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# סַעַר

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H5591

**tempest** — used 8 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

tempest [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5591/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

סַ֫עַר: n.m. tempest; [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5591/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Je 23:19 tempest;—abs. ס׳ Am 1:14 + 5 times; סָ֑עַר ψ 55:9; pl. sf. סַעֲרֶיךָ 83:16;—tempest, especially fig.: of passionate acts of men, מֵרוּחַ סֹעָה מִסָּ֑עַר ψ 55:9 (מִסּ׳ here awkward, without ו); of י׳’s wrath Je 23:19 (ס׳ מִתְחוֹלֵל), cf. 25:32; 30:23; tempest as instr. of י׳’s wrath, ψ 83:16 (‖ סוּפָה); v. also בְּסַעַר בְּיוֹם סוּפָה Am 1:14 and Jon 1:4, 12.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 8 of its verses cited, 0 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, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: a storm (6); storm (2).

## In the verses

[Psalms 55:9](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.55.9/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.55.9/#tree)

אָחִ֣ישָׁה מִפְלָ֣ט לִ֑י מֵר֖וּחַ סֹעָ֣ה מִסָּֽעַר׃

*Word for word:* I.want.to.make.haste a.place.of.escape my from a.wind rushing from a.storm

*JPS 1917:* I would haste me to a shelter from the stormy wind and tempest.'

[Jeremiah 30:23](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.30.23/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.30.23/#tree)

הִנֵּ֣ה ׀ סַעֲרַ֣ת יְהוָ֗ה חֵמָה֙ יָֽצְאָ֔ה סַ֖עַר מִתְגּוֹרֵ֑ר עַ֛ל רֹ֥אשׁ רְשָׁעִ֖ים יָחֽוּל׃

*Word for word:* there! the.storm of.Yahweh rage it.has.gone.out a.storm staying.as.a.sojourner on \[the\].head of.wicked.\[people\] it.will.whirl.about

*JPS 1917:* Behold, a storm of the LORD is gone forth in fury, a sweeping storm; it shall whirl upon the head of the wicked.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/5591.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5591/): 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).