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title: רְכוּשׁ — property · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רְכוּשׁ (7399), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 28 times: property. BDB 1906: n.m. property, goods. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רְכוּשׁ

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«רְכוּשׁ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **property** — 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:** 28 times · **Key:** 7399 · **BDB:** רְכוּשׁ

### Glosses

property (13); possession\[s\] (10); the.property (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

property [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7399/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. property, goods [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7399/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Gn 13, 6 property, goods;—abs. רְכוּשׁ Nu 16:32 +, רְכֻשׁ Gn 14:16, 21; cstr. רְכוּשׁ 2 Ch 35:7, רְכֻשׁ Gn 14:11; sf. רְכֻשׁוֹ v 12 +, רְכוּשָׁם 12:5 +, etc.;—property, goods, PRChr Dn Gn 14: gen. term for movable possessions of all kinds (often specif. incl. cattle), Gn 12:5; 15:14; Nu 16:32; 1 Ch 27:31; 28:1; 2 Ch 31:3; 32:29; Ezr 8:21; 10:8. used specif. of cattle, flocks, etc. Gn 13:6; 31:18; 36:7; Nu 35:3; 2 Ch 35:7. of stores, utensils, etc. Gn 46:6; Ezr 1:4, 6, as camp-baggage Dn 11:13, especially as booty Gn 14:11, 12, 16(×2), 21; 2 Ch 20:25; 21:14, 17; Dn 11:24, 28.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 27 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «רְכוּשׁ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7399/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 14:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.14.11/)

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וַ֠יִּקְחוּ אֶת־כָּל־רְכֻ֨שׁ סְדֹ֧ם וַעֲמֹרָ֛ה וְאֶת־כָּל־אָכְלָ֖ם וַיֵּלֵֽכוּ׃

*Word for word:* and they.took (et) all the.possession\[s\] of.Sodom and Gomorrah and (et) all food their and they.went

*JPS 1917:* And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their victuals, and went their way.

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[Genesis 15:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.15.14/)

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וְגַ֧ם אֶת־הַגּ֛וֹי אֲשֶׁ֥ר יַעֲבֹ֖דוּ דָּ֣ן אָנֹ֑כִי וְאַחֲרֵי־כֵ֥ן יֵצְא֖וּ בִּרְכֻ֥שׁ גָּדֽוֹל׃

*Word for word:* and also (et) the nation which they.will.serve \[will.be\].judging I and after thus they.will.come.out with possession\[s\] great

*JPS 1917:* and also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge; and afterward shall they come out with great substance.

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