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title: תַּרְעֵלָה — reeling · The Tanakh dictionary
description: תַּרְעֵלָה (8653), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: reeling. BDB 1906: n.f. reeling. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# תַּרְעֵלָה

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«תַּרְעֵלָה» 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 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 3 times · **Key:** 8653 · **BDB:** תַּרְעֵלָה

### Glosses

staggering (2); of.staggering (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

reeling [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8653/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. reeling [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8653/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. reeling (cf. רַ֫עַל);—כּוֹס הַתּ׳ Is 51:17, 22; יַיִן תּ׳ ψ 60:5 drink reeling as wine.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 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, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «תַּרְעֵלָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8653/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 60:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.60.5/)

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הִרְאִ֣יתָה עַמְּךָ֣ קָשָׁ֑ה הִ֝שְׁקִיתָ֗נוּ יַ֣יִן תַּרְעֵלָֽה׃

*Word for word:* you.have.made.see people your a.hard.\[thing\] you have.made.us.drink wine of.staggering

*JPS 1917:* Thou hast made Thy people to see hard things; Thou hast made us to drink the wine of staggering.

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[Isaiah 51:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.51.17/)

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הִתְעוֹרְרִ֣י הִֽתְעוֹרְרִ֗י ק֚וּמִי יְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם אֲשֶׁ֥ר שָׁתִ֛ית מִיַּ֥ד יְהוָ֖ה אֶת־כּ֣וֹס חֲמָת֑וֹ אֶת־קֻבַּ֜עַת כּ֧וֹס הַתַּרְעֵלָ֛ה שָׁתִ֖ית מָצִֽית׃

*Word for word:* rouse.yourself rouse.yourself arise O.Jerusalem who you.have.drunk from the.hand of.Yahweh (et) the.cup his.anger his (et) the.bowl of.the.cup of.(the) staggering you.have.drunk you.have.drained

*JPS 1917:* Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, that hast drunk at the hand of the LORD the cup of His fury; thou hast drunken the beaker, even the cup of staggering, and drained it.

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