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זוּעַ zûwaʻ — to shake (with fear)

pronounced zoo'-ah · Strong's H2112 · 4 occurrences in the Aramaic Bible · 1 stem: Pe'al

Translated in the KJV as tremble.

(Aramaic) corresponding to H2111; to shake (with fear).

zûwaʻ in each stem

Pe'al

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

Participle (active) 4

זאעין Dan 5:19 Participle (active), masculine singular

And for the majesty that he gave him, all people, nations, and languages, trembled and feared before him: whom he would he slew; and whom he would he kept alive; and whom he would he set up; and whom he would he put down. (KJV)

זאעין Dan 6:27 Participle (active), masculine plural

He delivereth and rescueth, and he worketh signs and wonders in heaven and in earth, who hath delivered Daniel from the power of the lions. (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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