Words the Bible translates as whirlwind
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 3 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- se'arahסְעָרָהa violently raging wind: a tempest, gale, or storm-wind
- suphahסוּפָהa violent windstorm: a fierce, driving gale that sweeps everything before it
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- Suphah: a place named in a fragment of an old war-song, its location now unknown
- galgalגַּלְגַּלa wheel, named for its rolling: the round part that turns under a chariot or wagon, or over the mouth of a well
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- something whirling before the wind: dry stuff tumbling along the ground, and the whirling storm that drives it
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