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title: יָרַע — quiver · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יָרַע (3415), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: quiver. BDB 1906: vb. quiver. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יָרַע

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«יָרַע» in the Tanakh dictionary: **quiver** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 3415 · **BDB:** יָרַע

### Glosses

it.is.trembling (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

quiver [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3415/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. quiver [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3415/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. quiver (cf. Arabic وَرَعَ be timid, weak; وَرَعٌ pious fear; 𝔗 יְרַע be disheartened)— Pf. 3 fs. נַפְשׁוֹ יָֽרְעָה לוֹ Is 15:4 his soul quivereth to him, i.e. is in terror and distress.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (16 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (12 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יָרַע» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3415/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 15:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.15.4/)

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וַתִּזְעַ֤ק חֶשְׁבּוֹן֙ וְאֶלְעָלֵ֔ה עַד־יַ֖הַץ נִשְׁמַ֣ע קוֹלָ֑ם עַל־כֵּ֗ן חֲלֻצֵ֤י מוֹאָב֙ יָרִ֔יעוּ נַפְשׁ֖וֹ יָ֥רְעָה לּֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* and it.has.cried.out Heshbon and Elealeh to Jahaz it.has.been.heard voice their therefore the.equipped.\[men\] of.Moab they.are.shouting being its it.is.trembling to it

*JPS 1917:* And Heshbon crieth out, and Elealeh; their voice is heard even unto Jahaz; therefore the armed men of Moab cry aloud; his soul is faint within him.

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