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title: רֵבֶץ — place of · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רֵבֶץ (7258), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: place of. BDB 1906: place of) lying down, resting dwelling-place. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רֵבֶץ

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«רֵבֶץ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **place of** — 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:** 4 times · **Key:** 7258 · **BDB:** רֵ֫בֶץ

### Glosses

place (3); resting.place (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

place of [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7258/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

place of) lying down, resting dwelling-place [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7258/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] (place of) lying down, resting- or dwelling-place;—cstr. ר׳ בָּקָר Is 65:10 (‖ נְוֵה צֹאן); sf. בִּנְוֵה תַנִּים רִבְצָהּ 35:7 (cf. Ges§ 145 m, but Du רָֽבְצָה, sc. flock); רִבְצָם Je 50:6 (people as sheep); of man, רִבְצוֹ Pr 24:15 (‖ נְוֵה צַדְּיק).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 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 «רֵבֶץ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7258/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 24:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.24.15/)

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אַל־תֶּאֱרֹ֣ב רָ֭שָׁע לִנְוֵ֣ה צַדִּ֑יק אַֽל־תְּשַׁדֵּ֥ד רִבְצוֹ׃

*Word for word:* do.not lie.in.wait wicked.\[person\] to.\[the\] habitation of.a.righteous.\[person\] do.not devastate place his.resting

*JPS 1917:* Lie not in wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous, spoil not his resting-place;

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[Isaiah 65:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.65.10/)

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וְהָיָ֤ה הַשָּׁרוֹן֙ לִנְוֵה־צֹ֔אן וְעֵ֥מֶק עָכ֖וֹר לְרֵ֣בֶץ בָּקָ֑ר לְעַמִּ֖י אֲשֶׁ֥ר דְּרָשֽׁוּנִי׃

*Word for word:* and it.will.become (the) Sharon (into).a pasture of.sheep and the.valley of.Achor (into).a resting.place of.cattle for people my who they have.sought.me

*JPS 1917:* And Sharon shall be a fold of flocks, and the valley of Achor a place for herds to lie down in, for My people that have sought Me;

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