Lexical Summary reem: a wild ox Original Word: רְאֵםTransliteration: reem Phonetic Spelling: (reh-ame') Part of Speech: Noun Masculine Short Definition: a wild ox Meaning: a wild bull Strong's Concordance unicorn Or rieym {reh-ame'}; or reym {rame}; or rem {rame}; from ra'am; a wild bull (from its conspicuousness) -- unicorn. see HEBREW ra'am Brown-Driver-Briggs H7214. reem רְאֵם noun masculineJob 39:10 wild ox (Assyrian rêmu DlHWB 603 (ראם), HoughtonTSBA v (1877). 336 ff., and illustrated before p. 33 SchrKGF 135 ff., 530 HomNS 237 ff., 410, 436 f. DrDeuteronomy 33:17; on strength and ferocity, PlinNH viii. 21; Aramaic רֵימָנָא רֵימָא, רְאֵמָא, (LagBN 58); Arabic is white antelope, antilope leucoryx; ᵐ5 (erroneous) μονοκέρως (Isaiah 34:7 ἅδροι, ᵑ9 unicornis, and (oftener) rhinoceros); — absolute ׳ר Numbers 23:22 +, רְאֵים Psalm 92:11, רֵים Job 39:9-10, plural רְאֵמִים Isaiah 34:7; Psalm 29:6, רֵמִים 22:22 (see Baer); — wild ox, as fierce and strong Job 39:9-10, simile of strength of Israel, ר ׳כְּתוֺעֲפוֺת לוֺ Numbers 23:22 = 24:8 (JE), קַרְנִי כִּרְאֵם וַתָּרֶם Psalm 92:11; so figurative of Joseph, ר ׳קַרְנֵי קַרְנַיו Deuteronomy 33:17; figurative of princes of Edom Isaiah 34:7 ( +אַבִּירִים עִם מָּרִים); of powerful foes, רֵמִים מִקַּרְנֵי Psalm 22:22; in simile of skipping, leaping, בֶּןרְֿאֵמִים 29:6 ("" עֵגֶּל). |
    |