ba.rad denotes falling hail, especially as a destructive storm striking fields, people, animals, and trees.

The term most often denotes hail as a falling weather event that can strike people, animals, vegetation, and trees; it also appears in descriptions of hail’s cessation, storage, and place among other weather phenomena. In Isaiah it is used in storm imagery, both in comparison with a destroying tempest and as that which sweeps away a false refuge.

1. Falling hail in destructive weather · dominant

   The cited noun forms are all tagged common masculine singular absolute. In Exodus 9:25 the APB renders hail striking everything in the field, including people, animals, plants, and trees; Exodus 9:23 describes it being rained upon Egypt, while Joshua 10:11 describes large hailstones hurled from heaven against fleeing enemies. Job 38:22 and Psalm 148:8 place it respectively in storehouses and among weather elements.

   Exodus 9:23Exodus 9:25Exodus 9:33Joshua 10:11Job 38:22Psalm 148:8
2. Storm image of sweeping destruction · occasional

   In Isaiah 28:2 the APB renders a comparison, “like a hailstorm, a destroying tempest,” in a description of one strong and mighty. In Isaiah 28:17 it renders hail as sweeping away “the refuge of a lie,” using the weather event as an image of removal.

   Isaiah 28:2Isaiah 28:17

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB usually presents the term with “hail,” and in Joshua 10:11 and Isaiah 30:30 with “hailstones.” These renderings confirm the verse-level weather context rather than establish a separate meaning for each wording.