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title: אָיֹם — terrible · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אָיֹם (366), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: terrible. BDB 1906: adj. terrible, dreadful. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אָיֹם

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«אָיֹם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **terrible** — 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:** 366 · **BDB:** אָיֹם

### Glosses

majestic (2); \[is\].terrifying (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

terrible [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/366/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. terrible, dreadful [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/366/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj. terrible, dreadful—terrible, of Chaldeans אָיֹם וְנוֹרָא הוּא Hb 1:7; of dignified woman, awe-inspiring אֲיֻמָּה כַּנִּדְגָלוֹת Ct 6:4, 10.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אָיֹם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/366/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Habakkuk 1:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/HAB.1.7/)

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אָיֹ֥ם וְנוֹרָ֖א ה֑וּא מִמֶּ֕נּוּ מִשְׁפָּט֥וֹ וּשְׂאֵת֖וֹ יֵצֵֽא׃

*Word for word:* \[is\].terrifying and awesome it from itself justice its and dignity its it.comes.forth

*JPS 1917:* They are terrible and dreadful; their law and their majesty proceed from themselves.

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[Song of Songs 6:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.6.4/)

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יָפָ֨ה אַ֤תְּ רַעְיָתִי֙ כְּתִרְצָ֔ה נָאוָ֖ה כִּירוּשָׁלִָ֑ם אֲיֻמָּ֖ה כַּנִּדְגָּלֽוֹת׃

*Word for word:* \[are\].beautiful you my.friend my like Tirzah lovely like Jerusalem majestic like.(the).\[hosts\] with banners

*JPS 1917:* Thou art beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah, comely as Jerusalem, terrible as an army with banners.

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