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title: רָסִיס — drop · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רָסִיס (7447), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: drop. BDB 1906: drop. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רָסִיס

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«רָסִיס» in the Tanakh dictionary: **drop** — 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:** 7447 · **BDB:** רָסִיס

### Glosses

dewdrops (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

drop [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7447/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

drop [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7447/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] drop (of dew);—pl. cstr. רְסִיסֵי לָ֑יְלָה Ct 5:2 (‖ טַל).

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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 (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «רָסִיס» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7447/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Song of Songs 5:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.5.2/)

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אֲנִ֥י יְשֵׁנָ֖ה וְלִבִּ֣י עֵ֑ר ק֣וֹל ׀ דּוֹדִ֣י דוֹפֵ֗ק פִּתְחִי־לִ֞י אֲחֹתִ֤י רַעְיָתִי֙ יוֹנָתִ֣י תַמָּתִ֔י שֶׁרֹּאשִׁי֙ נִמְלָא־טָ֔ל קְוֻּצּוֹתַ֖ירְסִ֥יסֵי לָֽיְלָה׃

*Word for word:* I \[was\].sleeping and heart my \[was\].awake the.sound my.lover my \[is\].knocking open to me my.sister my friend my dove my my.perfect \[one\] that head my \[is\].filled dew locks my dewdrops of.night

*JPS 1917:* I sleep, but my heart waketh; Hark! my beloved knocketh: 'Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled; for my head is filled with dew, my locks with the drops of the night.'

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