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

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«רְעַדָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **shudder** — 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:** lemma:רְעַדָה · **BDB:** רְעָדָה

### Glosses

trembling (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

shudder [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/lemma_3a_5e8_5b0_5e2_5b7_5d3_5b8_5d4/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/lemma_3a_5e8_5b0_5e2_5b7_5d3_5b8_5d4/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. id.; subj. of אָֽחֲזָה Is 33:14 ψ 48:7; ‖ יִרְאָה 2:11; ‖ פַּחַד Jb 4:14.

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «רְעַדָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/lemma_3a_5e8_5b0_5e2_5b7_5d3_5b8_5d4/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 48:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.48.7/)

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רְ֭עָדָה אֲחָזָ֣תַם שָׁ֑ם חִ֝֗יל כַּיּוֹלֵֽדָה׃

*Word for word:* trembling it seized.them there anguish like.(the) \[woman who\].gives.birth

*JPS 1917:* Trembling took hold of them there, pangs, as of a woman in travail.

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[Psalms 2:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.2.11/)

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עִבְד֣וּ אֶת־יְהוָ֣ה בְּיִרְאָ֑ה וְ֝גִ֗ילוּ בִּרְעָדָֽה׃

*Word for word:* serve (et) Yahweh with fear and rejoice with trembling

*JPS 1917:* Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.

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