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title: רַעַשׁ — quaking · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רַעַשׁ (7494), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 17 times: quaking. BDB 1906: n.m. quaking, shaking. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רַעַשׁ

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«רַעַשׁ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **quaking** — 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:** 17 times · **Key:** 7494 · **BDB:** רַ֫עַשׁ

### Glosses

earthquake (5); shaking (3); an.earthquake (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

quaking [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7494/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. quaking, shaking [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7494/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Je 10:22 quaking, shaking;—ר׳ abs. 1 K 19:11 +, cstr. Na 3:2; Jb 41:21;— specif. earthquake, Am 1:1; Zc 14:5; 1 K 19:11(×2), 12; fig. of י׳’s judgment Is 29:6; Ez 38:19; cf. (in vision) קוֹל ר׳ גָּדוֹל 3:12, 13; prob. also 37:7 (𝔊 Thes Co Krae; \> rustling, rattling, Hi-Sm Toy); hence hyperbol. of shaking of earth by tramping of warriors Is 9:4, by war-chariots Je 47:3, cf. 10:22, or wheels Na 3:2, by war-horse(ʾs hoofs) Jb 39:24. \*(רֹנֶז+) quaking, trembling, of pers. Ez 12:18. shaking, quivering, of dart Jb 41:21 (al. rushing sound).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 16 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses (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 «רַעַשׁ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7494/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 41:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.41.21/)

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כְּ֭קַשׁ נֶחְשְׁב֣וּ תוֹתָ֑ח וְ֝יִשְׂחַ֗ק לְרַ֣עַשׁ כִּידֽוֹן׃

*Word for word:* like chaff they.are.regarded a.club and it.laughs to.\[the\] shaking of.a.javelin

*JPS 1917:* Clubs are accounted as stubble; he laugheth at the rattling of the javelin.

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[Job 39:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.39.24/)

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בְּרַ֣עַשׁ וְ֭רֹגֶז יְגַמֶּא־אָ֑רֶץ וְלֹֽא־יַ֝אֲמִ֗ין כִּי־ק֥וֹל שׁוֹפָֽר׃

*Word for word:* with shaking and excitement it.swallows \[the\].ground and not it.stands.firm (dm) \[the\].sound of.a.horn

*JPS 1917:* He swalloweth the ground with storm and rage; neither believeth he that it is the voice of the horn.

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