before

a head person

to pour down the throat

seed

properly, a cliff

Mushi, a Levite

to be ashy, i.e. darkcolored

mistress

a royal edict or statute

Bigtha, a eunuch of Xerxes

nard, an aromatic

to broaden

seed

the south

deficiency

a view

properly, wrap around, i.e.

to go

abbreviated, i.e. diminutive, literally

Machazioth, an Israelite