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title: חֲרָדָה — trembling · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חֲרָדָה (2731), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 9 times: trembling. BDB 1906: n.f. trembling, fear, anxiety. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חֲרָדָה

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«חֲרָדָה» 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:** 9 times · **Key:** 2731 · **BDB:** חֲרָדָה

### Glosses

trembling (6); care (1); of.trembling (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

trembling [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2731/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. trembling, fear, anxiety [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2731/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. trembling, fear, anxiety—חֲרָדָה Gn 27:33 + 5 times + Ez 38:21 (read for הָרַי, B Co cf. Dr 1 S 14:15); cstr. חֶרְדַּת 1 S 14:15 Pr 29:25 (v. LagBN 113); pl. חֲרָדוֹת Ez 26:16;— trembling, quaking (of terror ascribed to supernat. cause) 1 S 14:15(×2) (hence ח׳ אלהים v. Dr; ‖ וַתִּרְגַּז־הארץ) cf. Ez 38:21 (v. supr.); Dn 10:7; קול ח׳ Je 30:5 voice of trembling; sq. gen. obj. ח׳ אָדָם Pr 29:25 trembling before man; opp. pleasure Is 21:4; tremblings (pl.) Ez 26:16 under fig. of garment (ח׳ ילבשׁו), of effect on coast-princes of fall of Tyre. anxious care 2 K 4:13, acc. cogn. c. חָרַד.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 8 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חֲרָדָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2731/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 29:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.29.25/)

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חֶרְדַּ֣ת אָ֭דָם יִתֵּ֣ן מוֹקֵ֑שׁ וּבוֹטֵ֖חַ בַּיהוָ֣ה יְשֻׂגָּֽב׃

*Word for word:* trembling of.a.person it.makes a.snare and \[one.who\].trusts in Yahweh he.will.be.set.on.high

*JPS 1917:* The fear of man bringeth a snare; but whoso putteth his trust in the LORD shall be set up on high.

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[Jeremiah 30:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.30.5/)

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כִּי־כֹה֙ אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה ק֥וֹל חֲרָדָ֖ה שָׁמָ֑עְנוּ פַּ֖חַד וְאֵ֥ין שָׁלֽוֹם׃

*Word for word:* (dm) thus he.says Yahweh a.voice of.trembling we.have.heard dread and there.\[is\].not peace

*JPS 1917:* For thus saith the LORD: We have heard a voice of trembling, of fear, and not of peace.

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