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title: רָטַשׁ — dash in pieces · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רָטַשׁ (7376), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 6 times: dash in pieces. BDB 1906: vb. Pi. dash in pieces cast away. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רָטַשׁ

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«רָטַשׁ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **dash in pieces** — 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:** 6 times · **Key:** 7376 · **BDB:** רָטַשׁ

### Glosses

they.will.be.dashed.in.pieces (2); she.was.dashed.in.pieces (1); they.were.dashed.in.pieces (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

dash in pieces [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7376/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. Pi. dash in pieces cast away [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7376/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. Pi. dash in pieces (cf. 𝔗 רְטַשׁ cast away, reject; but possibly akin to לָטַשׁ);— Impf. 2 ms. תְּרַטֵּשׁ 2 K 8:12 their children thou wilt dash in pieces; 3 fpl. קְשָׁתוֹת נְעָרִים תְּרַטַּשְׁנָה Is 13:18, but prob. crpt., Du conj. נְעָרוֹת תְּרֻטַּשְׁנָה, cf. Che. Pf. 3 fs. אֵם על־בָּנִים רֻטָּ֑שָׁה Ho 10:14; Impf. 3 mpl. יִרֻטְּשׁוּ Is 13:16; Na 3:10, י֫֒רֻטָּ֑שׁוּ Ho 14:1, all of children.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 2 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, 2 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «רָטַשׁ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7376/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 13:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.13.16/)

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וְעֹלְלֵיהֶ֥ם יְרֻטְּשׁ֖וּ לְעֵֽינֵיהֶ֑ם יִשַּׁ֙סּוּ֙ בָּֽתֵּיהֶ֔ם וּנְשֵׁיהֶ֖ם תִּשָּׁכַֽבְנָה׃

*Word for word:* and children their they.will.be.dashed.in.pieces to eyes their they.will.be.plundered houses their and wives their they.will.be.lain.with

*JPS 1917:* Their babes also shall be dashed in pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be spoiled, and their wives ravished.

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[Isaiah 13:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.13.18/)

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וּקְשָׁת֖וֹת נְעָרִ֣ים תְּרַטַּ֑שְׁנָה וּפְרִי־בֶ֙טֶן֙ לֹ֣א יְרַחֵ֔מוּ עַל־בָּנִ֖ים לֹֽא־תָח֥וּס עֵינָֽם׃

*Word for word:* and bows youths they.will.dash.in.pieces and.\[the\] fruit of.\[the\].womb not they.will.have.compassion.on on children not it.will.look.with.pity eye their

*JPS 1917:* And their bows shall dash the young men in pieces; and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eye shall not spare children.

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