Lexical Summary ca'ar: a tempest Original Word: סַעַרTransliteration: ca'ar Phonetic Spelling: (sah'-ar) Part of Speech: Noun Short Definition: a tempest Meaning: a hurricane Strong's Concordance stormy, tempest, whirlwind Or (feminine) ctarah {seh-aw-raw'}; from ca'ar; a hurricane -- storm(-y), tempest, whirlwind. see HEBREW ca'ar Brown-Driver-Briggs H5591. ca 'ar סַ֫עַר noun masculineJeremiah 23:19 tempest; — absolute ׳ס Amos 1:14 5t.; סָ֑עַר Psalm 55:9; plural suffix סַעֲרֶיךָ 83:16; — tempest, especially figurative: of passionate acts ofmen, מִסָּ֑עַר סֹעָה מֵרוּחַ 55:9 (׳מִסּ here awkward, without ו); of ׳יs wrath Jeremiah 23:19 (׳ס מִתְחוֺלֵל), compare 25:32; 30:23; tempest as instrument of ׳יs wrath, Psalm 83:16 ("" סוּפָה); see also סוּפָה בְּיוֺם בְּסַעַר Amos 1:14 and Joel 1:4, 12. סְעָרָה noun feminine tempest, storm-wind; — absolute סְעָרָה Isaiah 29:6 + (so also 2 Kings 2:1, 11 Ginsb; Baer בַּסֳּעָרָה); construct סַעֲרַת Jeremiah 23:19; 30:23; plural סְעָרוֺת Ezekiel 13:11, 13 construct סַעֲרוֺת Zechariah 9:14; — tempest, storm-wind, as instrument of ׳יs wrath, Isaiah 29:6 (+ סוּפָה), compare 40:24; 41:16, also סְעָרוֺת רוּחַ Ezekiel 13:11, 13 (against nation under figure of wall); storm-wind of Elijah's translation 2 Kings 2:1, 11; of theophany Ezekiel 1:4 (סְעָרָה רוּחַ), Job 38:1; 40:6, and תֵּימָן סַעֲרוֺת Zechariah 9:14; י ׳סַעֲרַת as figurative of ׳יs wrath Jeremiah 23:19; 30:23; of ordinary tempests only in late Psalms: סְעָרָה רוּחַ Jer 107:25; Jer 148:8, ׳ס opposed to דְּמָמָה Jer 107:29. I, II, III. סַף see ספף. ספא (√ of following; compare Late Hebrew ספי סָפָא, give to eat, סְפִי ᵑ7 id.; perhaps Palmyrene ספא feed, nourish, Lzb330 Cook85). II. שַׂ֫עַר noun [masculine] storm (= סַ֫עַר); — only construct ׳שׂ קָ֑טֶב Isaiah 28:2 a storm of destruction (in simile; "" בָּרָד זֶרֶם). שְׂעָרָה noun feminine id. (= סְעָרָה); — of way of וּבִשׂ ׳בְּסוּפָה ׳י Nahum 1:3; figurative of ׳יs judgments; ׳אֲשֶׁרבִּֿשׂ יְשׁוּפֵנִי Job 9:17. |
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