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title: הֶגֶה — a rumbling · The Tanakh dictionary
description: הֶגֶה (1899), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: a rumbling. BDB 1906: n.m. rumbling, growling, moaning. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# הֶגֶה

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«הֶגֶה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **a rumbling** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 3 times · **Key:** 1899 · **BDB:** הֶ֫גֶה

### Glosses

a.sigh (1); moaning (1); rumbling (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

a rumbling [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/1899/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. rumbling, growling, moaning [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/1899/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Jb 37:2 a rumbling, growling, moaning:—ה׳ abs. Ez 2:10 + 2 times;— a rumbling, growling sound וְה׳ מִפִּיו יֵצֵא Jb 37:2 of thunder, as sound going forth from God’s mouth. a moaning קִינִים וָה׳ וָהִי Ez 2:10 lamentations and moaning and woe. a sigh or moan, as transient, כִּלִּינוּ שָׁנֵינוּ כְמוֹ־הֶ֑גֶה ψ 90:9 we bring our years to an end as a sigh, i.e. a fleeting sound (cf. RVm VB).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «הֶגֶה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/1899/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 37:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.37.2/)

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שִׁמְע֤וּ שָׁמ֣וֹעַ בְּרֹ֣גֶז קֹל֑וֹ וְ֝הֶ֗גֶה מִפִּ֥יו יֵצֵֽא׃

*Word for word:* listen carefully.(listen) to the.rumbling his.voice his and.\[the\] rumbling \[which\].from mouth his it.comes.out

*JPS 1917:* Hear attentively the noise of His voice, and the sound that goeth out of His mouth.

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[Psalms 90:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.90.9/)

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כִּ֣י כָל־יָ֭מֵינוּ פָּנ֣וּ בְעֶבְרָתֶ֑ךָ כִּלִּ֖ינוּ שָׁנֵ֣ינוּ כְמוֹ־הֶֽגֶה׃

*Word for word:* (dm) all days our they.turn in fury your we.finish years our like a.sigh

*JPS 1917:* For all our days are passed away in Thy wrath; we bring our years to an end as a tale that is told.

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