Lexical Definition

‎רְאֵם‎ rᵉʼêm (reh-ame') wild ox ^H:N-M
or רְאֵים rᵉʼêym (reh-ame'); or רֵים rêym (rame); or רֵם rêm (rame); from ‎רָאַם‎

unicorn.

• a wild bull (from its conspicuousness)

1) probably the great aurochs or wild bulls which are now extinct. The exact meaning is not known.

Extended Information

• probably the great aurochs or wild bulls which are now extinct. The exact meaning is not known.

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎רְאֵם‎ noun masculine^{Job 39:10} wild ox (Assyrian rêmu Dl^{HWB 603} (‎ראם‎), Houghton^{TSBA v (1877). 336 ff., and illustrated before p. 33} Schr^{KGF 135 ff.}, 530 Hom^{NS 237 ff., 410, 436 f.} Dr^{Deut 33:17}; on strength and ferocity, Plin^{NH viii. 21}; Aramaic ‎רְאֵמָא‎, ‎רֵימָא‎, ‎רֵימָנָא‎ (Lag^{BN 58}); Arabic is white antelope, antilope leucoryx; ᵐ5 (erroneous) μονοκέρως (Isa 34:7 ἅδροι, ᵑ9 unicornis, and (oftener) rhinoceros); — absolute ‎׳‎‎ר‎ Num 23:22 +, ‎רְאֵים‎ Ps 92:11*, ‎רֵים‎ Job 39:9; Job 39:10 plural ‎רְאֵמִים‎ Isa 34:7; Ps 29:6, ‎רֵמִים‎ Ps 22:22* (see Baer); — wild ox, as fierce and strong Job 39:9; Job 39:10 simile of strength of Israel, ‎לוֺ‎ ‎׳‎‎כְּתוֺעֲפוֺת ר‎ Num 23:22 = Num 24:8 (JE), ‎וַתָּרֶם כִּרְאֵם קַרְנִי‎ Ps 92:11* so figurative of Joseph, ‎קַרְנַיו‎ ‎׳‎‎קַרְנֵי ר‎ Deut 33:17 figurative of princes of Edom Isa 34:7 ( +‎פָּרִים עִם אַבִּירִים‎); of powerful foes, ‎מִקַּרְנֵי רֵמִים‎ Ps 22:22* in simile of skipping, leaping, ‎בֶּןרְֿאֵמִים‎ Ps 29:6 (|| ‎עֵגֶּל‎).

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