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title: רִצְפָּה — pavement · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רִצְפָּה (7531), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 7 times: pavement. BDB 1906: n.f. pavement. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רִצְפָּה

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«רִצְפָּה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **pavement** — 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:** 7 times · **Key:** 7531 · **BDB:** רִֽצְפָה

### Glosses

pavement (4); a.pavement (2); \[the\].pavement (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

pavement [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7531/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. pavement [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7531/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. pavement;—abs. ר׳ Ez 40:17(×2) +, cstr. רִֽצְפַת Est 1:6 (van d. H. רִצְפָּה, -פַּת);—pavement, in Ezek.’s temple, Ez 40:17(×2), 18(×2); 42:3; Sol.’s temple 2 Ch 7:3; in a palace Est 1:6.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword without dagesh, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «רִצְפָּה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7531/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezekiel 40:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.40.18/)

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וְהָרִֽצְפָה֙ אֶל־כֶּ֣תֶף הַשְּׁעָרִ֔ים לְעֻמַּ֖ת אֹ֣רֶךְ הַשְּׁעָרִ֑ים הָרִֽצְפָ֖ה הַתַּחְתּוֹנָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and the pavement \[was\].to the.side of the.gates corresponding to the.length of the.gates the pavement (the) lower

*JPS 1917:* And the pavement was by the side of the gates, corresponding unto the length of the gates, even the lower pavement.

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[Ezekiel 40:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.40.17/)

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וַיְבִיאֵ֗נִי אֶל־הֶֽחָצֵר֙ הַחִ֣יצוֹנָ֔ה וְהִנֵּ֤ה לְשָׁכוֹת֙ וְרִֽצְפָ֔ה עָשׂ֥וּי לֶחָצֵ֖ר סָבִ֣יב ׀ סָבִ֑יב שְׁלֹשִׁ֥ים לְשָׁכ֖וֹת אֶל־הָרִֽצְפָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and he brought.me into the courtyard the outer and there! rooms and a.pavement made for the courtyard all.around all.around thirty rooms to the pavement

*JPS 1917:* Then brought he me into the outer court, and, lo, there were chambers and a pavement, made for the court round about; thirty chambers were upon the pavement.

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