רָעַשׁ

Judges 5:4 רָעָ֔שָׁה it shook

O LORD, when You went out from Seir, when You marched from the land of Edom, the earth trembled, the heavens poured out rain, and the clouds poured down water.

Here: 'Quaked', the word for an earthquake. The ground shakes under the steps of the divine warrior. The verb is past tense: the singer is looking back on something that happened.

2 Samuel 22:8 וַתִּרְעַשׁ֙ and it quaked

Then the earth shook and quaked; the foundations of the heavens trembled; they were shaken because He burned with anger.

Job 39:20 הְֽ֭תַרְעִישֶׁנּוּ ¿ do you make leap it

Do you make him leap like a locust, striking terror with his proud snorting?

Psalm 18:7 וַתִּרְעַ֨שׁ׀ and it quaked

Then the earth shook and quaked, and the foundations of the mountains trembled; they were shaken because He burned with anger.

Here: "And it quaked." This is the ordinary Hebrew word for an earthquake, and it includes the rumbling noise. It rhymes with the verb before it (tig'ash / tir'ash), so the line sounds like what it describes.

Psalm 46:3 יִֽרְעֲשֽׁוּ־ they will shake

though their waters roar and foam and the mountains quake in the surge. Selah

Here: The word for an earthquake (its noun, raʿaš, is 'the earthquake' of Amos 1:1). The mountains, the most fixed things in the world, are shaking.

Psalm 60:2 הִרְעַ֣שְׁתָּה you have made quake

You have shaken the land and torn it open. Heal its fractures, for it is quaking.

Here: The causative form: 'you made it quake.' God is the one who sets off the earthquake, not someone who merely lets it happen. This is the word for an actual earthquake, the shaking of ground and mountains, and it is often used when God appears in judgment.

Psalm 68:8 רָעָ֨שָׁה׀ it quaked

the earth shook and the heavens poured down rain before God, the One on Sinai, before God, the God of Israel.

Here: A violent shaking, like an earthquake. This is the standard verb for the earth's reaction when God appears in battle. The perfect form tells it as a completed event the hearers remember.

Psalm 72:16 יִרְעַ֣שׁ may it wave

May there be an abundance of grain in the land; may it sway atop the hills. May its fruit trees flourish like the forests of Lebanon, the people of its cities like the grass of the field.

Here: Usually the verb for earthquakes and for the rumble of armies. Here it is the heaving, rustling motion and sound of a heavy crop moving in the wind, as loud as a mountain forest.

Psalm 77:18 וַתִּרְעַ֣שׁ and it shook

Your thunder resounded in the whirlwind; the lightning lit up the world; the earth trembled and quaked.

Here: 'And it quaked'. The verb of earthquakes (the related noun raʿash means earthquake). The narrative past form continues the story of a past event: this happened.

Isaiah 13:13 וְתִרְעַ֥שׁ and it may shake

Therefore I will make the heavens tremble, and the earth will be shaken from its place at the wrath of the LORD of Hosts on the day of His burning anger.

Here: "And the earth will shake." The word for an earthquake (the noun raʿash names the famous quake of Amos 1:1). With a simple "and," it describes the result of God's action on the heavens.

Isaiah 14:16 מַרְעִ֖ישׁ [who] made shake

Those who see you will stare; they will ponder your fate: “Is this the man who shook the earth and made the kingdoms tremble,

Isaiah 24:18 וַֽיִּרְעֲשׁ֖וּ and they have shaken

Whoever flees the sound of panic will fall into the pit, and whoever climbs from the pit will be caught in the snare. For the windows of heaven are open, and the foundations of the earth are shaken.

Jeremiah 4:24 רֹעֲשִׁ֑ים [they were] quaking

I looked at the mountains, and behold, they were quaking; all the hills were swaying.

Here: An earthquake word. The related noun ra'ash is 'the earthquake' of Amos 1:1. The participle form shows the shaking still going on as he watches; it is not a single jolt.

Jeremiah 8:16 רָעֲשָׁ֖ה it has shaken

The snorting of enemy horses is heard from Dan. At the sound of the neighing of mighty steeds, the whole land quakes. They come to devour the land and everything in it, the city and all who dwell in it.

Here: Earthquake language. The whole land shakes, partly from the hoofbeats themselves and partly from terror. The same root is used of the war horse 'leaping' in Job 39:20.

Jeremiah 10:10 תִּרְעַ֣שׁ it shakes

But the LORD is the true God; He is the living God and eternal King. The earth quakes at His wrath, and the nations cannot endure His indignation.

Here: "Shakes" or "quakes". The tense describes what regularly happens, though it can also look ahead. This is the language of earthquakes when God appears (Judg 5:4; Jer 4:24).

Jeremiah 49:21 רָעֲשָׁ֖ה it will shake

At the sound of their fall the earth will quake; their cry will resound to the Red Sea.

Jeremiah 50:46 נִרְעֲשָׁ֖ה it will quake

At the sound of Babylon’s capture the earth will quake; a cry will be heard among the nations.

Jeremiah 51:29 וַתִּרְעַ֥שׁ and it quaked

The earth quakes and writhes because the LORD’s intentions against Babylon stand: to make the land of Babylon a desolation, without inhabitant.

Here: The ground heaves as in an earthquake. The verb form tells the event as a scene already under way, so the prophet speaks as if he is watching it happen.

Ezekiel 26:10 תִּרְעַ֙שְׁנָה֙ they will shake

His multitude of horses will cover you in their dust. When he enters your gates as an army entering a breached city, your walls will shake from the noise of cavalry, wagons, and chariots.

Ezekiel 26:15 יִרְעֲשׁ֖וּ will they quake

This is what the Lord GOD says to Tyre: ‘Will not the coastlands quake at the sound of your downfall, when the wounded groan at the slaughter in your midst?

Ezekiel 27:28 יִרְעֲשׁ֖וּ they will quake

The countryside will shake when your sailors cry out.

Ezekiel 31:16 הִרְעַ֣שְׁתִּי I caused to tremble

I made the nations quake at the sound of its downfall, when I cast it down to Sheol with those who descend to the Pit. Then all the trees of Eden, the choicest and best of Lebanon, all the well-watered trees, were consoled in the earth below.

Here: 'I made (them) quake.' This is earthquake vocabulary. God is the one doing it: the shock that runs through the nations is something he causes, not just a side effect.

Ezekiel 38:20 וְרָעֲשׁ֣וּ and they will shake

The fish of the sea, the birds of the air, the beasts of the field, every creature that crawls upon the ground, and all mankind on the face of the earth will tremble at My presence. The mountains will be thrown down, the cliffs will collapse, and every wall will fall to the ground.

Joel 2:10 רָעֲשׁ֖וּ they shake

Before them the earth quakes; the heavens tremble. The sun and moon grow dark, and the stars lose their brightness.

Here: The sky shakes. The noun form of this verb means 'earthquake' (Amos 1:1), and it can also mean the roar and rattle of battle (Jer 47:3). Here it describes the sky reeling at the army's approach.

Joel 3:16 וְרָעֲשׁ֖וּ and they will shake

The LORD will roar from Zion and raise His voice from Jerusalem; heaven and earth will tremble. But the LORD will be a refuge for His people, a stronghold for the people of Israel.

Here: The verb used for earthquakes. The form carries on in the future, so the quaking follows from the roar. It repeats 2:10, where the sky shook in front of Yahweh's locust army.

Amos 9:1 וְיִרְעֲשׁ֣וּ so they may shake

I saw the Lord standing beside the altar, and He said: “Strike the tops of the pillars so that the thresholds shake. Topple them on the heads of all the people, and I will kill the rest with the sword. None of those who flee will get away; none of the fugitives will escape.

Here: A verb of violent shaking, from the same root as 'the earthquake' (raʿaš) in Amos 1:1. The blow at the top sets the whole structure quaking down to its base.

Nahum 1:5 רָעֲשׁ֣וּ they quake

The mountains quake before Him, and the hills melt away; the earth trembles at His presence—the world and all its dwellers.

Here: 'They quake.' This is the verb of the earthquake (the related noun raʿash is 'earthquake' in Amos 1:1). It describes physical convulsion, not just emotional fear, though it can be used of both.

Haggai 2:6 מַרְעִישׁ֙ [am] about to shake

For this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Once more, in a little while, I will shake the heavens and the earth, the sea and the dry land.

Here: A causative participle, “I am making… quake”. With a time phrase it means an action about to happen: “I am about to set quaking”. The word is the language of earthquakes and of God appearing in power.

Haggai 2:7 וְהִרְעַשְׁתִּי֙ and I will shake

I will shake all the nations, and they will come with all their treasures, and I will fill this house with glory, says the LORD of Hosts.

Here: Causative form of the verb for an earthquake: 'I will make quake.' It continues the participle of v.6 ('I am about to shake heaven and earth'), so it points forward to something imminent, not past (YLT's 'I have shaken' is overly wooden).

Haggai 2:21 מַרְעִ֔ישׁ [am] about to shake

“Tell Zerubbabel governor of Judah that I am about to shake the heavens and the earth:

Here: A causative participle: 'making (them) quake'. A participle used like this often announces something about to happen, so the sense is 'I am on the point of shaking'. The verb is the word for earthquakes and for creation trembling when God appears.