Word

סַעַר

çaʻar · H5591 · Hebrew · 24 occurrences

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Meanings

a storm

The process by which a strong wind blows, causing danger and destruction and inspiring fear, often associated with the appearance and intervention of God and used as a symbol of warfare

Examples
Psalm 55:8 “I would hurry to my place of refuge From the stormy wind and heavy gale.”
Psalm 83:15 So pursue them with Your heavy gale, And terrify them with Your storm.
Jeremiah 23:19 “Behold, the storm of the LORD has gone forth in wrath, Even a whirling tempest; It will swirl down on the head of the wicked.

How it’s used In 8 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive

4 occurrences in 3 groups

יְהֹוָהthe LORD, YHWH 2
תֵּימָןsouth 1
ךָyour 1

Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles

5 occurrences in 4 groups

גָּדוֹלgreat, large 3
גּוּרto sojourn 1
זֶהthis 1
חוּלto tremble, to writhe 1

Named alongside itApposition

2 occurrences in 1 groups

חֵמָהwrath, fury 2

What it doesIt is the subject

6 occurrences in 5 groups

יָצָאto go out 2
הָיָהto be, to become 1
נָשָׂאto lift up, to carry, to bear 1
עוּרto awake, to stir up 1
פּוּץto be scattered 1

What is done to itIt is the object

1 occurrences in 1 groups

קוּםto arise 1

What it is said to bePredicate

1 occurrences in 1 groups

כֶםyou 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

7 occurrences in 2 groups

בin/on/with 6
מִןfrom 5

In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive

5 occurrences in 1 groups

רוּחַspirit, wind 5

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Near synonyms 2 words

סוּפָה çûwphâh · H5492 · storm: Both words denote violent windstorms, with storm, tempest and whirlwind overlapping clearly. The "Red Sea" sense of סוּפָה (çûwphâh, H5492) is a separate sense and does not affect the storm sense shared with סַעַר (çaʻar, H5591).
רוּחַ rûwach · H7307 · spirit: The target lexeme, specialized for storm or tempest events, and רוּחַ (‘spirit, breath, wind, anger, mind,’ among other senses, including ‘tempest’ and ‘whirlwind’) are near-synonyms in רוּחַ’s meteorological sense of violent wind, though רוּחַ’s range extends far beyond weather.

Semantic domains 1 entry

Air001002005001: A storm, tempest, or whirlwind, the violent weather phenomenon repeatedly invoked as an image of sudden divine judgment or overwhelming force.

Word family 2 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

סָעַר çâʻar · H5590 · to be agitated, to be enraged, to be greatly distressed · 7×סַעַרçaʻar · H5591

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H5591. ca 'ar סַ֫עַר noun masculineJer 23:19 tempest; — absolute ׳ס Amo 1:14 Amo 1:5t.;…

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'ar סַ֫עַר noun masculineJer 23:19 tempest; — absolute ׳ס Amo 1:14 Amo 1:5t.; סָ֑עַר Psa 55:9; plural suffix סַעֲרֶיךָ Psa 83:16; — tempest, especially figurative: of passionate acts ofmen, מִסָּ֑עַר סֹעָה מֵרוּחַ Psa 55:9 (׳מִסּ here awkward, without ו); of ׳יs wrath Jer 23:19 (׳ס מִתְחוֺלֵל), compare Jer 25:32; Jer 30:23; tempest as instrument of ׳יs wrath, Psa 83:16 (|| סוּפָה); see also סוּפָה בְּיוֺם בְּסַעַר Amo 1:14 and Joe 1:4, Joe 1:12.
סְעָרָה noun feminine tempest, storm-wind; — absolute סְעָרָה Isa 29:6 + (so also 2Ki 2:1, 2Ki 2:11 Ginsb; Baer בַּסֳּעָרָה); construct סַעֲרַת Jer 23:19; Jer 30:23; plural סְעָרוֺת Eze 13:11, Eze 13:13 construct סַעֲרוֺת Zec 9:14; — tempest, storm-wind, as instrument of ׳יs wrath, Isa 29:6 (+ סוּפָה), compare Isa 40:24; Isa 41:16, also סְעָרוֺת רוּחַ Eze 13:11, Eze 13:13 (against nation under figure of wall); storm-wind of Elijah's translation 2Ki 2:1, 2Ki 2:11; of theophany Eze 1:4 (סְעָרָה רוּחַ), Job 38:1; Job 40:6, and תֵּימָן סַעֲרוֺת Zec 9:14; י ׳סַעֲרַת as figurative of ׳יs wrath Jer 23:19; Jer 30:23; of ordinary tempests only in late Psalms: סְעָרָה רוּחַ Jer 107:25; Jer 148:8, ׳ס opposed to דְּמָמָה Jer 107:29.
I, II, III. סַף see ספף.
ספא (√ of following; compare Late Hebrew ספי סָפָא, give to eat, סְפִי ᵑ7 id.; perhaps Palmyrene ספא feed, nourish, Lzb330 Cook85).
II. שַׂ֫עַר noun [masculine] storm (= סַ֫עַר); — only construct ׳שׂ קָ֑טֶב Isa 28:2 a storm of destruction (in simile; || בָּרָד זֶרֶם).
שְׂעָרָה noun feminine id. (= סְעָרָה); — of way of וּבִשׂ ׳בְּסוּפָה ׳י Nah 1:3; figurative of ׳יs judgments; ׳אֲשֶׁרבִּֿשׂ יְשׁוּפֵנִי Job 9:17.

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Air24 occurrences

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