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Jeremiah 51:29

“And the land shall tremble and sorrow: for every purpose of the Lord shall be performed against Babylon, to make the land of Babylon a desolation without an inhabitant.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

רָעַשׁrâʻash · raw-ash
H7493 · Hebrew
Definition
to undulate (as the earth, the sky, etc.; also a field of grain), particularly through fear; specifically, to spring (as a locust)
Derivation
a primitive root;
KJV renderings
make afraid, (re-) move, quake, (make to) shake, (make to) tremble.
Grammar
  • וַ — conjunction
  • תִּרְעַ֥שׁ — verb Qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular
Code HC/Vqw3fs
Usage
Occurs 30 times in the Hebrew Bible.Judges 5:42 Samuel 22:8Job 39:20Psalms 18:8Psalms 46:4

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read רָעַשׁ here.

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Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.