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title: רְפוּאָה — remedy · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רְפוּאָה (7499), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: remedy. BDB 1906: n.f. remedy, medicine. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רְפוּאָה

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«רְפוּאָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **remedy** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 7499 · **BDB:** רְפֻאָה

### Glosses

medications (2); healing(s) (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

remedy [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7499/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. remedy, medicine [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7499/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. remedy, medicine;—pl. abs. רְפֻאֹת Ez 30:21 Je 30:13, -וֹת 46:11 (all fig.).

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «רְפוּאָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7499/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Jeremiah 30:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.30.13/)

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אֵֽין־דָּ֥ן דִּינֵ֖ךְ לְמָז֑וֹר רְפֻא֥וֹת תְּעָלָ֖ה אֵ֥ין לָֽךְ׃

*Word for word:* there.\[is\].not \[one.who\].pleads cause your to a.sore medications healing there.\[are\].not for you

*JPS 1917:* None deemeth of thy wound that it may be bound up; thou hast no healing medicines.

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[Jeremiah 46:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.46.11/)

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עֲלִ֤י גִלְעָד֙ וּקְחִ֣י צֳרִ֔י בְּתוּלַ֖ת בַּת־מִצְרָ֑יִם לַשָּׁוְא֙ הִרְבֵּ֣ית רְפֻא֔וֹת תְּעָלָ֖ה אֵ֥ין לָֽךְ׃

*Word for word:* go.up Gilead and acquire balm O.virgin of.the.daughter of.Egypt for (the) vanity you.have.multiplied medications healing there.\[is\].not for you

*JPS 1917:* Go up into Gilead, and take balm, O virgin daughter of Egypt; in vain dost thou use many medicines; there is no cure for thee.

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