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title: רָכַס — bind · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רָכַס (7405), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: bind. BDB 1906: vb. bind. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רָכַס

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«רָכַס» in the Tanakh dictionary: **bind** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 7405 · **BDB:** רָכַס

### Glosses

they.bound (1); they.will.bind (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

bind [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7405/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. bind [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7405/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. bind (Assyrian rakâsu, id.; NH found, lay foundation (rare); Arabic رَكَسَ bind with رِكَاسٌ \[rope tying camel’s head to forefoot\] (Frey); but usually turn over, reverse (Lane));— Impf. 3 mpl. יִרְבְּסוּ (P) Ex 28:28, וַיִּרְכְּסוּ 39:21, bind חֹשֶׁן by (מִן) its rings to (אֶל) rings of ephod.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 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 «רָכַס» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7405/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Exodus 28:28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.28.28/)

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וְיִרְכְּס֣וּ אֶת־הַ֠חֹשֶׁן מִֽטַּבְּעֹתָ֞יו אֶל־טַבְּעֹ֤ת הָאֵפֹד֙ בִּפְתִ֣יל תְּכֵ֔לֶת לִֽהְי֖וֹת עַל־חֵ֣שֶׁב הָאֵפ֑וֹד וְלֹֽא־יִזַּ֣ח הַחֹ֔שֶׁן מֵעַ֖ל הָאֵפֽוֹד׃

*Word for word:* and they.will.bind (et) the breastpiece from rings its to the.rings of the.ephod with a.cord of.violet.stuff to be on the.girdle of the.ephod and not it.will.become.detached the breastpiece from on the ephod

*JPS 1917:* And they shall bind the breastplate by the rings thereof unto the rings of the ephod with a thread of blue, that it may be upon the skilfully woven band of the ephod, and that the breastplate be not loosed from the ephod.

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[Exodus 39:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.39.21/)

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וַיִּרְכְּס֣וּ אֶת־הַחֹ֡שֶׁן מִטַּבְּעֹתָיו֩ אֶל־טַבְּעֹ֨ת הָאֵפֹ֜ד בִּפְתִ֣יל תְּכֵ֗לֶת לִֽהְיֹת֙ עַל־חֵ֣שֶׁב הָאֵפֹ֔ד וְלֹֽא־יִזַּ֣ח הַחֹ֔שֶׁן מֵעַ֖ל הָאֵפֹ֑ד כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר צִוָּ֥ה יְהוָ֖ה אֶת־מֹשֶֽׁה׃

*Word for word:* and they.bound (et) the breastpiece from rings its to the.rings of the.ephod with a.cord of.violet.stuff to be on the.girdle of the.ephod and not it.becomes.detached the breastpiece from on the ephod just as he.had.commanded Yahweh (et) Moses

*JPS 1917:* And they did bind the breastplate by the rings thereof unto the rings of the ephod with a thread of blue, that it might be upon the skilfully woven band of the ephod, and that the breastplate might not be loosed from the ephod; as the LORD commanded Moses.

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