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Ra'am (רעם) means thunder in Hebrew.

It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.

רַעַם
ra'am
noun · masculine
In English

thunder

The Hebrew dictionaryWords starting with ר

The dictionary gives 2 meanings for Ra'am.

The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.

  1. 1
    הקול הנובע מתהליך יצירת הברק, הנשמע כפיצוץ.
    קוֹל רַעַמְךָ בַּגַּלְגַּל הֵאִירוּ בְרָקִים תֵּבֵל רָגְזָה וַתִּרְעַשׁ הָאָרֶץ
  2. 2
    קול חזק, מחריש אוזניים, שאגה, שאון.
    בְּדֵי שֹׁפָר יֹאמַר הֶאָח וּמֵרָחוֹק יָרִיחַ מִלְחָמָה רַעַם שָׂרִים וּתְרוּעָה

The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.

The word Ra'am is a masculine noun.

Written with vowel points
רַעַם
Written without vowel points
רעם
Said
ra'am
Root
ר־ע־מ
Pattern
קֶטֶל
Plural
רְעָמִים
Inflections
ר' רְעָמִים, ס"ר רַעֲמֵי־
Gematria
310

This is how Ra'am is said in other languages.

English
thunder
Arabic
رَعْد
Russian
гром
French
tonnerre
Spanish
trueno
German
Donner
Yiddish
דונער

The word Ra'am is part of these phrases and sayings.

  • חזיז ורעם
  • כרעם ביום בהיר

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The word Ra'am comes from the root ר־ע־מ, like these words.

These words come before and after Ra'am in the dictionary.

These are the questions people ask about the word Ra'am.

What does Ra'am (⁨רעם⁩) mean in Hebrew?

Ra'am (⁨רעם⁩) means thunder. It is said ra'am.

Is Ra'am (⁨רעם⁩) masculine or feminine?

The word Ra'am (⁨רעם⁩) is a masculine noun, and its plural is ⁨רְעָמִים⁩.

The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry רעם of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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