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

Extended Information

• Also means: sa.ar (‎ס‎ַ֫‎ע‎ַ‎ר‎ "tempest" סַעַר)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎סַ֫עַר‎ noun masculine^{Jer 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.

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