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title: זֶרֶם — flood of rain · The Tanakh dictionary
description: זֶרֶם (2230), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 9 times: flood of rain. BDB 1906: n.m. flood of rain, rain-storm, downpour. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# זֶרֶם

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«זֶרֶם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **flood of rain** — 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:** 9 times · **Key:** 2230 · **BDB:** זֶ֫רֶם

### Glosses

a.storm (3); rainstorm (3); a.rainstorm (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

flood of rain [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2230/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. flood of rain, rain-storm, downpour [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2230/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Hb. 3:10 flood of rain, rain-storm, downpour (Aramaic זַרְמִית id.)—abs. ז׳ Is 4:6 + 2 times; זָ֑רֶם Is 32:2; cstr. זֶרֶם Jb 24:8 + 4 times; Is 4:6 (‖ מָטָר)); ז׳ מַיִם Is 28:2 Hb 3:10; ז׳ הָרִים Jb 24:8, i.e. such as falls among mts. cf. Di; ז׳ בָּרָד Is 28:2; מַחְסֶה מִזֶּרֶם 25:4, זֶרֶם קִיר v 4 i.e. such as dashes against a wall, 32:2 (‖ רוּחַ), נֶפֶץ וָזֶרֶם וְאֶבֶן בָּרָד 30:30.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 7 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «זֶרֶם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2230/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 24:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.24.8/)

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מִזֶּ֣רֶם הָרִ֣ים יִרְטָ֑בוּ וּֽמִבְּלִ֥י מַ֝חְסֶ֗ה חִבְּקוּ־צֽוּר׃

*Word for word:* from.\[the\] rainstorm of.\[the\].mountains they.are.wet and from not shelter they.embrace \[the\].rock

*JPS 1917:* They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter.

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[Habakkuk 3:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/HAB.3.10/)

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רָא֤וּךָ יָחִ֙ילוּ֙ הָרִ֔ים זֶ֥רֶם מַ֖יִם עָבָ֑ר נָתַ֤ן תְּהוֹם֙ קוֹל֔וֹ ר֖וֹם יָדֵ֥יהוּ נָשָֽׂא׃

*Word for word:* they have.seen.you they.writhe mountains a.storm of.water it.has.passed.over it.has.given.forth the.deep voice its height hands its it.has.lifted

*JPS 1917:* The mountains have seen Thee, and they tremble; the tempest of waters floweth over; the deep uttereth its voice, and lifteth up its hands on high.

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