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title: רָפַד — spread · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רָפַד (7502), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: spread. BDB 1906: vb. spread Pi. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רָפַד

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«רָפַד» in the Tanakh dictionary: **spread** — 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:** 7502 · **BDB:** רָפַד

### Glosses

I.have.spread.out (1); it.spreads.out (1); refresh (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

spread [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7502/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. spread Pi. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7502/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. spread (Assyrian rapâdu, stretch oneself; Arabic رَفَدَ prop up, support, aid, give, cf. Pi. infr.; Sab. רפדת pl. protection, guard, CIS iv, no. 40, 3, cf. ארפד terraces DHMHofmus.);— Impf. 3 ms. יִרְפַּד Jb 41:22 he (the crocodile) spread a threshing-sledge upon the mud (leaves marks upon it from his scales). Pf. 1 s. of couch (fig.) רִפַּדְתִּי יְצוּעָ֑י Jb 17:13; then (spread out any support, hence) Imv. mpl. sf. רַפְּדוּנִי Ct 2:5 support me with apples (‖ סַמְּכוּ).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (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 «רָפַד» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7502/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 41:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.41.22/)

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תַּ֭חְתָּיו חַדּ֣וּדֵי חָ֑רֶשׂ יִרְפַּ֖ד חָר֣וּץ עֲלֵי־טִֽיט׃

*Word for word:* \[are\].under it sharp.points of.potsherd\[s\] it.spreads.out a.threshing.sledge on mud

*JPS 1917:* Sharpest potsherds are under him; he spreadeth a threshing-sledge upon the mire.

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[Job 17:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.17.13/)

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אִם־אֲ֭קַוֶּה שְׁא֣וֹל בֵּיתִ֑י בַּ֝חֹ֗שֶׁךְ רִפַּ֥דְתִּי יְצוּעָֽי׃

*Word for word:* if I.will.wait.for Sheol home my in the darkness I.have.spread.out beds my

*JPS 1917:* If I look for the nether-world as my house; if I have spread my couch in the darkness;

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