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title: רְאֵם — wild ox · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רְאֵם (7214), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 9 times: wild ox. BDB 1906: n.m. wild ox. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רְאֵם

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«רְאֵם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **wild ox** — 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:** 9 times · **Key:** 7214 · **BDB:** רְאֵם

### Glosses

of.a.wild.ox (3); a.wild.ox (2); of.wild.oxen (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

wild ox [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7214/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. wild ox [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7214/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Jb 39:10 wild ox (Assyrian rêmu DlHWB 603 (ראם), HoughtonTSBA v (1877), 336 ff., and illustr. bef. p. 33 SchrKGF 135 ff., 530 HomNS 257 ff., 410, 436 f. Dr Dt 33:17; on strength and ferocity, PlinNH viii. 21; Aramaic רְאֵמָא, רֵימָא, רֵימָנָא, ܪܰܝܡܳܐ (LagBN 58); Arabic رِىْٔمٌ is white antelope, antilope leucoryx; 𝔊 (erron.) μονόκερως (Is 34:7 ἁδροί), 𝔙 unicornis, and (oftener) rhinoceros);—abs. ר׳ Nu 23:22 +, רְאֵים ψ 92:11, רֵים Jb 39:9, 10; pl. רְאֵמִים Is 34:7 ψ 29:6, רֵמִים 22:22 (v. Baer);—wild ox, as fierce and strong Jb 39:9, 10; sim. of strength of Isr., כְּתוֹעֲפוֹה ר׳ לוֹ Nu 23:22 = 24:8 (JE), רַתָּרֶם כִּרְאֵם קַרְנִי ψ 92:11; so fig. of Joseph, קֵּרְנֵי ר׳ קַרְנָיו Dt 33:17; fig. of princes of Edom Is 34:7 (+ פָּרִים עִם אַבִּירִים); of powerful foes, מִקַּרְנֵי רֵמִים ψ 22:22; in sim. of skipping, leaping, בֶּן־רְאֵמִים ψ 29:6 (‖ עֵגֶל).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 9 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «רְאֵם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7214/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Numbers 23:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.23.22/)

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אֵ֖ל מוֹצִיאָ֣ם מִמִּצְרָ֑יִם כְּתוֹעֲפֹ֥ת רְאֵ֖ם לֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* God \[is\].bringing them.out from Egypt like.\[the\] horns of.a.wild.ox \[belong\].to him

*JPS 1917:* God who brought them forth out of Egypt is for them like the lofty horns of the wild-ox.

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[Job 39:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.39.9/)

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הֲיֹ֣אבֶה רֵּ֣יםעָבְדֶ֑ךָ אִם־יָ֝לִ֗ין עַל־אֲבוּסֶֽךָ׃

*Word for word:* is it.willing? a.wild.ox to serve.you or? will.it.pass.the.night at trough your.feeding

*JPS 1917:* Will the wild-ox be willing to serve thee? Or will he abide by thy crib?

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