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It is often used metaphorically in the Bible to describe overwhelming forces or events, such as divine judgment or calamity. The imagery of a torrent conveys both the power and the suddenness of the event.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In the ancient Near East, water was a powerful symbol due to its life-giving properties and its potential for destruction. Torrential rains and floods were common in the region and could lead to both fertility and devastation. The concept of a "zerem" would have been familiar to the Israelites, who experienced seasonal rains and the resulting torrents that could reshape the landscape.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>from <a href="/hebrew/2229.htm">zaram</a><br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>a flood of rain, rainstorm, downpour<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>downpour (2), rains (1), storm (6).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Brown-Driver-Briggs</div> <font class="hebrew2">זֶ֫רֶם</font> <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>noun masculine</b></font><sup>Habakkuk 3:10</sup> <font size="+1"><b>flood of rain, rain-storm, downpour</b></font> (Aramaic <font class="hebrew2">זַרְמִית</font> <em>id.</em>) — absolute <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">ז</font> <a href="/interlinear/isaiah/4-6.htm">Isaiah 4:6</a> 2t.; <font class="hebrew2">זָ֑רֶם</font> <a href="/interlinear/isaiah/32-2.htm">Isaiah 32:2</a>; construct <font class="hebrew2">זֶרֶם</font> <a href="/interlinear/job/24-8.htm">Job 24:8</a> 4t.; <a href="/interlinear/isaiah/4-6.htm">Isaiah 4:6</a> ("" <font class="hebrew2">מָטָר</font>)); <font class="hebrew2">מַיִם</font> <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">ז</font> <a href="/interlinear/isaiah/28-2.htm">Isaiah 28:2</a>; <a href="/interlinear/habakkuk/3-10.htm">Habakkuk 3:10</a>; <font class="hebrew2">הָרִים</font> <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">ז</font> <a href="/interlinear/job/24-8.htm">Job 24:8</a>, i.e. such as falls among mountains compare Di; <font class="hebrew2">בָּרָד</font> <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">ז</font> <a href="/interlinear/isaiah/28-2.htm">Isaiah 28:2</a>; <font class="hebrew2">מַחְסֶה מִזֶּרֶם</font> <a href="/interlinear/isaiah/25-4.htm">Isaiah 25:4</a>, <font class="hebrew2">זֶרֶם קִיר</font> <a href="/interlinear/isaiah/25-4.htm">Isaiah 25:4</a> i.e. such as dashes against a wall, <a href="/interlinear/isaiah/32-2.htm">Isaiah 32:2</a> ("" <font class="hebrew2">רוּחַ</font>), <font class="hebrew2">נֶפֶץ וָזֶרֶם וְאֶבֶן</font> <font class="hebrew2">בָּרָד</font> <a href="/interlinear/isaiah/30-30.htm">Isaiah 30:30</a>. <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft2.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>flood, overflowing, shower, storm, tempest <p>From <a href="/hebrew/2229.htm">zaram</a>; a gush of water -- flood, overflowing, shower, storm, tempest. <p>see HEBREW <a href="/hebrew/2229.htm">zaram</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>וָזֶ֖רֶם וזרם זֶ֥רֶם זָ֑רֶם זרם כְּ֠זֶרֶם כְּזֶ֥רֶם כזרם מִזֶּ֖רֶם מִזֶּ֙רֶם֙ מִזֶּ֣רֶם מזרם kə·ze·rem keZerem kəzerem miz·ze·rem mizzerem vaZerem wā·ze·rem wāzerem zā·rem Zarem zārem ze·rem zerem<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/job/24-8.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Job 24:8</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/job/24.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3"> <b> מִזֶּ֣רֶם </b> הָרִ֣ים יִרְטָ֑בוּ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/job/24.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> with the mountain <span class="itali">rains</span> And hug<br><a href="/kjvs/job/24.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> They are wet <span class="itali">with the showers</span> of the mountains,<br><a href="/interlinear/job/24-8.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> <span class="itali">rains</span> the mountain are wet<p><b><a href="/text/isaiah/4-6.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Isaiah 4:6</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/4.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">וּלְמַחְסֶה֙ וּלְמִסְתּ֔וֹר <b> מִזֶּ֖רֶם </b> וּמִמָּטָֽר׃ פ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/isaiah/4.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> and protection <span class="itali">from the storm</span> and the rain.<br><a href="/kjvs/isaiah/4.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and for a covert <span class="itali">from storm</span> and from rain.<br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/4-6.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> and refuge and protection <span class="itali">the storm</span> and the rain<p><b><a href="/text/isaiah/25-4.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Isaiah 25:4</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/25.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">ל֑וֹ מַחְסֶ֤ה <b> מִזֶּ֙רֶם֙ </b> צֵ֣ל מֵחֹ֔רֶב</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/isaiah/25.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> A refuge <span class="itali">from the storm,</span> a shade<br><a href="/kjvs/isaiah/25.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> a refuge <span class="itali">from the storm,</span> a shadow<br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/25-4.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> his distress A refuge <span class="itali">the storm</span> A shade the heat<p><b><a href="/text/isaiah/25-4.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Isaiah 25:4</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/25.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">ר֥וּחַ עָרִיצִ֖ים <b> כְּזֶ֥רֶם </b> קִֽיר׃ </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/isaiah/25.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> of the ruthless <span class="itali">Is like a [rain] storm</span> [against] a wall.<br><a href="/kjvs/isaiah/25.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> of the terrible ones <span class="itali">[is] as a storm</span> [against] the wall.<br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/25-4.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> the breath of the ruthless <span class="itali">A storm</span> a wall<p><b><a href="/text/isaiah/28-2.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Isaiah 28:2</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/28.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">וְאַמִּץ֙ לַֽאדֹנָ֔י <b> כְּזֶ֥רֶם </b> בָּרָ֖ד שַׂ֣עַר</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/isaiah/28.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> and mighty <span class="itali">[agent]; As a storm</span> of hail,<br><a href="/kjvs/isaiah/28.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and strong one, <span class="itali">[which] as a tempest</span> of hail<br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/28-2.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> and mighty the Lord <span class="itali">A storm</span> of hail A tempest<p><b><a href="/text/isaiah/28-2.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Isaiah 28:2</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/28.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">שַׂ֣עַר קָ֑טֶב <b> כְּ֠זֶרֶם </b> מַ֣יִם כַּבִּירִ֥ים</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/isaiah/28.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> of destruction, <span class="itali">Like a storm</span> of mighty<br><a href="/kjvs/isaiah/28.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> storm, <span class="itali">as a flood</span> of mighty<br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/28-2.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> A tempest of destruction <span class="itali">A storm</span> waters of mighty<p><b><a href="/text/isaiah/30-30.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Isaiah 30:30</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/30.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">אוֹכֵלָ֑ה נֶ֥פֶץ <b> וָזֶ֖רֶם </b> וְאֶ֥בֶן בָּרָֽד׃</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/isaiah/30.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> In cloudburst, <span class="itali">downpour</span> and hailstones.<br><a href="/kjvs/isaiah/30.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> [with] scattering, <span class="itali">and tempest,</span> and hailstones.<br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/30-30.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> of a consuming cloudburst <span class="itali">downpour</span> stones hail<p><b><a href="/text/isaiah/32-2.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Isaiah 32:2</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/32.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">ר֖וּחַ וְסֵ֣תֶר <b> זָ֑רֶם </b> כְּפַלְגֵי־ מַ֣יִם</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/isaiah/32.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> And a shelter <span class="itali">from the storm,</span> Like streams<br><a href="/kjvs/isaiah/32.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and a covert <span class="itali">from the tempest;</span> as rivers<br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/32-2.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> the wind shelter <span class="itali">the storm</span> streams of water<p><b><a href="/text/habakkuk/3-10.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Habakkuk 3:10</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/habakkuk/3.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">יָחִ֙ילוּ֙ הָרִ֔ים <b> זֶ֥רֶם </b> מַ֖יִם עָבָ֑ר</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/habakkuk/3.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> You [and] quaked; <span class="itali">The downpour</span> of waters<br><a href="/kjvs/habakkuk/3.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> thee, [and] they trembled: <span class="itali">the overflowing</span> of the water<br><a href="/interlinear/habakkuk/3-10.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> You quaked the mountains <span class="itali">the downpour</span> of waters swept<p><i><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2230.htm">9 Occurrences</a></i><br /><br /><b><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2230.htm">Strong's Hebrew 2230<br>9 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/hebrew/kezerem_2230.htm">kə·ze·rem — 3 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/mizzerem_2230.htm">miz·ze·rem — 3 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/vazerem_2230.htm">wā·ze·rem — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/zarem_2230.htm">zā·rem — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/zerem_2230.htm">ze·rem — 1 Occ.</a><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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