Lexical Definition
סַעַר çaʻar (sah'-ar) tempest H:N-M
or (feminine) סְעָרָה çᵉʻârâh (seh-aw-raw'); from סָעַר
storm(-y), tempest, whirlwind.
- a hurricane
1) tempest, storm, whirlwind
1a) tempest
See Greek: γνόφος · λαῖλαψ · ὀργή · σάλος · σεισμός · φέρω
Brown-Driver-Briggs
סַ֫עַר noun masculineJer 23:19 tempest; — absolute ׳ס Amos 1:14 + 5 t.; סָ֑עַר Ps 55:9* plural suffix סַעֲרֶיךָ Ps 83:16* — tempest, especially figurative: of passionate acts ofmen, מֵרוּחַ סֹעָה מִסָּ֑עַר Ps 55:9* (׳מִסּ here awkward, without ו); of ׳י's wrath Jer 23:19 (מִתְחוֺלֵל ׳ס), compare Jer 25:32; Jer 30:23 tempest as instrument of ׳י's wrath, Ps 83:16* (|| סוּפָה); see also בְּסַעַר בְּיוֺם סוּפָה Amos 1:14 and Joel 1:4; Joel 1:12.
סְעָרָה noun feminine tempest, storm-wind; — absolute סְעָרָה Isa 29:6 + (so also 2Kgs 2:1; 2Kgs 2:11 Ginsb; Baer בַּסֳּעָרָה); construct סַעֲרַת Jer 23:19; Jer 30:23 plural סְעָרוֺת Ezek 13:11; Ezek 13:13 construct סַעֲרוֺת Zech 9:14 — tempest, storm-wind, as instrument of ׳י's wrath, Isa 29:6 (+ סוּפָה), compare Isa 40:24; Isa 41:16, also רוּחַ סְעָרוֺת Ezek 13:11; Ezek 13:13 (against nation under figure of wall); storm-wind of Elijah's translation 2Kgs 2:1; 2Kgs 2:11 of theophany Ezek 1:4 (רוּחַ סְעָרָה), Job 38:1; Job 40:6, and סַעֲרוֺת תֵּימָן Zech 9:14 ׳סַעֲרַת י as figurative of ׳י's wrath Jer 23:19; Jer 30:23 of ordinary tempests only in late Psalms: רוּחַ סְעָרָה Jer 107:25; Jer 148:8, ׳ס opposed to דְּמָמָה Jer 107:29. I, II, III. סַף see ספף.
Also see: שַׂעַר
II. שַׂ֫עַר noun [masculine] storm (= סַ֫עַר); — only construct קָ֑טֶב ׳שׂ Isa 28:2 a storm of destruction (in simile; || זֶרֶם בָּרָד).
שְׂעָרָה noun feminine id. (= סְעָרָה); — of way of ׳י ׳בְּסוּפָה וּבִשׂ Nah 1:3 figurative of ׳י's judgments; יְשׁוּפֵנִי ׳אֲשֶׁרבִּֿשׂ Job 9:17.
Brown-Driver-Briggs References
| Book | Refs |
|---|---|
| 2 Kings | 2:1 · 2:11 |
| Job | 9:17 · 38:1 · 40:6 |
| Psalms | 55:9* · 83:16* |
| Isaiah | 28:2 · 29:6 · 40:24 · 41:16 |
| Jeremiah | 23:19 · 25:32 · 30:23 · 107:25 · 107:29 · 148:8 |
| Ezekiel | 1:4 · 13:11 · 13:13 |
| Joel | 1:4 · 1:12 |
| Amos | 1:14 |
| Nahum | 1:3 |
| Zechariah | 9:14 |