me. The life of the father is like the life of the son ​— ​both belong to me. The person who sins is the one who will die.

“But righteous men will judge them the way adulteresses and those who shed blood are judged, for they are adulteresses and blood is on their hands.

“The young men of On[fn] and Pi-beseth

will fall by the sword,

and those cities[fn] will go into captivity.

The upper chambers were narrower because the galleries took away more space from them than from the lower and middle stories of the building.

At the base of these chambers there was an entryway on the east side as one enters them from the outer court.

Then the man said to me, “The northern and southern chambers that face the courtyard are the holy chambers where the priests who approach the LORD will eat the most holy offerings. There they will deposit the most holy offerings ​— ​the grain offerings, sin offerings, and guilt offerings ​— ​for the place is holy.

Then I looked up and saw two women approaching with the wind in their wings. Their wings were like those of a stork, and they lifted up the basket between earth and sky.