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title: רָזָה — be lean · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רָזָה (7329), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: be lean. BDB 1906: vb. be or grow lean. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רָזָה

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«רָזָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **be lean** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 7329 · **BDB:** רָזָה

### Glosses

he.will.make.lean (1); it.will.be.made.lean (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

be lean [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7329/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. be or grow lean [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7329/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. be or grow lean (Arabic رَذِىَ grow thin and weak);— Pf. 3 ms. רָזָה Zp 2:11 obj. false gods, appar. make lean (𝔙 attenuavit; 𝔊 is ἑξολεθρεύσει), but sense strange, רִזָה (v. Arabic supr.), yet even this very doubtful. be made lean, Impf. 3 ms. מִשְׁמַן בְּשָׂרוֹ יֵרָוֶה Is 17:4.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 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 «רָזָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7329/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 17:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.17.4/)

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וְהָיָה֙ בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֔וּא יִדַּ֖ל כְּב֣וֹד יַעֲקֹ֑ב וּמִשְׁמַ֥ן בְּשָׂר֖וֹ יֵרָזֶֽה׃

*Word for word:* and it.will.be in the day (the) that it.will.become.low the.glory of.Jacob and the.fatness its.flesh his it.will.be.made.lean

*JPS 1917:* And it shall come to pass in that day, that the glory of Jacob shall be made thin, and the fatness of his flesh shall wax lean.

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[Zephaniah 2:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ZEP.2.11/)

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נוֹרָ֤א יְהוָה֙ עֲלֵיהֶ֔ם כִּ֣י רָזָ֔ה אֵ֖ת כָּל־אֱלֹהֵ֣י הָאָ֑רֶץ וְיִשְׁתַּֽחֲווּ־לוֹ֙ אִ֣ישׁ מִמְּקוֹמ֔וֹ כֹּ֖ל אִיֵּ֥י הַגּוֹיִֽם׃

*Word for word:* \[will.be\].awesome Yahweh on them (dm) he.will.make.lean (et) all the.gods of the.earth and they.will.bow.down to him everyone from his.own place all the.islands of the.nations

*JPS 1917:* The LORD will be terrible unto them; for He will famish all the gods of the earth; then shall all the isles of the nations worship Him, every one from its place.

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