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title: רְפַס — tread · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: רְפַס (lemma:רְפַס), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 2 times: tread. BDB 1906: vb. tread, trample. With 2 verses in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רְפַס

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«רְפַס» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **tread** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 2 times · **Key:** lemma:רְפַס · **BDB:** רְפַס

### Glosses

\[it.was\].trampling (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

tread [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1512/lemma_3a_5e8_5b0_5e4_5b7_5e1/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. tread, trample [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1512/lemma_3a_5e8_5b0_5e4_5b7_5e1/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. tread, trample (cf. BH (late));— Pt. act. fs. בּרגליה רָֽסְפָה, c. acc. rei Dn 7:7, 19.

### Jastrow 1903

רְפַס: to shake, shatter to tremble [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1512/lemma_3a_5e8_5b0_5e4_5b7_5e1/#m3)

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**The whole Jastrow entry:** Targ. Y. II, Gen. XLIV, 19. Targ. Ez. XXV, 6 (h. text רקע). Targ. II Sam. XXII, 43; a. e. to shake, shatter. Kidd. 63ᵇ הני שמעתתא דידי מְרַפְּסָן איגרי these my traditions are apt to shatter roofs (are hard to understand). to tremble. Targ. Koh. XII, 4 ויִתְרַפְּסוּן (Levita ויתרפשון).—V. רְפַשׂ.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «רְפַס» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1512/lemma_3a_5e8_5b0_5e4_5b7_5e1/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 7:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.7.19/)

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אֱדַ֗יִן צְבִית֙ לְיַצָּבָ֔א עַל־חֵֽיוְתָא֙ רְבִיעָ֣יְתָ֔א דִּֽי־הֲוָ֥ת שָֽׁנְיָ֖ה מִן־כָּלְּהֵ֑ין דְּחִילָ֣ה יַתִּ֗ירָה שִׁנַּ֤הּ דִּֽי־פַרְזֶל֙ וְטִפְרַ֣יהּ דִּֽי־נְחָ֔שׁ אָֽכְלָ֣ה מַדֲּקָ֔ה וּשְׁאָרָ֖א בְּרַגְלַ֥יהּרָֽפְסָֽה׃

*Word for word:* then I.desired to make.certain concerning the beast (the) fourth which it.was different from all of.them \[it.was\].terrible exceedingly tooth its \[were\].(diy).of iron and claws its \[were\].(diy).of bronze \[it.was\].devouring \[it.was\].shattering and the rest with feet its \[it.was\].trampling

*JPS 1917:* Then I desired to know the truth concerning the fourth beast, which was diverse from all of them, exceeding terrible, whose teeth were of iron, and its nails of brass; which devoured, brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with its feet;

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[Daniel 7:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.7.7/)

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בָּאתַ֣ר דְּנָה֩ חָזֵ֨ה הֲוֵ֜ית בְּחֶזְוֵ֣י לֵֽילְיָ֗א וַאֲר֣וּ חֵיוָ֣ה רְֽבִיעָאָ֡ה דְּחִילָה֩ וְאֵֽימְתָנִ֨י וְתַקִּיפָ֜א יַתִּ֗ירָא וְשִׁנַּ֨יִן דִּֽי־פַרְזֶ֥ל לַהּ֙ רַבְרְבָ֔ן אָֽכְלָ֣ה וּמַדֱּקָ֔ה וּשְׁאָרָ֖א בְּרַגְלַ֣הּ רָפְסָ֑ה וְהִ֣יא מְשַׁנְּיָ֗ה מִן־כָּל־חֵֽיוָתָא֙ דִּ֣י קָֽדָמַ֔יהּ וְקַרְנַ֥יִן עֲשַׂ֖ר לַֽהּ׃

*Word for word:* after this seeing I.was in the.visions of the.night and lo! a.beast fourth \[was\].terrible and terrible and strong exceedingly and teeth (diy).of iron \[were\].to it great \[it.was\].devouring and \[it.was\].shattering and the rest with foot its \[it.was\].trampling and it \[was\].different from all the beasts which \[were\].before it and horns ten \[were\].to it

*JPS 1917:* After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth; it devoured and broke in pieces, and stamped the residue with its feet; and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it; and it had ten horns.

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