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title: רָבַד — be-spread · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רָבַד (7234), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: be-spread. BDB 1906: vb. be-spread, deck. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רָבַד

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«רָבַד» in the Tanakh dictionary: **be-spread** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 7234 · **BDB:** רָבַד

### Glosses

I.have.spread (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

be-spread [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7234/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. be-spread, deck [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7234/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. be-spread, deck (cf. Arabic رَبَدَ v. shew patches of colour, become clouded (of sky); NH רֹבֶד pavement, paved terrace, 𝔗 רוֹבֵדָא pavement);— Pf. 1 s. מַרְבַדִּים רָבַדְתִּי עַרְשִׂי Pr 7:16 with spreads (coverlets) have I bespread my couch; read also Impf. 3 ms. וַיִּרְבְּדוּ לְשָׁאוּל 1 S 9:25 𝔅 Th We Dr al. (for MT וַיְדַבֵּר עִם שׁ׳), obj. om.

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «רָבַד» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7234/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 7:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.7.16/)

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מַ֭רְבַדִּים רָבַ֣דְתִּי עַרְשִׂ֑י חֲ֝טֻב֗וֹת אֵט֥וּן מִצְרָֽיִם׃

*Word for word:* coverings I.have.spread couch my colored.fabrics linen of.Egypt

*JPS 1917:* I have decked my couch with coverlets, with striped cloths of the yarn of Egypt.

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