סָעָה
çâʻâh · H5584 · Hebrew · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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to rage
Process by which the wind moves with great intensity
ExamplesPsalm 55:8 “I would hurry to my place of refuge From the stormy wind and heavy gale.”
How it’s used
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
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Near synonyms 1 word
- סוּפָה çûwphâh · H5492 · storm
- Hebrew סוּפָה is the most common Hebrew term for storm/tempest, lexically distinct from סָעָה but semantically overlapping as both denote violent windstorms.
Contrasting words 2 words
- דְּמָמָה dᵉmâmâh · H1827 · silence, whisper
- Hebrew דְּמָמָה denotes calm or stillness, the lexical opposite of storm (סָעָה) in meteorological contexts, representing the absence of violent weather.
- שַׁלְוָה shalvâh · H7962 · ease, peace, complacence
- Hebrew שַׁלְוָה denotes quietness and tranquility, functioning as an antonym to storm terminology when describing peaceful versus turbulent conditions.
In the other Testament 1 word
- λαῖλαψ laîlaps · G2978 · windstorm, whirlwind, squall
- Greek λαῖλαψ (lailaps) is the standard Greek translation equivalent for Hebrew storm terms, denoting a violent windstorm or tempest, matching the semantic range of סָעָה.
Semantic domains 1 entry
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- A rare Aramaic noun for a storm, describing violent, driving movement of wind.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H5584. saah [סָעָה] verb (dubious) rush, of storm-wind (compare Arabic (and ), go…
[סָעָה] verb (dubious) rush, of storm-wind (compare Arabic (and ), go quickly, run, be energetic; Syriac make an attack upon); —
Qal Participle feminine singular סֹעָה מֵרוּחַ Psa 55:9 from rushing wind (and) from tempest (סָ֑עַר); Hup (not Now) Gr Dy סוּפָה or סְעָרָה.
סעף (√ of following; apparently = cleave, divide; compare perhaps Arabic , of hand, become cracked around nails etc., Lane1364, palm-branches with leaves on them, Id1365; BaEs 56 GFMJdg 15:8 compare cleft, (forked) branch, compare BuhlLex 13).
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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