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title: רֵעַ — shouting · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רֵעַ (7452), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: shouting. BDB 1906: n.verb. shouting, roar. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רֵעַ

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«רֵעַ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **shouting** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 7452 · **BDB:** רֵעַ

### Glosses

shouting (2); thunder (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

shouting [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7452/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.verb. shouting, roar [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7452/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.verb. shouting, roar, but dub.;—קוֹל הָעָם בְּרֵעֹה֯ Ex 32:17 (E) sound of the people as they shouted (read Inf. cstr. בָּרִעֹה for בְּהָרִיעוֹ cf. √ 5); יַגִּיד עָלָיו רֵע֑וֹ Jb 36:33 the roar thereof telleth of him (רַעְמוֹ his thunder, so Bu); לָמָּה תָרִיעִי רֵעַ Mi 4:9 why criest thou out with a crying? (butv. √ 6). ii, iii. רֵעַ v. ii, iii. רעה; רַע, רֹעַ v. דעע.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (16 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (12 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «רֵעַ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7452/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 36:33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.36.33/)

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יַגִּ֣יד עָלָ֣יו רֵע֑וֹ מִ֝קְנֶ֗ה אַ֣ף עַל־עוֹלֶֽה׃

*Word for word:* it.tells on him thunder his livestock also on \[one.who\].comes.up

*JPS 1917:* The noise thereof telleth concerning it, the cattle also concerning the storm that cometh up.

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[Exodus 32:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.32.17/)

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וַיִּשְׁמַ֧ע יְהוֹשֻׁ֛עַ אֶת־ק֥וֹל הָעָ֖ם בְּרֵעֹ֑הוַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֔ה ק֥וֹל מִלְחָמָ֖ה בַּֽמַּחֲנֶה׃

*Word for word:* and he.heard Joshua (et) the.sound of the.people in shouting its and he.said to Moses a.sound of.battle \[is\].in the camp

*JPS 1917:* And when Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said unto Moses: 'There is a noise of war in the camp.'

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