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title: רָחֵל — ewe · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רָחֵל (7353), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: ewe. BDB 1906: n.f. ewe. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רָחֵל

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«רָחֵל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **ewe** — 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:** 7353 · **BDB:** רָחֵל

### Glosses

ewes (3); a.ewe (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

ewe [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7353/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. ewe [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7353/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. Is 53:7 ewe;—abs. ר׳ Is 53:7; (in sim., ‖ שֶׂה); pl. רְחֵלִים Gn 32:15 (E; + עִזִּים, אֵילִים), Ct 6:6 (in sim.); sf. רְחֵלֶיךָ וְעִזֶּיךָ Gn 31:38 (E).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 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 «רָחֵל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7353/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 32:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.32.15/)

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עִזִּ֣ים מָאתַ֔יִם וּתְיָשִׁ֖ים עֶשְׂרִ֑ים רְחֵלִ֥ים מָאתַ֖יִם וְאֵילִ֥ים עֶשְׂרִֽים׃

*Word for word:* female.goats two.hundred and male.goats twenty ewes two.hundred and rams twenty

*JPS 1917:* two hundred she-goats and twenty he-goats, two hundred ewes and twenty rams,

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[Genesis 31:38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.31.38/)

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זֶה֩ עֶשְׂרִ֨ים שָׁנָ֤ה אָנֹכִי֙ עִמָּ֔ךְ רְחֵלֶ֥יךָ וְעִזֶּ֖יךָ לֹ֣א שִׁכֵּ֑לוּ וְאֵילֵ֥י צֹאנְךָ֖ לֹ֥א אָכָֽלְתִּי׃

*Word for word:* this twenty year\[s\] I \[have been\].with.you ewes your and your.female goats not they.have.miscarried and the.rams your.flock your not I.have.eaten

*JPS 1917:* These twenty years have I been with thee; thy ewes and thy she-goats have not cast their young, and the rams of thy flocks have I not eaten.

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