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title: רָזֶה — lean · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רָזֶה (7330), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: lean. BDB 1906: adj. lean. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רָזֶה

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«רָזֶה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **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:** 7330 · **BDB:** רָזֶה

### Glosses

lean (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

lean [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7330/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. lean [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7330/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj. lean (on formation cf. LagBN 49);—fs. רָזָה, Ez 34:20 (of שֶׂה; opp. בִּרְיָה), of land, = barren, Nu 13:20 (JE; opp. שְׁמֵנָה).

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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 «רָזֶה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7330/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezekiel 34:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.34.20/)

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לָכֵ֗ן כֹּ֥ה אָמַ֛ר אֲדֹנָ֥י יְהוִ֖ה אֲלֵיהֶ֑ם הִנְנִי־אָ֕נִי וְשָֽׁפַטְתִּי֙ בֵּֽין־שֶׂ֣ה בִרְיָ֔ה וּבֵ֥ין שֶׂ֖ה רָזָֽה׃

*Word for word:* therefore thus he.says Lord \[the\] Yahweh to them here I.\[am\] I and I.will.judge between a.sheep fat and between a.sheep lean

*JPS 1917:* Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD unto them: Behold, I, even I, will judge between the fat cattle and the lean cattle.

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[Numbers 13:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.13.20/)

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וּמָ֣ה הָ֠אָרֶץ הַשְּׁמֵנָ֨ה הִ֜וא אִם־רָזָ֗ה הֲיֵֽשׁ־בָּ֥הּ עֵץ֙ אִם־אַ֔יִן וְהִ֨תְחַזַּקְתֶּ֔ם וּלְקַחְתֶּ֖ם מִפְּרִ֣י הָאָ֑רֶץ וְהַ֨יָּמִ֔ים יְמֵ֖י בִּכּוּרֵ֥י עֲנָבִֽים׃

*Word for word:* and what? \[is\].the land ? fertile \[is\].it or? lean \[is\] there? in it wood or? not and you.will.show.yourselves.strong and you.will.take some of.the.fruit of the.land and the days \[were.the\].days of.\[the\].first-fruits of.grapes

*JPS 1917:* and what the land is, whether it is fat or lean, whether there is wood therein, or not. And be ye of good courage, and bring of the fruit of the land.' — Now the time was the time of the first-ripe grapes. —

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