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title: רָפַס — stamp · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רָפַס (7515), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: stamp. BDB 1906: vb. stamp, tread, foul by stamping, treading. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רָפַס

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«רָפַס» in the Tanakh dictionary: **stamp** — 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:** 5 times · **Key:** 7515 · **BDB:** רָפַס

### Glosses

fouled (1); humble.yourself (1); trampling (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

stamp [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7515/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. stamp, tread, foul by stamping, treading [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7515/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. stamp, tread, foul by stamping, treading (NH רָפַס tread, Syriac ܪܦܰܣ; cf. Arabic رَفَسَ kick);— Impf. 2 ms. וַתִּרְפֹּס Ez 32:2, c. acc. rivers; 2 mpl. תִּרְפּשׁ֑וּן 34:18. Pt. מַעְיָן נִרְפָּשׂ Pr 25:26 a fountain befouled. (stamp oneself down, then fig.), Imv. ms. הִתְרַפֵּס Pr 6:3 humble thyself, become a suppliant (RVm Toy bestir thyself, as conject.); Pt. מִתְרַפֵּס בְּרַצֵּי כָ֑סֶף ψ 68:31 stamping, trampling, down pieces of silver (?), obscure and prob. crpt., see conjj. in Bae al. and פַּתְרֹס supr., ad fin.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «רָפַס» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7515/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 25:26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.25.26/)

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מַעְיָ֣ן נִ֭רְפָּשׂ וּמָק֣וֹר מָשְׁחָ֑ת צַ֝דִּ֗יק מָ֣ט לִפְנֵֽי־רָשָֽׁע׃

*Word for word:* a.spring fouled and a.fountain ruined a.righteous.\[person\] \[who\].sways before a.wicked.\[person\]

*JPS 1917:* As a troubled fountain, and a corrupted spring, so is a righteous man that giveth way before the wicked.

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[Psalms 68:31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.68.31/)

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גְּעַ֨ר חַיַּ֪ת קָנֶ֡ה עֲדַ֤ת אַבִּירִ֨ים ׀ בְּעֶגְלֵ֬י עַמִּ֗ים מִתְרַפֵּ֥ס בְּרַצֵּי־כָ֑סֶף בִּזַּ֥ר עַ֝מִּ֗ים קְרָב֥וֹת יֶחְפָּֽצוּ׃

*Word for word:* rebuke \[the\].animal\[s\] of.\[the\].reed\[s\] a.herd of.mighty.\[bulls\] with calves of.peoples trampling on pieces of.silver he.has.scattered peoples \[which\].wars they.delight.in

*JPS 1917:* Rebuke the wild beast of the reeds, the multitude of the bulls, with the calves of the peoples, every one submitting himself with pieces of silver; He hath scattered the peoples that delight in war!

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