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title: רֹק — spittle · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רֹק (7536), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: spittle. BDB 1906: spittle. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רֹק

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«רֹק» in the Tanakh dictionary: **spittle** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 7536 · **BDB:** רֹק²

### Glosses

spittle (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

spittle [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7536/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

spittle [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7536/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] spittle;—abs. ר׳ Is 50:6; Jb 30:10 (both of contemptuous spitting); sf. רֻקִּי 7:19 while I swallow (בָּלַע) my spittle, i.e. for the briefest time.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (13 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (10 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «רֹק» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7536/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 30:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.30.10/)

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תִּֽ֭עֲבוּנִי רָ֣חֲקוּ מֶ֑נִּי וּ֝מִפָּנַ֗י לֹא־חָ֥שְׂכוּ רֹֽק׃

*Word for word:* they abhor.me they.are.distant from me and from face my not they.have.withheld spittle

*JPS 1917:* They abhor me, they flee far from me, and spare not to spit in my face.

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[Job 7:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.7.19/)

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כַּ֭מָּה לֹא־תִשְׁעֶ֣ה מִמֶּ֑נִּי לֹֽא־תַ֝רְפֵּ֗נִי עַד־בִּלְעִ֥י רֻקִּֽי׃

*Word for word:* how long? not will.you.look.away from me not will you.let.me.alone? until swallow I spittle my

*JPS 1917:* How long wilt Thou not look away from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?

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