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title: סַעַר — tempest · The Tanakh dictionary
description: סַעַר (5591), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 8 times: tempest. BDB 1906: n.m. tempest;. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# סַעַר

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«סַעַר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **tempest** — 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:** 8 times · **Key:** 5591 · **BDB:** סַ֫עַר

### Glosses

a.storm (6); storm (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

tempest [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5591/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. tempest; [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5591/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Je 23:19 tempest;—abs. ס׳ Am 1:14 + 5 times; סָ֑עַר ψ 55:9; pl. sf. סַעֲרֶיךָ 83:16;—tempest, especially fig.: of passionate acts of men, מֵרוּחַ סֹעָה מִסָּ֑עַר ψ 55:9 (מִסּ׳ here awkward, without ו); of י׳’s wrath Je 23:19 (ס׳ מִתְחוֹלֵל), cf. 25:32; 30:23; tempest as instr. of י׳’s wrath, ψ 83:16 (‖ סוּפָה); v. also בְּסַעַר בְּיוֹם סוּפָה Am 1:14 and Jon 1:4, 12.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 8 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 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 «סַעַר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5591/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 55:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.55.9/)

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אָחִ֣ישָׁה מִפְלָ֣ט לִ֑י מֵר֖וּחַ סֹעָ֣ה מִסָּֽעַר׃

*Word for word:* I.want.to.make.haste a.place.of.escape my from a.wind rushing from a.storm

*JPS 1917:* I would haste me to a shelter from the stormy wind and tempest.'

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[Jeremiah 30:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.30.23/)

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הִנֵּ֣ה ׀ סַעֲרַ֣ת יְהוָ֗ה חֵמָה֙ יָֽצְאָ֔ה סַ֖עַר מִתְגּוֹרֵ֑ר עַ֛ל רֹ֥אשׁ רְשָׁעִ֖ים יָחֽוּל׃

*Word for word:* there! the.storm of.Yahweh rage it.has.gone.out a.storm staying.as.a.sojourner on \[the\].head of.wicked.\[people\] it.will.whirl.about

*JPS 1917:* Behold, a storm of the LORD is gone forth in fury, a sweeping storm; it shall whirl upon the head of the wicked.

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