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title: רַעַם — thunder · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רַעַם (7482), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 6 times: thunder. BDB 1906: thunder. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רַעַם

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«רַעַם» 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:** 6 times · **Key:** 7482 · **BDB:** רַ֫עַם

### Glosses

your.thunder (2); \[the\].thunder (1); of.thunder (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

thunder [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7482/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

thunder [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7482/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] thunder;—ascribed to י׳: ר׳ abs. Is 29:6, בְּסֵתֶר רַ֑עַם ψ 81:8 (Baer Gi; i. e. thunder-cloud); sf. קוֹל רַעַמְךָ 77:19; 104:7; cstr. רַעַם גבורתו Jb 26:14 (fig. of י׳’s display of might; opp. שֵׁמֶץ); fig. of captins, ר׳ שָׂרִים 39:25, i.e. thunderous shouting (+ תְּרוּעָה).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 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 «רַעַם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7482/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 104:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.104.7/)

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מִן־גַּעֲרָ֣תְךָ֣ יְנוּס֑וּן מִן־ק֥וֹל רַֽ֝עַמְךָ֗ יֵחָפֵזֽוּן׃

*Word for word:* from rebuke your they fled from the.sound your.thunder your they hurried.away

*JPS 1917:* At Thy rebuke they fled, at the voice of Thy thunder they hasted away —

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[Job 39:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.39.25/)

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בְּדֵ֤י שֹׁפָ֨ר ׀ יֹ֘אמַ֤ר הֶאָ֗ח וּֽ֭מֵרָחוֹק יָרִ֣יחַ מִלְחָמָ֑ה רַ֥עַם שָׂ֝רִים וּתְרוּעָֽה׃

*Word for word:* in.\[the\] sufficiency of.a.horn it.says aha! and from a.distance it.smells battle \[the\].thunder of.commanders and.\[the\] battle-cry

*JPS 1917:* As oft as he heareth the horn he saith: 'Ha, ha!' and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.

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