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title: רָטֵב — be moist · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רָטֵב (7372), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: be moist. BDB 1906: vb. be moist. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רָטֵב

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«רָטֵב» in the Tanakh dictionary: **be moist** — 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:** 7372 · **BDB:** רָטֵב

### Glosses

they.are.wet (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

be moist [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7372/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. be moist [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7372/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. be moist (NH id.; Assyrian raṭâbu, ii. moisten; Arabic رَطُبَ / رَطِبَ, Ethiopic ረጥበ Aramaic רְטַב, ܪܛܶܒ, all be moist);— Impf. 3 ms. מִזֶּרֶם הָרִים יִרְטָ֑בוּ Jb 24:8.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «רָטֵב» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7372/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 24:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.24.8/)

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מִזֶּ֣רֶם הָרִ֣ים יִרְטָ֑בוּ וּֽמִבְּלִ֥י מַ֝חְסֶ֗ה חִבְּקוּ־צֽוּר׃

*Word for word:* from.\[the\] rainstorm of.\[the\].mountains they.are.wet and from not shelter they.embrace \[the\].rock

*JPS 1917:* They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter.

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