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רְאֵם

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H7214

wild ox — used 9 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

wild ox tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

רְאֵם: n.m. wild ox tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.m. Jb 39:10 wild ox (Assyrian rêmu DlHWB 603 (ראם), HoughtonTSBA v (1877), 336 ff., and illustr. bef. p. 33 SchrKGF 135 ff., 530 HomNS 257 ff., 410, 436 f. Dr Dt 33:17; on strength and ferocity, PlinNH viii. 21; Aramaic רְאֵמָא, רֵימָא, רֵימָנָא, ܪܰܝܡܳܐ (LagBN 58); Arabic رِىْٔمٌ is white antelope, antilope leucoryx; 𝔊 (erron.) μονόκερως (Is 34:7 ἁδροί), 𝔙 unicornis, and (oftener) rhinoceros);—abs. ר׳ Nu 23:22 +, רְאֵים ψ 92:11, רֵים Jb 39:9, 10; pl. רְאֵמִים Is 34:7 ψ 29:6, רֵמִים 22:22 (v. Baer);—wild ox, as fierce and strong Jb 39:9, 10; sim. of strength of Isr., כְּתוֹעֲפוֹה ר׳ לוֹ Nu 23:22 = 24:8 (JE), רַתָּרֶם כִּרְאֵם קַרְנִי ψ 92:11; so fig. of Joseph, קֵּרְנֵי ר׳ קַרְנָיו Dt 33:17; fig. of princes of Edom Is 34:7 (+ פָּרִים עִם אַבִּירִים); of powerful foes, מִקַּרְנֵי רֵמִים ψ 22:22; in sim. of skipping, leaping, בֶּן־רְאֵמִים ψ 29:6 (‖ עֵגֶל).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 9 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: of a wild ox (3); a wild ox (2); of wild oxen (2).

In the verses

Numbers 23:22 · tree →

אֵ֖ל מוֹצִיאָ֣ם מִמִּצְרָ֑יִם כְּתוֹעֲפֹ֥ת רְאֵ֖ם לֽוֹ׃

Word for word: God [is].bringing them.out from Egypt like.[the] horns of.a.wild.ox [belong].to him

JPS 1917: God who brought them forth out of Egypt is for them like the lofty horns of the wild-ox.

Job 39:9 · tree →

הֲיֹ֣אבֶה רֵּ֣יםעָבְדֶ֑ךָ אִם־יָ֝לִ֗ין עַל־אֲבוּסֶֽךָ׃

Word for word: is it.willing? a.wild.ox to serve.you or? will.it.pass.the.night at trough your.feeding

JPS 1917: Will the wild-ox be willing to serve thee? Or will he abide by thy crib?

On Mova

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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