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title: רָפַק — support oneself · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רָפַק (7514), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: support oneself. BDB 1906: vb. support oneself, lean. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רָפַק

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«רָפַק» in the Tanakh dictionary: **support oneself** — 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:** 7514 · **BDB:** רָפַק

### Glosses

leaning.herself (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

support oneself [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7514/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. support oneself, lean [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7514/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. support oneself, lean (Ethiopic ረፈቀ reclinare, accumbere ad mensam; cf. Arabic رَفَقَ be gentle, bind camel’s arm to prevent going quickly; مَرْفِقٌ NH מַרְפַּק, J.Aram מַרְפְּקָא, elbow);—Pt. f. מִתְרַפֶּקֶת Ct 8:5 (c. עַל pers.).

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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 (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «רָפַק» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7514/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Song of Songs 8:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.8.5/)

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מִ֣י זֹ֗את עֹלָה֙ מִן־הַמִּדְבָּ֔ר מִתְרַפֶּ֖קֶת עַל־דּוֹדָ֑הּ תַּ֤חַת הַתַּפּ֙וּחַ֙ עֽוֹרַרְתִּ֔יךָ שָׁ֚מָּה חִבְּלַ֣תְךָ אִמֶּ֔ךָ שָׁ֖מָּה חִבְּלָ֥ה יְלָדַֽתְךָ׃

*Word for word:* who? this \[is\].coming.up from the wilderness leaning.herself on lover her under the.apple tree I aroused.you there (to) she was.in.labor.with.you mother your there (to) she.was.in.labor she bore.you

*JPS 1917:* Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness, leaning upon her beloved? Under the apple-tree I awakened thee; there thy mother was in travail with thee; there was she in travail and brought thee forth.

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