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title: רֵיקָם — emptily · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רֵיקָם (7387), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 16 times: emptily. BDB 1906: adv. emptily, vainly Niph. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רֵיקָם

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«רֵיקָם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **emptily** — 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:** 16 times · **Key:** 7387 · **BDB:** רֵיקָם

### Glosses

empty (14); without.cause (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

emptily [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7387/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adv. emptily, vainly Niph. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7387/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adv. emptily, vainly;— in empty condition, empty = with empty hands; c. vb. of sending Gn 31:42 (E), Dt 15:13 1 S 6:3 Jb 22:9; of going forth Ex 3:21, returning Ru 1:21; 3:17; = without an offering, לֹא יֵרָאוּ פָנַי ר׳ Ex 23:15 (E) = 34:20 (J), more fully Dt 16:16 (cf. \[פָּנֶה\] II. 2, ראה Niph. 1 b). in vain, without effect: c. שׁוּב 2 S 1:22 (poem), Is 55:11 Je 14:3 (but v. רֵיק 1), 50:9; prob. also צוֹרֲרִי ר׳ ψ 7:5 those who were my adversaries in vain (without success); הַבּוֹגְדִים ר׳ 25:3 that deal treacherously in vain (in both most without cause).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 16 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech not compared, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «רֵיקָם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7387/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 22:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.22.9/)

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אַ֭לְמָנוֹת שִׁלַּ֣חְתָּ רֵיקָ֑ם וּזְרֹע֖וֹת יְתֹמִ֣ים יְדֻכָּֽא׃

*Word for word:* widows you.have.sent.away empty and.\[the\] arms of.fatherless.ones it.has.been.crushed

*JPS 1917:* Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.

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[Psalms 25:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.25.3/)

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גַּ֣ם כָּל־קֹ֭וֶיךָ לֹ֣א יֵבֹ֑שׁוּ יֵ֝בֹ֗שׁוּ הַבּוֹגְדִ֥ים רֵיקָֽם׃

*Word for word:* also all \[those who\].wait.for.you not they.will.be.ashamed they.will.be.ashamed \[those who\].act.treacherously without.cause

*JPS 1917:* Yea, none that wait for Thee shall be ashamed; they shall be ashamed that deal treacherously without cause.

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