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title: רַחַת — winnowing-shovel · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רַחַת (7371), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: winnowing-shovel. BDB 1906: winnowing-shovel. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רַחַת

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«רַחַת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **winnowing-shovel** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 7371 · **BDB:** רַ֫חַת

### Glosses

shovel (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

winnowing-shovel [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7371/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

winnowing-shovel [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7371/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[f.\] winnowing-shovel, or the like (√ unknown; Thes from רוח = ventilabrum, cf. NöZMG xl (1886), 728; Wetzst in De Is (2), 709 from רחה = رَخُوَ be soft, loose, friable, etc., cf. Köii. 1, 177; NH = BH, Arabic رَخْتٌ is prob. loan-wd. Nöl.c.);—זֹרֶה בָר׳ וּבַמִּזְרֶה Is 30:24.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «רַחַת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7371/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 30:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.30.24/)

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וְהָאֲלָפִ֣ים וְהָעֲיָרִ֗ים עֹֽבְדֵי֙ הָֽאֲדָמָ֔ה בְּלִ֥יל חָמִ֖יץ יֹאכֵ֑לוּ אֲשֶׁר־זֹרֶ֥ה בָרַ֖חַת וּבַמִּזְרֶֽה׃

*Word for word:* and the cattle(s) and the.male donkeys \[which\].till (of).the ground fodder salted they.will.eat which \[someone.has.been\].winnowing with the shovel and with the pitchfork

*JPS 1917:* The oxen likewise and the young asses that till the ground shall eat savoury provender, which hath been winnowed with the shovel and with the fan.

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