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title: סְעָרָה — tempest · The Tanakh dictionary
description: סְעָרָה (lemma:סְעָרָה), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 16 times: tempest. BDB 1906: n.f. tempest, storm-wind. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# סְעָרָה

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«סְעָרָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **tempest** — 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:** 16 times · **Key:** lemma:סְעָרָה · **BDB:** סְעָרָה

### Glosses

a.tempest (4); of.storm (2); of.tempests (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

tempest [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/lemma_3a_5e1_5b0_5e2_5b8_5e8_5b8_5d4/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. tempest, storm-wind [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/lemma_3a_5e1_5b0_5e2_5b8_5e8_5b8_5d4/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. tempest, storm-wind;—abs. סְעָרָה Is 29:6 + (so also 2 K 2:1, 11 Ginsb; Baer בַּסֳּעָרָה); cstr. סַעֲרַת Je 23:19; 30:23; pl. סְעָרוֹת Ez 13:11, 13; cstr. סַעֲרוֹת Zc 9:14;—4, as instr. of י׳’s wrath, Is 29:6 (+ סוּפָה), cf.40:24; 41:16, also רוּחַ סְעָרוֹת Ez 13:11, 13 (against nation under fig. of wall); storm-wind of Elijah’s translation 2 K 2:1, 11; of theophany Ez 1:4 (רִוּחַ סְעָרָה), Jb 38:1; 40:6, and סַעֲרוֹת תֵּימָן Zc 9:14; סַעֲרַת י׳ as fig. of י׳’s wrath Je 23:19; 30:23; of ordinary tempests only in late ψψ: רוּחַ סְעָרָה 107:25; 148:8, ס׳ opp. דְּמָמָה 107:29.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 16 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «סְעָרָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/lemma_3a_5e1_5b0_5e2_5b8_5e8_5b8_5d4/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 107:29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.107.29/)

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יָקֵ֣ם סְ֭עָרָה לִדְמָמָ֑ה וַ֝יֶּחֱשׁ֗וּ גַּלֵּיהֶֽם׃

*Word for word:* he.raised \[the\].storm into a.whisper and they.were.still waves their

*JPS 1917:* He made the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof were still.

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[Job 40:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.40.6/)

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וַיַּֽעַן־יְהוָ֣ה אֶת־אִ֭יּוֹב מִ֥ן ׀ סְעָרָ֗ה וַיֹּאמַֽר׃

*Word for word:* and he.answered Yahweh (et) Job from a.tempest and he.said

*JPS 1917:* Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said:

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