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title: רָבַץ — stretch oneself out · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רָבַץ (7257), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 30 times: stretch oneself out. BDB 1906: vb. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רָבַץ

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«רָבַץ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **stretch oneself 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:** 30 times · **Key:** 7257 · **BDB:** רָבַץ

### Glosses

they.will.lie.down (7); it.will.lie.down (3); \[which\].lies (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

stretch oneself out [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7257/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7257/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. stretch oneself out, lie down, lie stretched out (NH = BH; Assyrian rabâṣu, lie, dwell; rubṣu (in word-lists), stall, also womb (cf. II. רבע supr.); Arabic رَبَضَ lie down on the breast, stretch oneself out, مرابض, Sab. מרבצֿן CIS iv, no. 5, 2; 𝔗 רְבַע lie stretched out, Syriac ܪܒܰܥ, Chr. Pal ܪܒܥ recline at meals, SchwallyIdiot. 87);— Pf. 3 ms. ר׳ Gn 49:9, 3 fs. consec. וְרָֽבְצָה Dt 29:19, רָבָ֑צָה Ez 19:2, etc.; Impf. 3 ms. יִרְבָּ֑ץ Is 11:6; 27:10; 3 fs. וַתִּרְבַּץ Nu 22:27; 3 mpl. יִרְבְּצוּ 11:7, יִרְבָּ֑צוּ 14:30, יִרְבָּצ֑וּן Zp 2:7 ψ 104:22; 3 fpl. תִּרְבַּצְנָה Ez 34:14; Pt. רֹבֵץ Ex 23:5 + 3 times; f. רֹבֶ֫צֶת Gn 49:25 + 2 times; mpl. רֹבְצִים 29:2;—lie down, lie: of domestic animals, ass Ex 23:5 (E; under heavy burden), Nu 22:27 (Je; in obstructed path), Gn 49:14 (at ease; poet., in sim.); sheep, in repose, 29:2 (J), Is 17:2; Zp 2:14; fig. of people Ez 34:14; calf, in repose Is 27:10; of wild beasts, lion, in lair, Gn 49:9 (poem in J; fig.), ψ 104:22; = make lair, abode Ez 19:2 (fig.), so of צִיִּים Is 13:21, תַּנִּין Ez 29:3 (fig.); leopard (with kid) Is 11:6, cf. v 7; = brood, of mother-bird Dt 22:6 (עַל־הָאֶפְרֹחִים); of man, in repose Is 14:30; Jb 11:19, cf. Zp 2:7; 3:13 (fig. of flock perhaps impl., cf. Ez 34:14 supr.); of the deep, רֹבֶצֶת תָּ֑חַת Gn 49:25; Dt 33:13; fig. of curse Dt 29:19 (ב pers.); of sin, לַפֶּתַה חַטָּאת רֹבֵץ Gn 4:7 at the door sin makes its lair. Impf. 3 ms. sf. יַרְבִּיצֵנִי ψ 23:2, 2 ms. תַּרְבִּיץ Ct 1:7, etc.; Pt. מַרְבִּיץ Is 54:11, pl. מַרְבֹּצֹים Je 33:12;—cause to lie down, or lie, acc. of flock (for repose) Je 33:12, also (fig.) ψ 23:2 Ez 34:15; acc. of flock om. Is 13:20 Ct 1:7; of laying stones Is 54:11.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 30 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «רָבַץ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7257/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 49:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.49.14/)

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יִשָּׂשכָ֖ר חֲמֹ֣ר גָּ֑רֶם רֹבֵ֖ץ בֵּ֥ין הַֽמִּשְׁפְּתָֽיִם׃

*Word for word:* Issachar \[is\].a.donkey of.bone lying.down between the.two saddlebaskets

*JPS 1917:* Issachar is a large-boned ass, couching down between the sheep-folds.

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[Job 11:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.11.19/)

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וְֽ֭רָבַצְתָּ וְאֵ֣ין מַחֲרִ֑יד וְחִלּ֖וּ פָנֶ֣יךָ רַבִּֽים׃

*Word for word:* and you.will.lie.down and there.\[will\].not.\[be\] \[one.who\].terrifies and they.will.entreat face your many.\[people\]

*JPS 1917:* Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid; yea, many shall make suit unto thee.

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