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title: רָבַע — lie stretched out · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רָבַע (7250), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: lie stretched out. BDB 1906: vb. lie stretched out, lie down. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רָבַע

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«רָבַע» in the Tanakh dictionary: **lie stretched out** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 7250 · **BDB:** רָבַע²

### Glosses

lie (1); lie.with (1); you.will.make.lie (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

lie stretched out [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7250/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. lie stretched out, lie down [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7250/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. lie stretched out, lie down (Aramaic form of רָבַץ (q.v.); NH רבע usually of copulation, chiefly unnatural; yet cf. also Sab. רבע abide, encamp, settle, DHMZMG xxix (1875), 593, Arabic رَبَعَ abide, dwell)— only Inf.: sf. רִבְעִי ψ 139:3 my lying down (for repose, opp. אָרְחִי); elsewhere (H) for copulation (woman with beast) לְרִבְעָה אֹתָהּ Lv 20:16, but read אִתָּהּ (sf. of beast) Dr-Wh KöSynt. 226 e, cf. Bae Berthol (and Dr 2 S 13:14); לְרִבְעָהּ 18:23, read לְרִבְעָה (compl. om.; v. id.). Impf. 2 ms. בְּהֶמְתְּךָ לֹא תַרְבִּיעַ כִּלְאַיִם Lv 19:19 (H) thy cattle thou shalt not cause to (let) lie down (i.e. breed) in two kinds.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (8 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (8 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «רָבַע» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7250/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Leviticus 19:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.19.19/)

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אֶֽת־חֻקֹּתַי֮ תִּשְׁמֹרוּ֒ בְּהֶמְתְּךָ֙ לֹא־תַרְבִּ֣יעַ כִּלְאַ֔יִם שָׂדְךָ֖ לֹא־תִזְרַ֣ע כִּלְאָ֑יִם וּבֶ֤גֶד כִּלְאַ֙יִם֙ שַֽׁעַטְנֵ֔ז לֹ֥א יַעֲלֶ֖ה עָלֶֽיךָ׃פ

*Word for word:* (et) statutes my you.will.keep livestock your not you.will.make.lie two.kinds field your not you.will.sow two.kinds and clothing two.kinds mixed.stuff not it.will.go.up on you

*JPS 1917:* Ye shall keep My statutes. Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with a diverse kind; thou shalt not sow thy field with two kinds of seed; neither shall there come upon thee a garment of two kinds of stuff mingled together.

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[Leviticus 18:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.18.23/)

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וּבְכָל־בְּהֵמָ֛ה לֹא־תִתֵּ֥ן שְׁכָבְתְּךָ֖ לְטָמְאָה־בָ֑הּ וְאִשָּׁ֗ה לֹֽא־תַעֲמֹ֞ד לִפְנֵ֧י בְהֵמָ֛ה לְרִבְעָ֖הּ תֶּ֥בֶל הֽוּא׃

*Word for word:* and in any animal not you.will.give copulation your to be.unclean by it and a.woman not she.will.stand before an.animal to lie with.it \[is\].confusion it

*JPS 1917:* And thou shalt not lie with any beast to defile thyself therewith; neither shall any woman stand before a beast, to lie down thereto; it is perversion.

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