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title: רֶבַע — fourth part · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רֶבַע (7253), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 7 times: fourth part. BDB 1906: n.m. fourth part four sides. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רֶבַע

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«רֶבַע» in the Tanakh dictionary: **fourth part** — 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:** 7 times · **Key:** 7253 · **BDB:** רֶ֫בַע

### Glosses

sides (5); (the).fourth.part (1); a.fourth.part (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

fourth part [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7253/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. fourth part four sides [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7253/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Ez 1:8 1. fourth part. 2. pl. four sides;— ר׳ cstr., fourth part, of shekel 1 S 9:8, of hin Ex 29:40. in Ez, pl. sf. four sides (אַרְבַּעַת always preceding): רְבָעָיו Ez 43:16, רְבָעֶיהָ v 17; רִבְעֵיהֶם 1:8; 10:11, -הֶן 1:17.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 7 of its verses cited, 3 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (8 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 2 with the glosses (8 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «רֶבַע» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7253/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezekiel 1:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.1.17/)

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עַל־אַרְבַּ֥עַת רִבְעֵיהֶ֖ן בְּלֶכְתָּ֣ם יֵלֵ֑כוּ לֹ֥א יִסַּ֖בּוּ בְּלֶכְתָּֽן׃

*Word for word:* on the.four sides their when moved they they.moved not they.turned when moved they

*JPS 1917:* When they went, they went toward their four sides; they turned not when they went.

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[Ezekiel 43:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.43.16/)

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וְהָאֲרִיאֵ֗ל שְׁתֵּ֤ים עֶשְׂרֵה֙ אֹ֔רֶךְ בִּשְׁתֵּ֥ים עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה רֹ֑חַב רָב֕וּעַ אֶ֖ל אַרְבַּ֥עַת רְבָעָֽיו׃

*Word for word:* and the.altar hearth \[is\].two.plus ten.\[cubits\] length by two.plus ten.\[cubits\] breadth \[it.is\].square to the.four sides its

*JPS 1917:* And the hearth shall be twelve cubits long by twelve broad, square in the four sides thereof.

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