אָיֹם

«אָיֹם» in the Tanakh dictionary: terrible — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

Used: 3 times · Key: 366 · BDB: אָיֹם

Glosses

majestic (2); [is].terrifying (1)

Meaning (OSHB)

terrible tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. terrible, dreadful tree →

The whole BDB entry

adj. terrible, dreadful—terrible, of Chaldeans אָיֹם וְנוֹרָא הוּא Hb 1:7; of dignified woman, awe-inspiring אֲיֻמָּה כַּנִּדְגָלוֹת Ct 6:4, 10.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

Every English meaning of «אָיֹם» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Habakkuk 1:7

אָיֹ֥ם וְנוֹרָ֖א ה֑וּא מִמֶּ֕נּוּ מִשְׁפָּט֥וֹ וּשְׂאֵת֖וֹ יֵצֵֽא׃

Word for word: [is].terrifying and awesome it from itself justice its and dignity its it.comes.forth

JPS 1917: They are terrible and dreadful; their law and their majesty proceed from themselves.

Song of Songs 6:4

יָפָ֨ה אַ֤תְּ רַעְיָתִי֙ כְּתִרְצָ֔ה נָאוָ֖ה כִּירוּשָׁלִָ֑ם אֲיֻמָּ֖ה כַּנִּדְגָּלֽוֹת׃

Word for word: [are].beautiful you my.friend my like Tirzah lovely like Jerusalem majestic like.(the).[hosts] with banners

JPS 1917: Thou art beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah, comely as Jerusalem, terrible as an army with banners.

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