רָעַם (b. h.; cmp. רעד) [to vibrate,] to thunder, rumble, roar.
Hif. - הִרְעִים 1) same. Ab. d’R. N. ch. XXXIII ed. Schechter same. Ab. d’R. N. ch. XXXIII ed. Schechter מצרים הִרְעִימוּ עליהם בקולם אף הקב"ה ה׳ עליהם קולו the Egyptians roared at (threatened) them with their voices, so did the Lord cause his voice to roar at them (II Sam. XXII, 14); (oth. ed. ה׳ עליהם בקול על הים, ref. to Job XXXVII, 5). Midr. Sam. ch. V אם עולים … אני מַרְעִים בקולי וכ׳ if they rise up to heaven, from there I will thunder with my voice and throw them down; Yalk. Sam. 86; a. e. —2) to cause to thunder, v. supra. —3) to cause to murmur. Ib. 77 (ref. to הרעמה, I Sam. I, 6) את מַרְעֶמֶת אותה וכ׳ thou makest her ‘thunder’ against me, … there are no thunders which are not followed by (fructifying) rain, I will visit her at once; Pesik. R. s. 43 מְתַרְעֶמֶת (fr. תִּרְעֵם). Ib. בעבור הַרְעִימָהּ על אלהים לטובתה in order to make her murmur against God (complain in prayer) for her own good.
Hithpa. - הִתְרָעֵם 1) (v. (v. תַּרְעוּמֶת) to be excited, rebel, be discontented. Meg. 6ᵃ זבולון מִתְרַעֵם על מדותיו היה Zebulun was dissatisfied with the measures he received (the share of the land allotted to him). —2) to be disturbed, get into commotion. Pesik. R. s. 11 כולם מִתְרַעֲמִים ומרגישים all the nuts in the pile are disturbed and in commotion; Yalk. Cant. 992.