רְאֵם Wild ox (re'em)
Every verse in which this word stands — 9 places, in canonical order, first appearance to last. These are the places the lexicon carries under this word's own entry, counting every form the text writes it in, which is the number on the list.
The re'em — its horns are the glory of Yosef's blessing, and Iyov 39 asks whether it will consent to serve. The naturalists point to the aurochs; older translations wrote 'unicorn'; the identification is discussed.
אֵל מוֹצִיאָם מִמִּצְרָיִם כְּתוֹעֲפֹת רְאֵם לֽוֹ
God who brought them forth out of Egypt Is for them like the lofty horns of the wild-ox.
אֵל מוֹצִיאוֹ מִמִּצְרַיִם כְּתוֹעֲפֹת רְאֵם לוֹ יֹאכַל גּוֹיִם צָרָיו וְעַצְמֹתֵיהֶם יְגָרֵם וְחִצָּיו יִמְחָֽץ
God who brought him forth out of Egypt Is for him like the lofty horns of the wild-ox; He shall eat up the nations that are his adversaries, And shall break their bones in pieces, And pierce them through with his arrows.
בְּכוֹר שׁוֹרוֹ הָדָר לוֹ וְקַרְנֵי רְאֵם קַרְנָיו בָּהֶם עַמִּים יְנַגַּח יַחְדָּו אַפְסֵי־אָרֶץ וְהֵם רִבְבוֹת אֶפְרַיִם וְהֵם אַלְפֵי מְנַשֶּֽׁה
His firstling bullock, majesty is his; And his horns are the horns of the wild-ox; With them he shall gore the peoples all of them, even the ends of the earth; And they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, And they are the thousands of Manasseh.
וְיָרְדוּ רְאֵמִים עִמָּם וּפָרִים עִם־אַבִּירִים וְרִוְּתָה אַרְצָם מִדָּם וַעֲפָרָם מֵחֵלֶב יְדֻשָּֽׁן
And the wild-oxen shall come down with them, And the bullocks with the bulls; And their land shall be drunken with blood, And their dust made fat with fatness.
הוֹשִׁיעֵנִי מִפִּי אַרְיֵה וּמִקַּרְנֵי רֵמִים עֲנִיתָֽנִי
Save me from the lion's mouth; yea, from the horns of the wild-oxen do Thou answer me.
וַיַּרְקִידֵם כְּמוֹ־עֵגֶל לְבָנוֹן וְשִׂרְיֹן כְּמוֹ בֶן־רְאֵמִֽים
He maketh them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion like a young wild-ox.
וַתָּרֶם כִּרְאֵים קַרְנִי בַּלֹּתִי בְּשֶׁמֶן רַעֲנָֽן
But my horn hast Thou exalted like the horn of the wild-ox; I am anointed with rich oil.
הֲיֹאבֶה רֵּים עָבְדֶךָ אִם־יָלִין עַל־אֲבוּסֶֽךָ
Will the wild-ox be willing to serve thee? Or will he abide by thy crib?
הֲֽתִקְשָׁר־רֵים בְּתֶלֶם עֲבֹתוֹ אִם־יְשַׂדֵּד עֲמָקִים אַחֲרֶֽיךָ
Canst thou bind the wild-ox with his band in the furrow? Or will he harrow the valleys after thee?
Quick answers
What is the Hebrew word for wild ox?
Wild ox in Hebrew is ראם, with a gematria of 241 in the standard method.
How many times is the wild ox mentioned in the Tanakh?
The word stands 9 times in the Tanakh, first at Numbers 23:22.
A spelling is not a word. The bare letters ראם stand 5 times in the corpus, which is a different question and often a different number: the same letters can spell a name or another word entirely, and the creature written with a particle attached is a spelling that search never returns. It is here, as itself.
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