סָעַר

sa.arto rageHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentVerb7 occurrences6 books7 verses

Definition

a primitive root; to rush upon; by implication, to toss (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative)
Traditional renderings: be (toss with) tempest(-uous), be sore, troubled, come out as a (drive with the, scatter with a) whirlwind.

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

7 total
  1. 2 Kings 6:11וַיִּסָּעֵר֙ · became enraged
    For this reason the king of Aram became enraged and called his servants to demand of them, “Tell me, which one of us is on the side of the king of Israel?”
  2. Isaiah 54:11סֹעֲרָ֖ה · lashed by storms
    “O afflicted city, lashed by storms, without solace, surely I will set your stones in antimony and lay your foundations with sapphires.
  3. Hosea 13:3יְסֹעֵ֣ר · blown
    Therefore they will be like the morning mist, like the early dew that vanishes, like chaff blown from a threshing floor, like smoke through an open window.
  4. Jonah 1:11וְסֹעֵֽר׃ · and worse
    Now the sea was growing worse and worse, so they said to Jonah, “What must we do to you to calm this sea for us?”
  5. Jonah 1:13וְסֹעֵ֖ר · was raging
    Nevertheless, the men rowed hard to get back to dry land, but they could not, for the sea was raging against them more and more.
  6. Habakkuk 3:14יִסְעֲר֖וּ · stormed out
    With his own spear You pierced his head, when his warriors stormed out to scatter us, gloating as though ready to secretly devour the weak.
  7. Zechariah 7:14וְאֵ֣סָעֲרֵ֗ם · But I scattered them with a whirlwind
    But I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations that they had not known, and the land was left desolate behind them so that no one could come or go. Thus they turned the pleasant land into a desolation.”