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title: חָרֵד — trembling · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חָרֵד (2730), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 6 times: trembling. BDB 1906: adj.verb. trembling. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חָרֵד

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«חָרֵד» in the Tanakh dictionary: **trembling** — 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:** 6 times · **Key:** 2730 · **BDB:** חָרֵד

### Glosses

trembling (4); \[person\].trembling (1); a.\[person\].trembling (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

trembling [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2730/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj.verb. trembling [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2730/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj.verb. of foregoing, trembling;—חָרֵד Ju 7:3 + 3 times; חֲרֵדִים Is 66:5 Ezr 10:3—trembling (from fear), abs. Ju 7:3 (‖ ירא), 1 S 4:13 (subj. לִבּוֹ, sq. עַל, for, in behalf of); in awe and reverence, at word of God, sq. בְּ Ezr 9:4 Is 66:2 (sq. עַל), v 5 (sq. אֶל); cf. ח׳ בְּמִצְוַת אל׳ Ezr 10:3.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 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 «חָרֵד» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2730/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezra 9:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.9.4/)

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וְאֵלַ֣י יֵאָסְפ֗וּ כֹּ֤ל חָרֵד֙ בְּדִבְרֵ֣י אֱלֹהֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל עַ֖ל מַ֣עַל הַגּוֹלָ֑ה וַאֲנִי֙ יֹשֵׁ֣ב מְשׁוֹמֵ֔ם עַ֖ד לְמִנְחַ֥ת הָעָֽרֶב׃

*Word for word:* and to me they.gathered every \[person\].trembling at the.words of.the.God of.Israel on the.unfaithfulness of the.exile\[s\] and I \[was\].sitting appalled until (to).the offering of the.evening

*JPS 1917:* Then were assembled unto me every one that trembled at the words of the God of Israel, because of the faithlessness of them of the captivity; and I sat appalled until the evening offering.

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[Isaiah 66:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.66.2/)

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וְאֶת־כָּל־אֵ֙לֶּה֙ יָדִ֣י עָשָׂ֔תָה וַיִּהְי֥וּ כָל־אֵ֖לֶּה נְאֻם־יְהוָ֑ה וְאֶל־זֶ֣ה אַבִּ֔יט אֶל־עָנִי֙ וּנְכֵה־ר֔וּחַ וְחָרֵ֖ד עַל־דְּבָרִֽי׃

*Word for word:* and (et) all these.\[things\] hand my it.made and they.were all these.\[things\] the.utterance of.Yahweh and to this.one I.will.look to an.afflicted.\[person\] and a.\[person\].stricken of.spirit and a.\[person\].trembling on word my

*JPS 1917:* For all these things hath My hand made, and so all these things came to be, saith the LORD; but on this man will I look, even on him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at My word.

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