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title: רָצַע — bore · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רָצַע (7527), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: bore. BDB 1906: vb. bore, pierce. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רָצַע

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«רָצַע» in the Tanakh dictionary: **bore** — 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:** 7527 · **BDB:** רָצַע

### Glosses

he.will.pierce (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

bore [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7527/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. bore, pierce [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7527/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. bore, pierce (NH = BH; Arabic رَصَعَ stab violently);— Pf. 3 ms. consec. וְר׳ Ex 21:6 (E) he shall pierce his ear (acc., ב instr.).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 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 «רָצַע» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7527/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Exodus 21:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.21.6/)

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וְהִגִּישׁ֤וֹ אֲדֹנָיו֙ אֶל־הָ֣אֱלֹהִ֔ים וְהִגִּישׁוֹ֙ אֶל־הַדֶּ֔לֶת א֖וֹ אֶל־הַמְּזוּזָ֑ה וְרָצַ֨ע אֲדֹנָ֤יו אֶת־אָזְנוֹ֙ בַּמַּרְצֵ֔עַ וַעֲבָד֖וֹ לְעֹלָֽם׃ס

*Word for word:* and he will.bring.him.near master(s) his to (the) God and he will.bring.him.near to the door or to the doorpost and he.will.pierce master(s) his (et) ear his with the awl and he will.serve.him forever of.perpetuity

*JPS 1917:* then his master shall bring him unto God, and shall bring him to the door, or unto the door-post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an awl; and he shall serve him for ever.

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