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title: רֵחַיִם — compassionate · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רֵחַיִם (7347), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: compassionate. BDB 1906: du. mill. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רֵחַיִם

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«רֵחַיִם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **compassionate** — 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:** 5 times · **Key:** 7347 · **BDB:** רֵחֶה

### Glosses

a.hand-mill (2); hand-mill (2); of.a.hand-mill (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

compassionate [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7347/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

du. mill [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7347/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\], only du. רֵחַיִם (hand-)mill (prob. = 8);—ר׳ abs., common household utensil, turned by maids, Ex 11:5 (הָרֵחָ֑יִם; J), female slaves Is 47:2 (c. טָחַן, q.v.); טָחַן בָּר׳ Nu 11:8 (J); ר׳ וָרָ֑כֶב Dt 24:6 (v. רכב); קוֹל ר׳ as sound of family life Je 25:10.

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Why these entries: BDB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (12 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (9 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «רֵחַיִם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7347/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Deuteronomy 24:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.24.6/)

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לֹא־יַחֲבֹ֥ל רֵחַ֖יִם וָרָ֑כֶב כִּי־נֶ֖פֶשׁ ה֥וּא חֹבֵֽל׃ס

*Word for word:* not anyone.will.take.as.pledge a.hand-mill and an.upper.millstone (dm) a.life it \[is\].taking.as.pledge

*JPS 1917:* No man shall take the mill or the upper millstone to pledge; for he taketh a man's life to pledge.

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[Isaiah 47:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.47.2/)

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קְחִ֥י רֵחַ֖יִם וְטַ֣חֲנִי קָ֑מַח גַּלִּ֨י צַמָּתֵ֧ךְ חֶשְׂפִּי־שֹׁ֛בֶל גַּלִּי־שׁ֖וֹק עִבְרִ֥י נְהָרֽוֹת׃

*Word for word:* take a.hand-mill and grind flour uncover veil your strip.off a.skirt uncover a.leg pass.through rivers

*JPS 1917:* Take the millstones, and grind meal; remove thy veil, strip off the train, uncover the leg, pass through the rivers.

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