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title: רָעַל — quiver · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רָעַל (7477), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: quiver. BDB 1906: vb. quiver, shake, reel. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רָעַל

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«רָעַל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **quiver** — 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:** 7477 · **BDB:** רָעַל

### Glosses

they.have.been.made.to.quiver (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

quiver [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7477/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. quiver, shake, reel [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7477/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. quiver, shake, reel (Aramaic רְעַל, ܪܥܶܠ, quiver, shake, tremble; Arabic رَعْلٌ the hanging part of a sheep’s split ear, also (Frey) a kind of veil of which a part hangs down in front; أَرْعَلُ dangling; Lihy. has n.pr. רעל DHMEpigr. Denkm.Arabic 38);— Pf. 3 pl. הַבְּרשִׁים הָרְעָ֑לוּ Na 2:4 are made in quiver. Vid. also \[עָרַל\].

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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, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «רָעַל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7477/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Nahum 2:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/NAM.2.4/)

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מָגֵ֨ן גִּבֹּרֵ֜יהוּ מְאָדָּ֗ם אַנְשֵׁי־חַ֙יִל֙ מְתֻלָּעִ֔ים בְּאֵשׁ־פְּלָד֥וֹת הָרֶ֖כֶב בְּי֣וֹם הֲכִינ֑וֹ וְהַבְּרֹשִׁ֖ים הָרְעָֽלוּ׃

*Word for word:* the.shield of his.warriors \[is\].dyed.red men of.strength \[are\].clothed.in.scarlet \[are\].in fire of.iron(s) the chariotry on the.day prepares he and the cypresses they.have.been.made.to.quiver

*JPS 1917:* The shield of his mighty men is made red, the valiant men are in scarlet; the chariots are fire of steel in the day of his preparation, and the cypress spears are made to quiver.

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