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title: רָקָב — rottenness · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רָקָב (7538), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: rottenness. BDB 1906: rottenness, decay. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רָקָב

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«רָקָב» in the Tanakh dictionary: **rottenness** — 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:** 5 times · **Key:** 7538 · **BDB:** רָקָב

### Glosses

rottenness (5)

### Meaning (OSHB)

rottenness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7538/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

rottenness, decay [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7538/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] rottenness, decay (always fig.);—ר׳ abs.; appar. of ravages of worm, in בֵּית יְהוּדָה, in fig. Ho 5:12 (‖ עָשׁ), cf. Jb 13:28 (‖ id.); elsewhere of decay of bones, caries (in fig.), ר׳ בְּעַצְמ׳ Hb 3:16; Pr 12:4, cstr. רְקַב עַצְמ׳ 14:30.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 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 «רָקָב» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7538/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 14:30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.14.30/)

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חַיֵּ֣י בְ֭שָׂרִים לֵ֣ב מַרְפֵּ֑א וּרְקַ֖ב עֲצָמ֣וֹת קִנְאָֽה׃

*Word for word:* \[is\].the.life of.bodies a.heart of.health and.\[is\] rottenness of.bones jealousy

*JPS 1917:* A tranquil heart is the life of the flesh; but envy is the rottenness of the bones.

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[Job 13:28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.13.28/)

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וְ֭הוּא כְּרָקָ֣ב יִבְלֶ֑ה כְּ֝בֶ֗גֶד אֲכָ֣לוֹ עָֽשׁ׃

*Word for word:* and he like rottenness he.wears.out like a.garment \[which\].it eats.it a.moth

*JPS 1917:* Though I am like a wine-skin that consumeth, like a garment that is moth-eaten.

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