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title: סוּפָה — storm-wind · The Tanakh dictionary
description: סוּפָה (5492), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 15 times: storm-wind. BDB 1906: n.f. storm-wind. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# סוּפָה

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«סוּפָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **storm-wind** — 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:** 15 times · **Key:** 5492 · **BDB:** סוּפָה

### Glosses

a.storm-wind (7); storm-wind (4); a (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

storm-wind [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5492/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. storm-wind [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5492/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. storm-wind (that makes an end?);—abs. ס׳ Is 5:28 +; סוּפָ֫תָה Ho 8:7 (Ges§ 90 f.); sf. סוּפָֽתְךָ ψ 83:16; pl. סוּפוֹת Is 21:1;—storm-wind, כְּסַעַר בְּיוֹם ס׳ Am 1:14, Na 1:3 (‖ שְׂעָרָה), Is 17:13 (‖ רוּחַ), Jb 37:9 Is 21:1, as driving chaff Jb 21:18 (vb. גָּנַב; in sim.), sim. of rushing chariots Is 5:28; 66:15 Je 4:13, of ruin Pr 1:27 cf. 10:25; symbol. of י׳’s judgments, רוּחַ יִזְרָ֖עוּ וְס׳ יִקְצֹ֑רוּ Ho 8:7, ψ 83:16 (‖ סַעַר), Jb 27:20 (vb. גָּנַב), Is 29:6 (+ סְעָרָה).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 15 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 2 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «סוּפָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5492/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 37:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.37.9/)

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מִן־הַ֭חֶדֶר תָּב֣וֹא סוּפָ֑ה וּֽמִמְּזָרִ֥ים קָרָֽה׃

*Word for word:* from the chamber it.comes a.storm-wind and from the.scattering.winds coldness

*JPS 1917:* Out of the Chamber cometh the storm; and cold out of the north.

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[Job 27:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.27.20/)

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תַּשִּׂיגֵ֣הוּ כַ֭מַּיִם בַּלָּה֑וֹת לַ֝֗יְלָה גְּנָבַ֥תּוּ סוּפָֽה׃

*Word for word:* it overtakes.him like (the) waters sudden.terror(s) night it steals.him.away a.storm-wind

*JPS 1917:* Terrors overtake him like waters; a tempest stealeth him away in the night.

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