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title: רָצַד — watch · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רָצַד (7520), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: watch. BDB 1906: vb. watch. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רָצַד

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«רָצַד» in the Tanakh dictionary: **watch** — 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:** 7520 · **BDB:** רָצַד

### Glosses

do (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

watch [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7520/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. watch [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7520/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. watch stealthily, or with envious hostility (Arabic رَصَدَ watch or wait (often lie in wait for; ירצד Ecclus 14:22 observe stealthily, so once Aramaic רְצַד LevyNHWB iv. 464);—only Impf. 2 mpl. תְּרַצְּדוּן ψ 68:17 (fig. of mts., c. acc.).

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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, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «רָצַד» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7520/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 68:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.68.17/)

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לָ֤מָּה ׀ תְּֽרַצְּדוּן֮ הָרִ֪ים גַּבְנֻ֫נִּ֥ים הָהָ֗ר חָמַ֣ד אֱלֹהִ֣ים לְשִׁבְתּ֑וֹ אַף־יְ֝הוָ֗ה יִשְׁכֹּ֥ן לָנֶֽצַח׃

*Word for word:* why? do you.watch.with.envy O.mountains peaks the mountain \[which\].he.desired God he to dwell.in also Yahweh he.will.dwell to perpetuity

*JPS 1917:* Why look ye askance, ye mountains of peaks, at the mountain which God hath desired for His abode? Yea, the LORD will dwell therein for ever.

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