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title: רָקֵב — rot · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רָקֵב (7537), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: rot. BDB 1906: vb. rot. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רָקֵב

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«רָקֵב» in the Tanakh dictionary: **rot** — 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:** 7537 · **BDB:** רָקֵב

### Glosses

it.will.rot (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

rot [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7537/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. rot [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7537/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. rot (NH id.; Aramaic רקב in deriv.);— Impf. 3 ms. יִרְקַב Is 40:20 (of tree); fig. שֵׁם רְשָׁעִים יִרְקָ֑ב Pr 10:7 (Krochm al. יוּקָ֑ב be cursed, √ קבב, cf. Toy).

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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 «רָקֵב» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7537/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 10:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.10.7/)

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זֵ֣כֶר צַ֭דִּיק לִבְרָכָ֑ה וְשֵׁ֖ם רְשָׁעִ֣ים יִרְקָֽב׃

*Word for word:* \[the\].memorial of.\[the\].righteous \[is\].for a.blessing and.\[the\] name of.wicked.\[people\] it.will.rot

*JPS 1917:* The memory of the righteous shall be for a blessing; but the name of the wicked shall rot.

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[Isaiah 40:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.40.20/)

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הַֽמְסֻכָּ֣ן תְּרוּמָ֔ה עֵ֥ץ לֹֽא־יִרְקַ֖ב יִבְחָ֑ר חָרָ֤שׁ חָכָם֙ יְבַקֶּשׁ־ל֔וֹ לְהָכִ֥ין פֶּ֖סֶל לֹ֥א יִמּֽוֹט׃

*Word for word:* the.impoverished \[person\] a.contribution wood \[which\].not it.will.rot he.chooses a.craftsman skillful he.seeks for himself to prepare an.idol \[which\].not it.will.be.shaken

*JPS 1917:* A holm-oak is set apart, he chooseth a tree that will not rot; he seeketh unto him a cunning craftsman to set up an image, that shall not be moved.

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