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title: רֹמַח — spear · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רֹמַח (7420), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 15 times: spear. BDB 1906: spear, lance. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רֹמַח

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«רֹמַח» in the Tanakh dictionary: **spear** — 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:** 15 times · **Key:** 7420 · **BDB:** רֹ֫מַח

### Glosses

spears (8); spear (4); a.spear (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

spear [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7420/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

spear, lance [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7420/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] spear, lance (etym. unknown; Aramaic רוּמְחָא, ܪܽܘܡܚܳܐ; Arabic رُمْحٌ; Ethiopic ረምሕ: );—often + חֶרֶב, צִנָּה, מָגֵן, קֶשֶׁת, etc.;—abs. ר׳ Ju 5:8; Nu 25:7 (P), Ez 39:9; 1 Ch 12:9, 25 (van d. H. v 8, 24), 2 Ch 14:7; 25:5; pl. רְמָחִים 1 K 18:28; Je 46:4; Jo 4:10; Ne 4:10, 15; 2 Ch 11:12; 26:14; sf. רָמְחֵיהֶם Ne 4:7.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 15 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «רֹמַח» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7420/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 12:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.12.25/)

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בְּנֵ֣י יְהוּדָ֔ה נֹשְׂאֵ֥י צִנָּ֖ה וָרֹ֑מַח שֵׁ֧שֶׁת אֲלָפִ֛ים וּשְׁמוֹנֶ֥ה מֵא֖וֹת חֲלוּצֵ֥י צָבָֽא׃ס

*Word for word:* the.descendants of.Judah \[who\].bore (of).shield and spear \[were\].six thousand(s) and eight hundred(s) \[men\].equipped of.war

*JPS 1917:* The children of Judah that bore shield and spear were six thousand and eight hundred, armed for war.

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[Joel 4:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOL.4.10/)

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כֹּ֤תּוּ אִתֵּיכֶם֙ לַֽחֲרָב֔וֹת וּמַזְמְרֹֽתֵיכֶ֖ם לִרְמָחִ֑ים הַֽחַלָּ֔שׁ יֹאמַ֖ר גִּבּ֥וֹר אָֽנִי׃

*Word for word:* beat plowshares your into swords and your.pruning knives into spears the.weak \[man\] let.him.say \[am\].a.warrior I

*JPS 1917:* Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning-hooks into spears; let the weak say: 'I am strong.'

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