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title: רִקְמָה — variegated stuff · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רִקְמָה (7553), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 12 times: variegated stuff. BDB 1906: n.f. variegated stuff. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רִקְמָה

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«רִקְמָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **variegated stuff** — 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:** 12 times · **Key:** 7553 · **BDB:** רִקְמָה

### Glosses

multicolored.material (6); \[plumage\] (1); multicolored.\[stones\] (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

variegated stuff [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7553/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. variegated stuff [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7553/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. variegated stuff (woven or embroidered);—abs. ר׳ Ju 5:30 +; sf. רִקְמָתֵךְ Ez 16:18, -תָם 26:16; du. רִקְמָתַיִם Ju 5:30; pl. רְקָמוֹת ψ 45:15;—(piece of) variegated stuff, Ju 5:30(×2), for garments Ez 16:10, 13; 27:16, 24 ψ 45:15; explicitly, בִּגְדֵי ר׳ Ez 16:18; 26:16; ר׳ appar. = variegated work 27:7; fig. of variegated plumage 17:3; of variegated stone 1 Ch 29:2.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 11 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «רִקְמָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7553/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 45:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.45.15/)

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לִרְקָמוֹת֮ תּוּבַ֪ל לַ֫מֶּ֥לֶךְ בְּתוּל֣וֹת אַ֭חֲרֶיהָ רֵעוֹתֶ֑יהָ מ֖וּבָא֣וֹת לָֽךְ׃

*Word for word:* to multicolored.material she.is.brought to the king virgins \[are\].behind her companions her.\[female\] \[are.being\].brought to you

*JPS 1917:* She shall be led unto the king on richly woven stuff; the virgins her companions in her train being brought unto thee.

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[Ezekiel 16:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.16.10/)

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וָאַלְבִּישֵׁ֣ךְ רִקְמָ֔ה וָאֶנְעֲלֵ֖ךְ תָּ֑חַשׁ וָאֶחְבְּשֵׁ֣ךְ בַּשֵּׁ֔שׁ וַאֲכַסֵּ֖ךְ מֶֽשִׁי׃

*Word for word:* and I clothed.you multicolored.material and I shod.you leather and I wrapped.your.head with.(the) fine linen and I covered.you silk

*JPS 1917:* I clothed thee also with richly woven work, and shod thee with sealskin, and I wound fine linen about thy head, and covered thee with silk.

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