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title: עָרַץ — cause to tremble · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עָרַץ (6206), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 15 times: cause to tremble. BDB 1906: vb. cause to tremble, tremble Qal. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עָרַץ

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«עָרַץ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **cause to tremble** — 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:** 6206 · **BDB:** עָרַץ

### Glosses

be.terrified (3); terrify (3); I.was.terrified.of (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

cause to tremble [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6206/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. cause to tremble, tremble Qal [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6206/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. cause to tremble, tremble (in terror, or awe) (cf. Arabic عَرِصَ quiver, flicker; Syriac ܥܪܰܨ come upon suddenly or violently, PS s.v. passim; cf. Egyptian ʿu-ra-d̲au(t̥), they terrified (= ערצו) WMMAs. u. Eur. 76);— Impf. 2 ms. תַּעֲרֹץ Dt 7:21 +; 2 fs. תַּעֲר֑וֹצִי Is 47:12; 1 s. אֶעֱרוֹץ Jb 31:34, etc.; Inf. cstr. עֲרֹץ Is 2:19 +; cause to tremble (i.e. strike with awe) c. acc. הָאָרֶץ Is 2:19, 21 (subj. י׳; ins. prob. also v 10); הֶעָלֶה נִדָּף תַּע׳ Jb 13:25 wilt thou strike with awe the driven leaf? abs. cause trembling = inspire awe Is 47:12 (of Bab.), ψ 10:18. intrans. tremble (D), Dt 1:29; Jos 1:9; w. מפני Dt 7:21; 20:3; 31:6; c. acc. Jb 31:34 because I stood in awe of the great multitude. Pt. אֵל נַעֲרָץ ψ 89:8 El, terrible in the company of the holy ones (‖ נוֹרָא). regard, or treat, with awe, as awful: 2 mpl. וְלֹא תַעֲרִ֑יצוּ Is 8:12 (acc. מוֹרָאוֹ); 3 mpl. יַעֲרִ֑יצוּ 29:23 acc. אֶת־אֱלֹהֵי יִשׂ׳. inspire with awe (cf. Qal 2);—Pt. sf. הוּא מַעֲרִיצְכֶם Is 8:13 he shall be your awe-inspirer.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 15 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עָרַץ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6206/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 13:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.13.25/)

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הֶעָלֶ֣ה נִדָּ֣ף תַּעֲר֑וֹץ וְאֶת־קַ֖שׁ יָבֵ֣שׁ תִּרְדֹּֽף׃

*Word for word:* a leaf? driven.about will.you.terrify and (et) chaff dry will.you.pursue?

*JPS 1917:* Wilt Thou harass a driven leaf? And wilt Thou pursue the dry stubble?

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[Psalms 89:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.89.8/)

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אֵ֣ל נַ֭עֲרָץ בְּסוֹד־קְדֹשִׁ֣ים רַבָּ֑ה וְ֝נוֹרָ֗א עַל־כָּל־סְבִיבָֽיו׃

*Word for word:* God \[is\].awesome in.\[the\] council of.\[the\].holy.\[ones\] much and \[he.is\].to.be.feared above all \[those\].around him

*JPS 1917:* A God dreaded in the great council of the holy ones, and feared of all them that are about Him?

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