STRONGS NUMBER H5591


Word Summary
ca'ar: a tempest
Original Word: סַעַר
Transliteration: 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 סַ֫עַרnoun masculineJeremiah 23:19 tempest; — absolute ׳סAmos 1:14 5t.; סָ֑עַרPsalm 55:9; plural suffix סַעֲרֶיךָ83:16; — tempest, especially figurative: of passionate acts ofmen, מִסָּ֑עַר סֹעָה מֵרוּחַ55:9 (׳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 בְּסַעַרAmos 1:14 and Joel 1:4, 12.

סְעָרָהnoun feminine tempest, storm-wind; — absolute סְעָרָהIsaiah 29:6 + (so also 2 Kings 2:1, 11 Ginsb; Baer בַּסֳּעָרָה‎); construct סַעֲרַתJeremiah 23:19; 30:23; plural סְעָרוֺתEzekiel 13:11, 13 construct סַעֲרוֺתZechariah 9:14; — tempest, storm-wind, as instrument of ׳י‎s wrath, Isaiah 29:6 (+ סוּפָה‎), compare 40:24; 41:16, also סְעָרוֺת רוּחַEzekiel 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 סַעֲרוֺתZechariah 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 ᵑ7id.; perhaps Palmyrene ספאfeed, nourish, Lzb330 Cook85).

II. שַׂ֫עַרnoun [masculine] storm (= סַ֫עַר‎); — only construct ׳שׂ קָ֑טֶבIsaiah 28:2 a storm of destruction (in simile; "" בָּרָד זֶרֶם‎).

שְׂעָרָהnoun feminine id. (= סְעָרָה‎); — of way of וּבִשׂ ׳בְּסוּפָה ׳יNahum 1:3; figurative of ׳י‎s judgments; ׳אֲשֶׁרבִּֿשׂ יְשׁוּפֵנִיJob 9:17.