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title: רִקָּבוֹן — decay · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רִקָּבוֹן (7539), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: decay. BDB 1906: id. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רִקָּבוֹן

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«רִקָּבוֹן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **decay** — 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:** 7539 · **BDB:** רִקָּבוֹן

### Glosses

of.rottenness (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

decay [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7539/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

id. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7539/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] id.;—עֵץ ר׳ Jb 41:19 wood of rottenness, = rotten wood (in fig.).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «רִקָּבוֹן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7539/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 41:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.41.19/)

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יַחְשֹׁ֣ב לְתֶ֣בֶן בַּרְזֶ֑ל לְעֵ֖ץ רִקָּב֣וֹן נְחוּשָֽׁה׃

*Word for word:* it.considers to straw iron to wood of.rottenness bronze

*JPS 1917:* He esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood.

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