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title: רַעַל — reeling · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רַעַל (7478), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: reeling. BDB 1906: reeling. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רַעַל

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«רַעַל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **reeling** — 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:** 7478 · **BDB:** רַ֫עַל

### Glosses

of.reeling (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

reeling [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7478/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

reeling [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7478/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] reeling;—only סַף־ר׳ Zc 12:2 goblet of reeling (fig. of Jerusalem).

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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 «רַעַל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7478/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Zechariah 12:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ZEC.12.2/)

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הִנֵּ֣ה אָ֠נֹכִי שָׂ֣ם אֶת־יְרוּשָׁלִַ֧ם סַף־רַ֛עַל לְכָל־הָעַמִּ֖ים סָבִ֑יב וְגַ֧ם עַל־יְהוּדָ֛ה יִֽהְיֶ֥ה בַמָּצ֖וֹר עַל־יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃

*Word for word:* here! I \[am\].about.to.make (et) Jerusalem a.basin of.reeling for all the peoples all.around and also on Judah it.will.be in the siege on Jerusalem

*JPS 1917:* Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of staggering unto all the peoples round about, and upon Judah also shall it fall to be in the siege against Jerusalem.

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