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title: רֶצַח — shattering · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רֶצַח (7524), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: shattering. BDB 1906: shattering. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רֶצַח

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«רֶצַח» in the Tanakh dictionary: **shattering** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 7524 · **BDB:** רֶ֫צַח

### Glosses

a.shattering (1); shattering (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

shattering [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7524/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

shattering [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7524/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] shattering;—בְּר׳ בְּעַצְמוֹתַי ψ 42:11 with a shattering in my bones, fig. of effect of sneering words (Codd. כְּר׳; Ol Gr Che We כְּרָקָב); appar. slaughter Ez 21:27, but 𝔊 βοῇ (so ‖ תְּרוּעָה), Co רִנָּה, Houb (in Rosenm) צֶרַח, so Berthol Toy Krae.

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «רֶצַח» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7524/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 42:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.42.11/)

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בְּרֶ֤צַח ׀ בְּֽעַצְמוֹתַ֗י חֵרְפ֥וּנִי צוֹרְרָ֑י בְּאָמְרָ֥ם אֵלַ֥י כָּל־הַ֝יּ֗וֹם אַיֵּ֥ה אֱלֹהֶֽיךָ׃

*Word for word:* with a.shattering in bones my they have.taunted.me foes my when say they to me all the day where? God \[is\].your

*JPS 1917:* As with a crushing in my bones, mine adversaries taunt me; while they say unto me all the day: 'Where is Thy God?'

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[Ezekiel 21:27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.21.27/)

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בִּֽימִינ֞וֹ הָיָ֣ה ׀ הַקֶּ֣סֶם יְרוּשָׁלִַ֗ם לָשׂ֤וּם כָּרִים֙ לִפְתֹּ֤חַ פֶּה֙ בְּרֶ֔צַח לְהָרִ֥ים ק֖וֹל בִּתְרוּעָ֑ה לָשׂ֤וּם כָּרִים֙ עַל־שְׁעָרִ֔ים לִשְׁפֹּ֥ךְ סֹלְלָ֖ה לִבְנ֥וֹת דָּיֵֽק׃

*Word for word:* in his.right hand it.was the divination Jerusalem to set.up battering-rams to open a.mouth for shattering to raise a.sound with a.war.cry to set.up battering-rams on \[the\].gates to pour.out a.mound to build a.siege-work

*JPS 1917:* In his right hand is the lot Jerusalem, to set battering rams, to open the mouth for the slaughter, to lift up the voice with shouting, to set battering rams against the gates, to cast up mounds, to build forts.

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