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The Promise Land
The Hebrews and Their Neighbors 2 of 11
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Term
rift
Definition
n.-an opening made by splitting, cleaving, etc.; fissure; cleft; chink.
Also known as a difference in opinion, belief, or interest that causes such a break in friendly relations.
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saturation/saturating
Definition
v.-the process to cause (a substance) to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance, through solution, chemical combination, or the like.
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evaporation/evaporating
Definition
v.- the process
to convert or change into a vapor.

the process to draw off in the form of vapor.
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topography
Definition
n.- the detailed mapping or charting of the features of a relatively small area, district, or locality.
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elevation
Definition
n.-the height of something, ie the ground, mountain, building, etc.
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migratory
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adj.- describes a pattern of movement during certain times. Example: farm workers moving from crop to crop, birds flying to warmer climates, etc.
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extinct
Definition
adj.- no longer in existence; life that has ended or died out
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first fruits
Definition
n.- The first gathered fruits of a harvest, offered to God in gratitude.
or
The first results of an undertaking.
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ingathering
Definition
n.- a gathering in, esp. of farm products; harvest.
2. a gathering together, as of persons; assembly.
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sabbatical
Definition
adj.-1. of or pertaining or appropriate to the Sabbath.
2. (lowercase) of or pertaining to a sabbatical year.
3. (lowercase) bringing a period of rest.
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jubilee
Definition
n.- a celebration for an anniversary, usually the 50th. In the Hebrew Scriptures it is a year of rest to be observed by the Israelites every 50th year, during which slaves were to be set free, alienated property restored to the former owners, and the lands left untilled, so the soil could rest.
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kosher
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n.- dietary or ceremonial laws of Judaism.
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Shabbat
Definition
Jewish Sabbath and starts on Friday night at sundown and ends with the appearance of the first three stars on Saturday night. Shabbat recalls the Biblical Creation account in Genesis.
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niche
Definition
n.- an ornamental recess in a wall or the like, usually semicircular in plan and arched, as for a statue or other decorative object.
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habitat
Definition
n.- The place where a person or thing is most likely to be found.
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aurochs-animal
Definition
n.- a large, black European wild ox, extinct since 1627.
Term
hyrax or conie
Definition
n.- Any of several herbivorous mammals of the family Procaviidae within the order Hyraoidea of Africa and adjacent Asia, resembling woodchucks or similar rodents but more closely related to the hoofed mammals. Also called coney1, dassie.
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asp or cobra
Definition
n.- probably an Egyptian cobra which is very poisenous.
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ibix
Definition
n.- very similar to deer. Here is a website with a photo. http://ryanzondervan.typepad.com/photos/israel_jordan_highlights/jerusalem2005_002.html
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roebuck
Definition
n.- a male roe deer
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hart
Definition
n.- a male deer, commonly of the red deer, especially after its fifth year.
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chamois
Definition
n.- an agile, goatlike antelope, of high mountains of Europe: now rare in some areas.
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pygarg
Definition
n.- Heb. dishon, "springing", (Deut. 14:5), one of the animals permitted for food. It is supposed to be the Antelope addax. It is described as "a large animal, over 3 1/2 feet high at the shoulder, and, with its gently-twisted horns, 2 1/2 feet long. Its colour is pure white, with the exception of a short black mane, and a tinge of tawny on the shoulders and back.", Tristram's Natural History.
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fallow deer
Definition
n.- a Eurasian deer with a fallow or yellowish coat.
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gazelle
Definition
n.- any small antelope of Africa and Asia, noted for graceful movements and lustrous eyes.
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hartebeest
Definition
n.- any large African antelope having ringed horns that curve backward: some species are endangered.
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addax
Definition
n.- a large, pale-colored antelope, Addax nasomaculatus, of North Africa, with loosely spiraled horns.
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Barbary sheep / aoudad
Definition
n.- a wild sheep, of northern Africa, having a long fringe of hair on the throat, chest, and forelegs.
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griffon
Definition
n.-a vulture of southern Europe.
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lammergeyer
Definition
the largest Eurasian bird of prey, ranging in the mountains from southern Europe to China, having a wingspread of 9 to 10 ft. (2.7 to 3 m) and black feathers hanging from below the bill like a mustache.
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ossifrage
Definition
n.- the lammergeier.
2. Archaic. the osprey.
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