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title: רָבַע — squared · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רָבַע (7251), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 12 times: squared. BDB 1906: vb.denom. squared, square. 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: **squared** — 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:** 12 times · **Key:** 7251 · **BDB:** רָבַע

### Glosses

square (6); \[were\].square (2); a.square (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

squared [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7251/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb.denom. squared, square [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7251/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb.denom., only Pt. pass. squared, square;— Pt. pass. רָבוּעַ square, of altar Ex 27:1; 30:2; 37:25; 38:1, cf. Ez 43:16; breastplate 30:2; 39:9; pl. רְבֻעִים, of doorways, etc. \[on text v. Kit Benz\] 1 K 7:5; fs. רְבֻעָה as subst. = a square Ez 41:21 (acc. Co Toy, om. מְזוּזַה, and joining ר׳ to v 20; Krae reads מְזוּזֹת רְבֻעֹת, cf. 1 K 6:33, רְבִיעִי 2). Pt. square, מְרֻבַּע Ez 45:2, of piece of land; fs. מְרֻבָּ֑עַת 40:47, of court; fpl. מְרֻבָּעוֹת 1 K 7:31 (opp. עֲגֻלּוֹת), of borders of bases (cf. Sab. רבעתם, a kind of square building, Sab-Denkm 31).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 10 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (8 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 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/1512/7251/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Exodus 28:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.28.16/)

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רָב֥וּעַ יִֽהְיֶ֖ה כָּפ֑וּל זֶ֥רֶת אָרְכּ֖וֹ וְזֶ֥רֶת רָחְבּֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* square it.will.be folded.double \[will.be\].a.span length its and \[will.be\].a.span breadth its

*JPS 1917:* Four-square it shall be and double: a span shall be the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof.

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[Ezekiel 41:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.41.21/)

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הַֽהֵיכָ֖ל מְזוּזַ֣ת רְבֻעָ֑ה וּפְנֵ֣י הַקֹּ֔דֶשׁ הַמַּרְאֶ֖ה כַּמַּרְאֶֽה׃

*Word for word:* the temple a.doorpost of.a.square and the.front of the.holy.place the appearance \[was\].like the appearance

*JPS 1917:* As for the temple, the jambs were squared; and the face of the sanctuary had an appearance such as is the appearance.

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