Lexical Definition

‎רָעַשׁ‎ râʻash (raw-ash) to shake ^H:V
a primitive root

make afraid, (re-) move, quake, (make to) shake, (make to) tremble.

• to undulate (as the earth, the sky, etc.
• also a field of grain), particularly through fear
• specifically, to spring (as a locust)

1) to quake, shake
1a) (Qal) to quake, shake
1b) (Niphal) to be made to quake
1c)(Hiphil)
1c1) to cause to quake
1c2) to cause to spring or leap (of horse)

See Greek: σείω · ταράσσω · φοβέω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎רָעַשׁ‎] verb quake, shake, intransitive (Late Hebrew = Biblical Hebrew, so Aramaic (rare), and (once) ‎רְשְַׁ‎ toss, rage (of sea); Arabic , usually , , (loan-word?), tremble, quiver, quake; compare perhaps Assyrian rêšu, exult); —

Qal Perfect 3 feminine singular ‎רָעֲשָׁה‎ Jer 8:16; Jer 49:21, ‎רָעָ֑שָׁה‎ Judg 5:4; Ps 68:9* 3 plural ‎רָעֲשׁוּ‎ Joel 2:10 +, etc. Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎יִרְעַשׁ‎ Ps 72:16, 3 feminine plural ‎תִּרְעַשְׁנָה‎ Ezek 26:10, etc.; Participle plural ‎רֹעֲשִׁים‎ Jer 4:24 — quake, shake, of earth Judg 5:4 = Ps 68:9*, 2Sam 22:8 (|| ‎רגז‎) = Ps 18:8* (|| id.), Ps 77:19* (+ ‎רגז‎), also Isa 13:13 (with ‎עַלכֵּֿן‎, + ‎מִמְּקוֺמוֺ‎, pregnantly; || ‎רָגַז‎), Jer 51:29 with ‎מִן‎ causative Jer 8:16; Jer 10:10; Jer 49:21 of ‎מוֺסְדֵי אָ֑רֶץ‎ Isa 24:18 of heavens Joel 2:10 (‎לִפְנֵי‎ causative; || ‎רָגַז‎); heavens and earth Joel 4:16* mountains Jer 4:24; Nah 1:5 (‎מִן‎ person causative ), Ps 46:4* (‎ב‎ causative ); walls Ezek 26:10 (‎מִן‎ causative ); ‎אִיִּים‎ vEzek 26:15 (id.); ‎מִגְרשׁוֺת‎ Ezek 27:28 (‎ל‎ causative ); ‎הַסִּפִּים‎ Amos 9:1 all living things Ezek 38:20 (‎מִפָּנַי‎ causative ); of waving grain Ps 72:16. Niph`al ‎נִרְעֲשָׁה הָאָרֶץ‎ Jer 50:46 is made to quake (‎מִקּוֺל‎). Hiph`il Perfect 2 masculine singular ‎הִרְעַשְׁתָּה‎ Ps 60:4* 1 singular ‎הַרְעַשְׁתִּי‎ Ezek 31:16 ‎׳‎‎וְהִר‎ consecutive Hag 2:7 Imperfect 2 masculine singular suffix 3 masculine singular ‎(הֲ)תַרְעִישֶׁנּוּ‎ Job 39:20 Participle ‎מַרְעִישׁ‎ Isa 14:16 + 2 t.; —

1. cause to quake, subject ‎׳‎‎י‎, with accusative of heavens, earth, nations, etc., Hag 2:6; Hag 2:7; Hag 2:21, compare Ps 60:4* nations + ‎מִקּוֺל‎ Ezek 31:16 subject man, with accusative of kingdoms Isa 14:16 (|| ‎מַרְגִּיז‎).

2. cause (horse) to spring, leap (like locust), man subject, Job 39:20.

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