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title: רֶסֶן — halter · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רֶסֶן (7448), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: halter. BDB 1906: n.m. halter Jaw. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רֶסֶן

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«רֶסֶן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **halter** — 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:** 4 times · **Key:** 7448 · **BDB:** רֶ֫סֶן

### Glosses

halter (2); a.halter (1); its.halter (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

halter [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7448/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. halter Jaw [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7448/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Is 30:28: 1. halter; 2. Jaw (?);— abs. ר׳ ψ 32:9 restraining mouth of horse or ass (+ מֶתֶג); fig. of שֵׁם י׳, ר׳ עַל־לְחָיֵי עַמִּים Is 30:28; ר׳ מִפָּנַי שִׁלֵּ֑חוּ Jb 30:11, i.e. threw off restraint. sf. כֶּפֶל רִסְנוֹ 41:5 the double of his jaw, his double jaws (of croc.), si vera l.; connexion of meanings strange, ‖ פְּנֵי לְבוּשׁוֹ, whence GHB Wright Du conj. סִרְיּנוֹ.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 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 (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «רֶסֶן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7448/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 41:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.41.5/)

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מִֽי־גִ֭לָּה פְּנֵ֣י לְבוּשׁ֑וֹ בְּכֶ֥פֶל רִ֝סְנ֗וֹ מִ֣י יָבֽוֹא׃

*Word for word:* who? has.he.uncovered the.surface its.clothing his in the.doubling its.halter his who? will.he.come

*JPS 1917:* Who can uncover the face of his garment? Who shall come within his double bridle?

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[Job 30:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.30.11/)

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כִּֽי־יִתְרִ֣י פִ֭תַּח וַיְעַנֵּ֑נִי וְ֝רֶ֗סֶן מִפָּנַ֥י שִׁלֵּֽחוּ׃

*Word for word:* (dm) bowstring my he.has.loosened and he has.afflicted.me and.\[the\] halter from before me they.have.sent.away

*JPS 1917:* For He hath loosed my cord, and afflicted me, and they have cast off the bridle before me.

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