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title: רֶטֶט — trembling · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רֶטֶט (7374), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: trembling. BDB 1906: trembling, panic. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רֶטֶט

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«רֶטֶט» in the Tanakh dictionary: **trembling** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 7374 · **BDB:** רֶ֫טֶט

### Glosses

panic (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

trembling [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7374/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

trembling, panic [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7374/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] trembling, panic (BaNB § 20a Köii. 1, 42);—abs. ר׳ הֶחֱזִיקָה Je 49:24 she hath seized panic, but הֶחֱזִיקָהּ (Gie), panic hath seized her.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «רֶטֶט» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7374/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Jeremiah 49:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.49.24/)

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רָפְתָ֥ה דַמֶּ֛שֶׂק הִפְנְתָ֥ה לָנ֖וּס וְרֶ֣טֶט ׀ הֶחֱזִ֑יקָה צָרָ֧ה וַחֲבָלִ֛ים אֲחָזַ֖תָּה כַּיּוֹלֵדָֽה׃

*Word for word:* it.will.be.disheartened Damascus it.will.turn.back to flee and panic it.will.take.hold distress and labor-pains it will.seize.it like.(the) \[woman who\].gives.birth

*JPS 1917:* Damascus is waxed feeble, she turneth herself to flee, and trembling hath seized on her; anguish and pangs have taken hold of her, as of a woman in travail.

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