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title: רָחֵל — Rachel · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רָחֵל (7354), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 47 times: Rachel. BDB 1906: pr. Rachel. 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: **Rachel** — 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:** 47 times · **Key:** 7354 · **BDB:** רָחֵל²

### Glosses

Rachel (38); of.Rachel (8); \[was\].Rachel (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Rachel [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7354/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

pr. Rachel [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7354/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n. pr. f. (ewe, RSK 219);—Rachel, Ραχηλ, daughter of Laban and wife of Jacob: Gn 29:6, 9, 10, 11, 28, 29, 30 + 36 times Gn (JE 37 times, P 6 times), + קְבֻרַת(־)ר׳ 35:20 (JE), 1 S 10:2 (cf. אֶפְרָתָה 1, p. 68; on site vid. DrHast.DB. Rachel); ר׳ (in fig.) Je 31:15; ר׳ Ru 4:11 (in sim.).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 11 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/1512/7354/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 35:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.35.24/)

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בְּנֵ֣י רָחֵ֔ל יוֹסֵ֖ף וּבִנְיָמִֽן׃

*Word for word:* the.sons of.Rachel Joseph and Benjamin

*JPS 1917:* the sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin;

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[Genesis 46:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.46.19/)

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בְּנֵ֤י רָחֵל֙ אֵ֣שֶׁת יַֽעֲקֹ֔ב יוֹסֵ֖ף וּבִנְיָמִֽן׃

*Word for word:* the.sons of.Rachel the.wife of.Jacob Joseph and Benjamin

*JPS 1917:* The sons of Rachel Jacob's wife: Joseph and Benjamin.

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