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# רָעַל

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H7477

**quiver** — 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

quiver [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7477/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

רָעַל: vb. quiver, shake, reel [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7477/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** vb. quiver, shake, reel (Aramaic רְעַל, ܪܥܶܠ, quiver, shake, tremble; Arabic رَعْلٌ the hanging part of a sheep’s split ear, also (Frey) a kind of veil of which a part hangs down in front; أَرْعَلُ dangling; Lihy. has n.pr. רעל DHMEpigr. Denkm.Arabic 38);— Pf. 3 pl. הַבְּרשִׁים הָרְעָ֑לוּ Na 2:4 are made in quiver. Vid. also \[עָרַל\].

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: they have been made to quiver (1).

## In the verses

[Nahum 2:4](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/NAM.2.4/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/NAM.2.4/#tree)

מָגֵ֨ן גִּבֹּרֵ֜יהוּ מְאָדָּ֗ם אַנְשֵׁי־חַ֙יִל֙ מְתֻלָּעִ֔ים בְּאֵשׁ־פְּלָד֥וֹת הָרֶ֖כֶב בְּי֣וֹם הֲכִינ֑וֹ וְהַבְּרֹשִׁ֖ים הָרְעָֽלוּ׃

*Word for word:* the.shield of his.warriors \[is\].dyed.red men of.strength \[are\].clothed.in.scarlet \[are\].in fire of.iron(s) the chariotry on the.day prepares he and the cypresses they.have.been.made.to.quiver

*JPS 1917:* The shield of his mighty men is made red, the valiant men are in scarlet; the chariots are fire of steel in the day of his preparation, and the cypress spears are made to quiver.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/7477.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7477/): 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).