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title: רֵכָה — Rechah · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רֵכָה (7397), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: Rechah. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רֵכָה

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«רֵכָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Rechah** — 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:** 7397 · **BDB:** רֵכָה

### Glosses

of.Recah (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Rechah [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7397/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7397/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. in Judah;—1 Ch 4:12, Ρηχαβ.

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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, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «רֵכָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7397/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 4:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.4.12/)

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וְאֶשְׁתּ֗וֹן הוֹלִ֞יד אֶת־בֵּ֤ית רָפָא֙ בֵּ֤ית רָפָא֙ וְאֶת־פָּסֵ֔חַ וְאֶת־תְּחִנָּ֖ה אֲבִ֣י עִ֣יר נָחָ֑שׁ אֵ֖לֶּה אַנְשֵׁ֥י רֵכָֽה׃ס

*Word for word:* and Eshton he.fathered (et) Beth-Rapha and (et) Paseah and (et) Tehinnah the.father of.Ir Nahash these \[were\].the.men of.Recah

*JPS 1917:* And Eshton begot Beth-rapha, and Paseah, and Tehinnah the father of Ir-nahash. These are the men of Recah.

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