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רָעַד râʻad — to shudder (more or less violently)

pronounced raw-ad' · Strong's H7460 · 3 occurrences in the Hebrew Bible · 2 stems: Hiph'il, Qal (Pa'al)

Translated in the KJV as tremble.

a primitive root; to shudder (more or less violently).

râʻad in each stem

Hiph'il

Causative · active — causing someone or something to do the action; the subject does it

Participle (active) 2

מַרְעִידִ֥ים Ezra 10:9 Participle (active), masculine plural

Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered themselves together unto Jerusalem within three days. It was the ninth month, on the twentieth day of the month; and all the people sat in the street of the house of God, trembling because of this matter, and for the great rain. (KJV)

מַרְעִֽיד Dan 10:11 Participle (active), masculine singular

And he said unto me, O Daniel, a man greatly beloved, understand the words that I speak unto thee, and stand upright: for unto thee am I now sent. And when he had spoken this word unto me, I stood trembling. (KJV)

Qal (Pa'al)

Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it

Wayyiqtol 1

וַתִּרְעָ֑ד Ps 104:32 Wayyiqtol, 3rd person feminine singular

He looketh on the earth, and it trembleth: he toucheth the hills, and they smoke. (KJV)

What the stems mean

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Morphology from OpenScriptures MorphHB (CC BY 4.0); definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); text from the Westminster Leningrad Codex.

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