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# רַעַל

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H7478

**reeling** — used 1 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 1 verse word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

reeling [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7478/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

רַ֫עַל: reeling [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7478/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] reeling;—only סַף־ר׳ Zc 12:2 goblet of reeling (fig. of Jerusalem).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 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, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: of reeling (1).

## In the verses

[Zechariah 12:2](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ZEC.12.2/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ZEC.12.2/#tree)

הִנֵּ֣ה אָ֠נֹכִי שָׂ֣ם אֶת־יְרוּשָׁלִַ֧ם סַף־רַ֛עַל לְכָל־הָעַמִּ֖ים סָבִ֑יב וְגַ֧ם עַל־יְהוּדָ֛ה יִֽהְיֶ֥ה בַמָּצ֖וֹר עַל־יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃

*Word for word:* here! I \[am\].about.to.make (et) Jerusalem a.basin of.reeling for all the peoples all.around and also on Judah it.will.be in the siege on Jerusalem

*JPS 1917:* Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of staggering unto all the peoples round about, and upon Judah also shall it fall to be in the siege against Jerusalem.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/7478.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7478/): 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).