APR 13, 2025
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Lector Preparation for Sunday Readings
Lector Preparation for Sunday Readings
Greg Warnusz—
Greg’s tips for the Sunday readings
focusing on the lector’s understanding and proclamation
LECTOR NOTES
Historical and Literary Background
Read the passage to the assembly slowly, meditatively, in as "personal" a tone as you can muster. Read it as if you're the Servant, talking to yourself, trying to remain convinced that the hardship required by fidelity is worth it. Pause before the last sentence, "The Lord God is my help ..." Then proclaim the sentence with firm resolution.
The early martyrs staked their lives on this kernel of gospel truth. So it demands a solemn proclamation, slow and, if possible, rhythmic. Make it rise to a crescendo at the end, as you summon every tongue, every tongue in heaven and on earth, to proclaim that
If your church is doing the scrutinies, part of the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults, See this Lector’s Notes page, even in years B and C.
Lisa Bellecci—
FIRST
READING
SOURCE: Lisa M Bellecci |Archive
Spiritual Resilience
Isaiah 50:4-9 emphasizes trusting God during suffering, encouraging listeners to rely on Him through morning practices like prayer and scripture reading.
Prophetic Perseverance
Prophets who spoke for God often endured criticism, ridicule, and physical abuse, yet remained unshaken in their trust, exemplified in Isaiah 50:7 and Jesus' steadfastness in Luke 9:51.
Impactful Delivery
Reading Isaiah 50:7 slowly and aloud conveys the emotional impact of enduring suffering for faithfulness to God, enhancing listeners' understanding of the passage's power.
SECOND READING
SOURCE: Lisa M Bellecci |Archive
Effective Proclamation Techniques
Hold the book up, maintain eye contact, and speak with deep feelings to effectively convey Jesus' obedience and humility.
Practice reading aloud with love and admiration for Jesus to inspire the audience to do the same.
Key Themes in the Philippians Selection
Jesus "emptied himself" by taking the form of a slave and humbled himself to the point of death on a cross.
God exalted Jesus and bestowed on him the name above every name, at which every knee should bend and every tongue confess.
Delivery and Impact
Read the Philippians selection slowly and with excitement, making eye contact at every line to convey admiration for Jesus.
The Philippians selection offers a "wonderful opportunity" to proclaim admiration for Jesus on Palm Sunday.
Lector Resources
Courtesy of the Los Angeles Archdiocese
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Abiezrite [ay-bee-EEZ-rite]
Abilene [ab-uh-LEE-neh]
Abinadab [uh-BIN-uh-dab]
Abinoam [uh-BIN-oh-am]
Abishai [uh-BIHSH-ay-ai]
Abiathar [uh-BI-uh-thahr]
Abram [AYB-ruhm]
Achaia [uh-KAY-yuh]
Achor [AY-kohr]
Acts [akts]
Adar [AY-dahr]
Admah [AD-mah]
Agabus [AG-uh-buhs]
Agar [AY-gur]
Ahaz [AY-haz]
Ahio [uh-HIGH-oh]
Ai [AY-eye]
Akkub [ACK-ub]
Alphaeus [al-FEE-uhs]
Amalekites [uh-MAL-uh-kytes]
Amaziah [am-ah-ZYE-uh]
Ammon [AM-uhn]
Ammonites [AM-uh-nytes]
Amon [AY-muhn]
Amorites [AM-uh-rytes]
Amos [AY-muhs]
Amoz [AY-muhz]
Amphipolis [am-FIP-oh-lis]
Anaiah [uh-NYE-uh]
Ananias [AN-uh-NYE-uhs]
Anathoth [AN-uh-thoth]
Annas [ANN-uhs]
Antioch [AN-tee-ahk]
Antiochus [an-TYE-uh-kuhs]
Apollonia [AP-uh-LOH-nee-uh]
Apollos [uh-PAH-luhs]
Apphia [AF-ee-uh]
Arabah [AIR-uh-bah, AIR-uh-buh]
Aram [AY-ruhm]
Aramean [AAH-ruh-MEE-uhn] from Aram
Archelaus [AHR-kuh-LAY-uhs]
Archippus [ahr-KIP-uhs]
Arimathea [ehr-uh-muh-THEE-uh]
Areopagus [air-ee-AHP-uh-guhs]
Asenath [AS-uh-nath]
Asher [ASH-uhr]
Ashkelon [ASH-kuh-lon]
Assyria [a-SIHR-ee-uh]
Aven [AY-ven]
Azal [AZ-uhl]
Azariah [az-uh-RYE-uh]
Azotus [ah-ZOH-tus]
Baal [BAY-uhl]
Baals [BAY-uhlz]
Baale-judah [BAY-uh-lee-JOO-duh]
Baalpeor [BAY-uhl-PEE-ohr]
Baals [BAY-alz]
Baal-shalishah [BAY-uhl-shuh-LYE-shuh]
Baal-zephon [BAY-uhl-ZEE-fuhn]
Babyon [BAB-ih-lon]
Balaam [BAY-luhm]
Balak [BAY-lak]
Baladan [BAL-uh-dan]
Bani [BAY-nye]
Barabbas [buh-RAH-buhs]
Barak [BAIR-uhk]
Barnabas [BAHR-nuh-buhs]
Barsabbas [BAHR-suh-buhs]
Bartimaeus [bahr-tih-MEE-uhs]
Baruch [BARE-uhk]
Bashan [BAY-shun]
Bathsheba [bath-SHEE-buh]
Beelzebub [bee-EHL-zee-buhb]
Beer-lahai-roi [BEE-uhr-luh-HYE-roy]
Beer-sheba [BEE-uhr-SHEE-buh]
Bel [BAYL, BEL]
Belshazzar [behl-SHAZ-uhr]
Belteshazza [bel-tih-SHAZ-ahr]
Beor [BEE-or]
Berea [beh-REE-uh]
Beroea [beh-REE-uh] (alt. for Berea)
Bethel [BETH-uhl]
Bethlehem [BETH-lee-hem]
Bethlehemite [BETH-lih-heh-myte]
Beth-peor [beth-PEE-ohr]
Bethphage [BETH-fuh-gee]
Bethsaida [beth-SAY-ih-duh]
Bethlehemite [BETH-le-heh-mite]
Bethuel [buh-THOO-uhl]
Bethzatha [beth-ZAY-thuh]
Bildad [BIL-dad]
Bilhah [BIL-hah]
bitumen [bih-TOO-mehn]
Caesarea [ses-uh-REE-uh]
Caesarea Philippi [sehs-uh-REE-uh fih-LIP-eye]
Caiaphas [KAY-uh-fuhs]
Calneh [KAL-neh]
Cana [KAY-nuh]
Canaan [KAY-nuhn]
Cananaean [kay-nuh-NEE-uhn]
Canaanites [KAY-nuh-nytes]
Candace [kan-DAY-see]
Capernaum [kuh-PUHR-nee-uhm]
Cappadocia [kap-uh-DOH-shee-uh]
Carmel [KAHR-muhl]
caul [KAWL]
Cephas [SEE-fuhs]
Chaldeans [kal-DEE-uhns]
Cheebar [KEE-bahr]
Cherubim [CHAIR-yoo-bim]
Chilion [KIHL-ee-uhn]
Chloe's [KLOH-eez]
Chrispus [KRIS-puhs]
Chronicles [KRON-ih-kuhlz]
Chuza [KOO-zuh]
Cilicia [sih-LISH-yuh]
Cleopas [KLEE-uh-puhs]
Clopas [KLO-pas]
cockatrice’ [KAH-kuh-trihs]
Colossae [kuh-LOHS-ee]
Colossians [kuh- LAH-shuhnz]
Corinth [KOR-uhnth]
Corinthians [kuh-RIN-thee-uhnz]
Cornelius [kor-NEE-lee-uhs]
Cretans [KREE-tenz]
Cushite [CUHSH-ite]
Cyrene [sy-REE-neh]
Cyrenians [sy-REE-nee-enz]
Cyrus [SYE-ruhs]
Damascus [duh-MAS-kuhs]
Daniel [DAN-yuhl]
Darius [duh-RYE-uhs]
Decalogue [DEK-uh-log]
Decapolis [dee-KAP-uh-lis]
denarii [dih-NAIR-ee-eye]
denarius [dih-NAIR-ee-uhs]
Deuteronomy [DOO-tuh-RON-uh-mee]
Diblaim [dib-LAH-yim]
Didymus [DID-uh-muhs]
Ecclesiasticus [ih-KLEE-zee-AS-tih-kuhs]
Ecclesiastes [ih-KLEE-zee-AS-teez]
Edom [EE-duhm]
Ehud [EE-hudd]
Elah [EE lah]
Elamites [EE-lah-mites]
Eldad [EHL-dad]
Eleazar [ehl-ee-AY-zer]
Eli [ee'lye]
Eliab [ee-LYE-ab]
Eliam [el-ee-AWM]
Elias (ee-LYE-us)
eli eli lema sabachthani
[AY-lee AY-lee LUH-mah sah-BAKH-thah-nee]
Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?
[AY-lo-ee AY-lo-ee LEH-mah
sah-BAHK-tah-nee]
Eliezer [ehl-ih-EE-zer]
Elijah [ih-LYE-juh]
Elimelech [ih-LIHM-eh-lehk]
Elisha [ih-LYE-shuh]
Elkanah [el-KAY-nuh]
Emmanuel [ih-MAN-yoo-ell]
Emmaus [ih-MAY-uhs]
Enoch [EE-nuhk]
Epaphras [EPP-uh-fruhs]
Ephah [EE-fah]
Ephphatha [EHF-uh-thuh]
Ephesian [eh-FEE-zhun]
Ephesians [eh-FEE-zhunz]
Ephesus [EF-uh-suhs]
Ephraim [EE-fray-ihm]
ephod [EH-fahd, EE-fod]
Ephrathah [EHF-ruh-thuh]
Ephrathites [EHF-ruh-thites]
Esaias [EE-zay-uhs]
Esau [EE-saw]
Esdras [EZ-druhs]
Esther [ES-tuhr]
Euodia [yoo-OH-dee-uh]
Euphrates [yoo-FRAY-teez]
Exodus [EK-suh-duhs]
Ezekiel [ih-ZEE-kee-uhl]
Ezra [EZ-ruh]
Gabbatha [GAB-uh-thuh]
Gadarene [gad-uh-REEN]
Gadarenes [gad-uh- REENZ]
Gaius [GAY-yuhs]
Galatia [guh-lay-SHEE uh]
Galatians [guh-LAY-shuhnz]
Galileans [gal-ih-LEE-uhn]
Galileans [gal-ih-LEE-uhnz]
Gath [GATH]
Gaza [GAH-zuh]
Gehazi [gee-HAY-zye]
Genesis [JEN-uh-sis, JEH-nuh-suhs]
Gennesaret [gih-NES-uh-ret]
Gerasenes [GAIR uh seens]
Gibeah [GIB-ee-uh]
Gibeon [GIHB-ee-uhn]
Gideon [GID-ee-uhn]
Gilboa [gil-BOH-uh]
Gilead [GIHL-ee-uhd]
Gilgal [GILL-gal]
Girgashites [GER-guh-shytes]
Golgotha [GOL-guh-thuh]
Goliath [go-LYE-uhth]
Gomer [GOH-murr]
Gomorrah [guh-MOR-uh]
Goshen [GOH-shuhn]
Habakkuk [huh-BAK-kuhk]
Hadadrimmon [hay-dad-RIHM-uhn]
Hades [HAY-deez]
Hakeldama [hah-KEL-'duh-muh]
Hagar [HAY-gahr]
Haggai [HAG-ay-eye]
Ham [ham]
Haman [HAY-muhn]
Hamath [HAY-muth]
Hanamel [HAN-uh-mehl]
Hanan [HAY-nuhn]
Hananiah [han-uh-NYE-uh]
Haran [HAY-ruhn]
Harbona [khar-BO-nah]
Harosheth-ha-goiim
[huh ROH-sheth huh Goy-ihm]
Hashbaddanah [hash-BAD-ah-nuh]
Hashum [HAY-shum]
Hazael [HAZ-uh-el]
Hazor [HAY-zor]
Hebrews [HEE-brooz]
Hebron [HEE-bron]
Hermon [HER-mun]
Herod [HAIR-uhd]
Herodians [hih-ROH-dee-uhns]
Herodias [hih-ROH-dee-uhs]
Hezekiah [heh-zeh-KYE-uh]
Hilkiah [hil-KYE-uh]
Hittites [HIHT-tytes]
Hivites [HYE-vites, HIH-vites]
Hodiah [hoh-DYE-uh]
Horeb [HOR-uhb]
Hosea [hoh-SEE-uh, hoh-ZAY-uh]
Hur [HER]
Iconium [eye-KOE-nee-uhm]
Immanuel [ih-MAN-yoo-el]
Isaiah [eye-ZAY-uh, (eye-ZYE-uh, chiefly Brit.)]
Iscariot [is-KAR-ee-uht]
Ishmael [ISH-may-el]
Ishmaelites [ISH-may-uh-lites]
Israel [IZ-ray-el]
Issachar [ISS-seh-kar]
Ittai [IT-tye]
Ituraea [ih-TSHOOR-ree-uh]
Jabbok [JAB-ock]
Jabin [JAY-bin]
Jamin [JAY-min]
Jaar [JAY-ahr]
Jairus [JAY-uh-ruhs]
James [jaymz]
Japheth [JAY-feth]
Jashar [JASH-ur]
Jebusites [JEH-boo-sites]
Jehoiakim [jeh-HOI-uh-kim]
Jehovah-Shalom [juh-HOH-vuh-SHAY-lom]
Jehozadak [juh-HOZ-uh-dak]
Jehu [JEE-hoo]
Jemimah [juh-MYE-muh]
Jericho [JAIR-ih-koe]
Jeroboam [JAIR-uh-BOH-uhm]
Jephthah [JEF-thuh]
Jeremiah [jer-uh-MYE-uh]
Jeshua [JESH-oo-uh]
Jethro [JETH-roh]
Jezebel [JEZ-uh-bel]
Jezreel [JEZ-ree-uhl]
Jezreelite [JEZ-ree-uhl-ite]
Joab [JOH-ab]
Joash [JOH-ash]
Job [JOHB]
Joel [JOH-uhl]
John [jahn]
Jonah [JOH-nuh]
Joppa [JOP-uh]
Joses [JOH-seez]
Josiah [joh-SI-uh]
Joshua [JOSH-yoo-uh]
Jotham [JOH-thuhm]
Jozabad [JOHZ-uh-bad]
Judah [JOO-duh]
Judea or Judæa [joo-DEE-uh]
Jude [jood]
Judges [JUHJ-iz, JUH-juhz]
Judith [JOO-dith]
Justus [JUHS-tuhs]
Kadesh [KAY-dehsh]
Kedar [KEE-dahr]
Kedesh [KEE-desh]
Kelita [KEL-ih-tuh]
Keren-happuch [KEHR-ehn-HAP-uhk]
Keziah [keh-ZYE-uh]
Kerioth [ker-ee-YOTH]
Kidron [KIHD-ruhn]
Kings [kingz]
Kir [KEER]
Kishon [KYE-shahn]
Laban [LAY-ban]
Lamentations [LAM-en-TAY-shuhnz]
Laodicea [lay-oh-duh-SEE-uh]
Lappidoth [LAP-ih-doth]
Leviathan [luh-VYE-uh-thuhn]
Levite [LEE-vite]
Levites [LEE-vites]
Leviticus [lih-VIT-ih-kuhs]
Lo-ammi [loh AM-eye]
Lo ruhamah [loh roo-HAY-muh]
Lud [luhd]
Luke [louhk]
Lycaonian [lihk-uh-OH-nee-uhn]
Lydda [LIH-duh]
Lysanias [lye-SAY-nee-uhs]
Lystra [LIS-truh]
Maaseiah [MAY-uh-SEE-yuh]
Maccabees [MAH-kuh-beez]
Macedonia [MAH-suh-DOH-nee-uh]
Magdala [MAG-duh-luh]
Magdalene [MAG-duh-leen]
Mahlon [MAH-luhn]
Mahseiah [muh-SYE-uh]
Malachi [MAH-luh-kye]
Malchijah [mal-KYE-uh]
Malchus [MAL-kuhs]
Manasseh [muh-NAH-suh]
Mamre [MAM-ree]
Mark [mahrk]
Massah [MAH-suh]
Matthew [MAH-thyoo]
Matthias [muh-THYE-uhs]
Mattithiah [mat-tih-THYE-uh]
Medad [MEE-dad]
Medes [meedz]
Megiddon [mih-GID-uhn]
Melchizedek [mel-KIZ-uh-dek]
Meribah [MAIR-ee-baah]
Merodach-baladan [MER-oh-dak-BAL-uh-dan]
Meshullam [meh-SHOO-luhm]
Mesopotamia [MESS-uh-puh-TAY-mee-uh]
Micah [MYE-kuh]
Michal [MY-kuhl]
Midian [MID-ee-uhn]
Midianites [MID-ee-uh-nytes]
(the) Millo [MILL-oh] (believed to be a type of fortification)
Milcah [MIL-kah]
mitre [mye-tuhr]
Mizar [MYE-zahr]
Mishael [MISH-uh-el]
Moab [MOH-ab]
Moabite [MOH-ab-ite]
Moreh [MOH-ruh]
Moriah [muh-RYE-uh]
Naaman [NAY-uh-muhn]
Naamathite [NAY-uh-muh-thyte]
Naboth [NAY-buhth]
Nahor [NAY-hor]
Nahum [NAY-huhm]
Nain [NAY-in]
Naomi [nay-OH-mee]
Naphthali [NAF-tuh-lye]
Nathanael [nuh-THAN-yuhl]
Nazareth [NAH-zuh-ruhth]
Nazirite [NAH-zuh-ryte]
Nazorean [naz-aw-REE-uhn]
Neapolis [nee-AP-o-lihs]
Nebo [NEE-boh]
Nebuchadnezzar [NEH-byoo-kuhd-NEH-zuhr]
Nebuchadrezzar [NEH-byoo-kuh-DREH-zuhr]
Negeb [NEH-geb]
Negev [NEH-gev]
Nehemiah [NEE-uh-MYE-uh; NEE-huh-MYE-uh]
Neriah [nuh-RYE-uh]
Nicanor [nye-KAY-nuhr]
Nicodemus [NIK-uh-DEE-muhs]
Nicolaus [NIK-uh-lay-uhs]
Nimshi [NIM-shy]
Nineveh [NIN-uh-vuh]
Numbers [NUHM-buhrz]
Nun [nuhn]
Obadiah [OH-buh-DYE-uh]
Obed [OH-behd]
Obed-edom [OH-behd-EE-duhm]
Onesimus [oh-NESS-ih-muhs]
Ophir [OH-fuhr]
Ophrah [OHF-ruh]
Orpah [OR-puh]
Paddan-aram [PAD-an-AY-ram]
Pamphylia [pam-fil'ee-uh]
Paran [PAY-ruhn]
Parmenas [PAR-muh-nuhs]
Parthians [PAR-thee-uhnz]
Patmos [PAT-muhs]
Pedaiah [peh-DYE-yah]
Pelaiah [peh-LAY-ee-uh]
Peniel [PEN-ee-ehl]
Peninnah [pih-NIN-ah]
Penuel [pen-YOO-uhl]
Peor [PEE-ohr]
Perazim [PER-uh-zim]
Pergamum [PUHR-guh-muhm]
Perizzites [PAIR-ih-zites]
Peter [PEE-tuhr]
Phanuel [FAN-yoo-el]
Pharaoh [FER-oh]
Pharpar [FAHR-pahr]
Philemon [fye-LEE-muhn, fih-LEE-muhn]
Philippi [FIL-ih-pye , fuh-LIP-eye]
Philippians [fuh-LIP-ee-uhnz]
Philistines [fih-LIHS-teenz]
Phoenicia [foh-NEE-shee-uh]
Phrygia [FREE-jee-ah]
Pi-hahiroth [Pye-huh-HYE-roth]
Pisidia [pye-SID-ee-uh]
Pisgah [PIZ-gah]
Pithom [PYE-thom]
Pontus [PAHN-tuhs]
pot-sherd [PAHT-shuhrd]
Poti-pherah [pah-TIH-fuh-ruh]
privily [PRIV ih lee]
Prochorus [PRAH-kuh-ruhs]
Prophecy [PROF-ah-see]
Prophesy [PROF-ah-sye]
Proverbs [PRAH-vuhrbz]
Psalms [sahmz, sahlmz]
Puah [POO-ah]
Rabbah [RAB-uh]
Rabbouni [ra-BOH-nye; ra-BOH-nee]
Rahab [RAY-hab]
Ramah [RAH-muh]
Rameses [RAM-uh-seez]
Rebekah [rih-BEK-uh]
Rehoboam [REE-uh-BOH-uhm]
Rephidim [REH-fih-dim]
Revelation [REV-uh-LAY-shuhn, reh-vuh-LAY-shuhn]
Romans [ROH-muhnz]
Ruth [rooth]
Sadducees [SAD-yoo-seez]
saith [SETH, SEY-uhth]
Salome [suh-LOH-mee]
Samaria [suh-MARE-ee-uh]
Samaritan [suh-MARE-uh-tuhn]
Samaritans [suh-MARE-uh-tuhnz]
Samothrace [SAM-oh-thrays]
Samson [SAM-suhn]
Samuel [SAM-yoo-uhl]
Sarai [SEHR-eye]
Sardis [SAHR-dis]
Sceva [SEE-vuh]
Scythian [SIH-thee-uhn]
Seba [SEE-buh]
Seir [SEE-eer]
Selah [SEE-luh]
Sennacherib [sen-AHK-uhr-ihb]
Seraphim [SER-uh-fim]
Shabbethai [SHAB-eh-thye]
Shallum [SHAL-uhm]
Shammah [SHAH-mah]
Shaphat [SHAY-fat]
Sharon [SHEHR-uhn]
Shealtiel [shee-AL-tee-el]
Sheba [SHEE-bah]
Shechem [SHEE-kehm]
Shekel [SHEK-uhl]
Shekels [SHEK-uhlz]
Shem [shem]
Shema [SHUH-mah]
Shemaiah [she-MAY-yuh]
Sheol [SHEE-ohl]
Sherebiah [SHAIR-uh-BYE-uh]
Shew [show]
Shiloh [SHYE-loh]
Shiphrah [SHIF-rah]
Shittim [SHIH-tim]
Shuhite [SHOO-hyte]
Shunammite [SHOO-nuh-mite]
Shunem [SHOO-nem]
Sidon [SYE-duhn]
Siloam [sye-LOH-uhm]
Silvanus [sil-VAY-nuhs]
Sin [sin]
Sinai [SYE-nye]
Sion [SYE-ahn]
Sirach [SYE-ruhk]
Sisera [SIS-uh-ruh]
Smyrna [SMUHR-nuh]
Sodom [SOD-uhm]
Solomon [SAH-luh-muhn]
Sosthenes [sahs'thuh-neez]
Stephanas [STEF-uh-nuhs]
Susanna [soo-ZAN-uh]
Sychar [SYE-kahr]
Syene [sye-EEN-nee]
Syntyche [SIN-tih-kee]
Tabitha [TAB-ih-thuh]
Tabor [TAY-bor]
Talitha cum [TAL-ih-thuh-KOOM]
Tarshish [TAHR-shish]
Tekoa [tek-OH-ah]
Teman [TEE-man; TEH-men]
Terah [TEE-rah]
Thaddaeus [tha-DEE-uhs]
Theophilus [thee-AH-fih-luhs]
Thessalonians [THES-uh-LOH-nee-uhnz]
Thessalonica [THES-uh-loh-NYE-kah]
Thummim [THUH-muhm]
Thyatira [thye-uh-TYE-ruh]
Tiberias [tai-BIHR-ee-uhs]
Tiberius [tai-BIHR-ee-uhs]
Timon [TYE-muhn]
Timothy [TIM-uh-thee]
Tishbite [TISH-bite]
Titus [TYE-tuhs]
Tobit [TOH-bit]
Trachonitis [trak-o-NYE-tihs]
Troas [TROH-as]
Tubal [TOO-buhl]
Tyre [tire]
Ur [UHR]
Uriah [yoo-RYE-uh]
Urim [YOOR-im]
Uz [UHZ]
Uzzah [UHZ-uh]
Uzziah [uh-ZI-uh]
Zacchaeus [zah-KEE-uhs]
Zacharias [zak-uh-RYE-uhs]
Zaphnath-paaneah [ZAF-uh-nath-puh-NEE-uh]
Zarephath [ZAIR-uh-fath]
Zarethan [ZER-uh-than]
Zerubbabel [zuh RUH buh behl]
Zebedee [ZEB-uh-dee]
Zeboim [zuh-BOH-im]
Zebulun [ZEH-byoo-luhn]
Zechariah [ZEK-uh-RYE-uh]
Zedekiah [zehd-uh-KYE-uh]
Zephaniah [ZEF-uh-NYE-ah]
Ziklag [ZIHK lag]
Zilpah [ZIL-pah]
Zin [ZIHN]
Zoan [ZOH-an]
Zoar [ZOH-ahr]
Zophar [ZOH-fahr]