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title: רְחוּם — Rehum · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רְחוּם (7348), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: Rehum. BDB 1906: pr. 3a. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רְחוּם

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«רְחוּם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Rehum** — 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:** 7348 · **BDB:** רְחוּם

### Glosses

Rehum (4)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Rehum [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7348/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

pr. 3a [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7348/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n. pr. m. (compassion, or softness, gentleness?);—post-exilic name: with Zerub.: רְחוּם Ezr 2:2, A Ιρεουμʼ, 𝔊L Ναουμ (= נְחוּם ‖ Ne 7:7). priest, רְחֻם Ne 12:3 Ρεουμ (= חָרִם v 15, cf. 7:42 = Ezr 2:39, Ezr 10:21, v. חָרִם 3a). רְחוּם, with Neh.: Levite Ne 3:17, Βασουθ, א A 𝔊L Ραουμ. Ne 10:26, Ρα\[ε\]ουμ.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (11 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (8 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «רְחוּם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7348/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Nehemiah 10:26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.10.26/)

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רְח֥וּם חֲשַׁבְנָ֖ה מַעֲשֵׂיָֽה׃

*Word for word:* Rehum Hashabnah Maaseiah

*JPS 1917:* Rehum, Hashabnah, Maaseiah;

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[Nehemiah 12:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.12.3/)

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שְׁכַנְיָ֥ה רְחֻ֖ם מְרֵמֹֽת׃

*Word for word:* Shecaniah Rehum Meremoth

*JPS 1917:* Shecaniah, Rehum, Meremoth;

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