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title: אֵימָה — terror · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֵימָה (367), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 17 times: terror. BDB 1906: n.f. terror, dread. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֵימָה

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«אֵימָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **terror** — 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:** 17 times · **Key:** 367 · **BDB:** אֵימָה

### Glosses

terror (6); dread (4); terrors (4)

### Meaning (OSHB)

terror [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/367/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. terror, dread [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/367/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. terror, dread (Talm. id., cf. As. imtu, DlW)—א׳ Gn 15:12 +; אֵימָ֫תָה Ex 15:16 (cf. Ges§ 90, 2 R. b); cstr. אֵימַת Pr 20:2; sf. אֵימָתִי Ex 23:27; אֵמָתִי Jb 33:7, etc.; pl. אֵימִים Je 50:38; אֵמִים Jb 20:25; אֵימוֹת ψ 55:5; sf. אֵמֶיךָ ψ 88:16;—terror, dread (mostly poet.), inspired by י׳ Ex 15:16 (song in E ‖ פַּחַד) 23:27 (E) Dt 32:25 Jb 9:34; 13:21 cf. 33:7; 20:25 ψ 88:16 (‖ חֲרוֹנִים, בִּעוּתִים v 17); cf. Gn 15:12 אֵימָה חֲשֵׁכָה גְדֹלָה; occasioned by enemies Jos 2:9 Is 33:18 Ezr 3:3; by king Pr 20:2; cf. ψ 55:5 אֵימוֹת מָוֶת (‖ יִרְאָה, רַעַד, פַּלָּצוּת v 6); pred. of snorting of a war-horse Jb 39:20, of teeth of crocodile Jb 41:6; pl. fig. = idols (i.e. dreadful, shocking things) Je 50:38 (‖ פּסלים).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 17 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (9 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אֵימָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/367/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 41:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.41.6/)

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דַּלְתֵ֣י פָ֭נָיו מִ֣י פִתֵּ֑חַ סְבִיב֖וֹת שִׁנָּ֣יו אֵימָֽה׃

*Word for word:* the.doors its.face his who? has.he.opened \[is\].around teeth its terror

*JPS 1917:* Who can open the doors of his face? Round about his teeth is terror.

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[Job 39:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.39.20/)

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הְֽ֭תַרְעִישֶׁנּוּ כָּאַרְבֶּ֑ה ה֖וֹד נַחְר֣וֹ אֵימָֽה׃

*Word for word:* do you make.it.leap? like (the) locust the.majesty its.snorting his \[is\].terror

*JPS 1917:* Hast thou made him to leap as a locust? The glory of his snorting is terrible.

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