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title: רָעַם — thunder · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רָעַם (7481), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 11 times: thunder. BDB 1906: vb.denom. thunder. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רָעַם

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«רָעַם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **thunder** — 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:** 11 times · **Key:** 7481 · **BDB:** רָעַם

### Glosses

he.thunders (4); he.thundered (3); let.it.thunder (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

thunder [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7481/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb.denom. thunder [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7481/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb.denom. thunder;— make the sound of thunder, thunder: Impf. 3 ms. יִרְעַם let the sea thunder (in praise, ‖ שׂמח, גיל, עלז, הריע, מחא כף, רנן) ψ 96:11 = 1 Ch 16:32, ψ 98:7.—Pf. 3 pl. רָֽעֲמוּ פָּנִים Ez 27:35 is dub.: faces tremble (Toy are convulsed), or they tremble (cf. Hi-Sm Krae; AV RV are troubled) in face, lacks etym. support (otherwise Gerber47, but v. √ supr.); 𝔊 𝔖 Co דָּֽמְעוּ פְּנֵיהֶם. (Gerber47) thunder, cause thunder;—Pf. 3 ms. הִרְעִים ψ 29:3; Impf. 3 ms. יַרְעֵם (on—ֵ v. Köi, 210) ψ 18:14 +; וַיַּרְעֵם 1 S 7:10; 2 ms. תַּרְעֵם Jb 40:9; 1 S 1:6 v. infr.;—thunder, of י׳ (God) 2:10; 7:10 (both c. עַל pers. against whom), ψ 18:14 = 2 S 22:14, ψ 29:3 Jb 37:4, 5, cf. 40:9.—הְרְּעִמָהּ 1 S 1:6 is appar. Inf. cstr. sf. (Ges§ 20 h; 22 s), but not understood by 𝔊 and dub.: AV RV to make her fret, cf. Aramaic utter (loud) complaints (Weir in DrSm 291); perhaps corrupt HPS.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 11 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 (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «רָעַם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7481/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Samuel 22:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.22.14/)

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יַרְעֵ֥ם מִן־שָׁמַ֖יִם יְהוָ֑ה וְעֶלְי֖וֹן יִתֵּ֥ן קוֹלֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* he.thundered from heaven Yahweh and the.Most.High he.gave.forth voice his

*JPS 1917:* The LORD thundered from heaven, and the Most High gave forth His voice.

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[Job 37:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.37.5/)

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יַרְעֵ֤ם אֵ֣ל בְּ֭קוֹלוֹ נִפְלָא֑וֹת עֹשֶׂ֥ה גְ֝דֹל֗וֹת וְלֹ֣א נֵדָֽע׃

*Word for word:* he.thunders God with voice his wonders \[he.is\].doing great.\[things\] and not we.know

*JPS 1917:* God thundereth marvellously with His voice; great things doeth He, which we cannot comprehend.

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