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# חָרֵד

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H2730

**trembling** — used 6 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

trembling [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2730/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

חָרֵד: adj.verb. trembling [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2730/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** adj.verb. of foregoing, trembling;—חָרֵד Ju 7:3 + 3 times; חֲרֵדִים Is 66:5 Ezr 10:3—trembling (from fear), abs. Ju 7:3 (‖ ירא), 1 S 4:13 (subj. לִבּוֹ, sq. עַל, for, in behalf of); in awe and reverence, at word of God, sq. בְּ Ezr 9:4 Is 66:2 (sq. עַל), v 5 (sq. אֶל); cf. ח׳ בְּמִצְוַת אל׳ Ezr 10:3.

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 (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: trembling (4); \[person\] trembling (1); a \[person\] trembling (1).

## In the verses

[Ezra 9:4](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.9.4/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.9.4/#tree)

וְאֵלַ֣י יֵאָסְפ֗וּ כֹּ֤ל חָרֵד֙ בְּדִבְרֵ֣י אֱלֹהֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל עַ֖ל מַ֣עַל הַגּוֹלָ֑ה וַאֲנִי֙ יֹשֵׁ֣ב מְשׁוֹמֵ֔ם עַ֖ד לְמִנְחַ֥ת הָעָֽרֶב׃

*Word for word:* and to me they.gathered every \[person\].trembling at the.words of.the.God of.Israel on the.unfaithfulness of the.exile\[s\] and I \[was\].sitting appalled until (to).the offering of the.evening

*JPS 1917:* Then were assembled unto me every one that trembled at the words of the God of Israel, because of the faithlessness of them of the captivity; and I sat appalled until the evening offering.

[Isaiah 66:2](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.66.2/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.66.2/#tree)

וְאֶת־כָּל־אֵ֙לֶּה֙ יָדִ֣י עָשָׂ֔תָה וַיִּהְי֥וּ כָל־אֵ֖לֶּה נְאֻם־יְהוָ֑ה וְאֶל־זֶ֣ה אַבִּ֔יט אֶל־עָנִי֙ וּנְכֵה־ר֔וּחַ וְחָרֵ֖ד עַל־דְּבָרִֽי׃

*Word for word:* and (et) all these.\[things\] hand my it.made and they.were all these.\[things\] the.utterance of.Yahweh and to this.one I.will.look to an.afflicted.\[person\] and a.\[person\].stricken of.spirit and a.\[person\].trembling on word my

*JPS 1917:* For all these things hath My hand made, and so all these things came to be, saith the LORD; but on this man will I look, even on him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at My word.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/2730.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2730/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).