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title: רַעַד — trembling · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רַעַד (7461), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: trembling. BDB 1906: n.m. trembling. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רַעַד

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«רַעַד» 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 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 2 times · **Key:** 7461 · **BDB:** רַ֫עַד

### Glosses

trembling (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

trembling [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7461/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. trembling [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7461/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. trembling;—יִרְאָה וָר׳ יָבֹא בִי ψ 55:6; יֹאחֲזֵמוֹ רָ֑עַד Ex 15:15.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 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 (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «רַעַד» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7461/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 55:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.55.6/)

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יִרְאָ֣ה וָ֭רַעַד יָ֣בֹא בִ֑י וַ֝תְּכַסֵּ֗נִי פַּלָּצֽוּת׃

*Word for word:* fear and trembling it.comes on me and it has.covered.me shuddering

*JPS 1917:* Fear and trembling come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me.

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[Exodus 15:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.15.15/)

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אָ֤ז נִבְהֲלוּ֙ אַלּוּפֵ֣י אֱד֔וֹם אֵילֵ֣י מוֹאָ֔ב יֹֽאחֲזֵ֖מוֹ רָ֑עַד נָמֹ֕גוּ כֹּ֖ל יֹשְׁבֵ֥י כְנָֽעַן׃

*Word for word:* then they.are.terrified the.chiefs of.Edom the.leaders of.Moab it has.seized.them trembling they.have.melted.away all the.inhabitants of.Canaan

*JPS 1917:* Then were the chiefs of Edom affrighted; the mighty men of Moab, trembling taketh hold upon them; all the inhabitants of Canaan are melted away.

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