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title: רַבְשָׁקֵה — chief · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רַבְשָׁקֵה (7262), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 32 times: chief. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רַבְשָׁקֵה

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«רַבְשָׁקֵה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **chief** — 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:** 32 times · **Key:** 7262

### Glosses

shaqeh (16); \[the\].Rab- (12); of.\[the\].Rab- (4)

### Meaning (OSHB)

chief [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7262/#m1)

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Why these entries: BDB: none; OSHB: headword, part of speech differs, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «רַבְשָׁקֵה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7262/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Kings 19:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.19.8/)

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וַיָּ֙שָׁב֙ רַב־שָׁקֵ֔ה וַיִּמְצָא֙ אֶת־מֶ֣לֶךְ אַשּׁ֔וּר נִלְחָ֖ם עַל־לִבְנָ֑ה כִּ֣י שָׁמַ֔ע כִּ֥י נָסַ֖ע מִלָּכִֽישׁ׃

*Word for word:* and he.returned \[the\].Rab- shaqeh and he.found (et) the.king of.Assyria fighting on Libnah (dm) he.had.heard (dm).that he.had.set.out from Lachish

*JPS 1917:* So Rab-shakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah; for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish.

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[Isaiah 37:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.37.8/)

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וַיָּ֙שָׁב֙ רַב־שָׁקֵ֔ה וַיִּמְצָא֙ אֶת־מֶ֣לֶךְ אַשּׁ֔וּר נִלְחָ֖ם עַל־לִבְנָ֑ה כִּ֣י שָׁמַ֔ע כִּ֥י נָסַ֖ע מִלָּכִֽישׁ׃

*Word for word:* and he.returned \[the\].Rab- shaqeh and he.found (et) the.king of.Assyria fighting on Libnah (dm) he.had.heard (dm).that he.had.set.out from Lachish

*JPS 1917:* So Rab-shakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah; for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish.

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