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title: רֶשֶׁף — flame · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רֶשֶׁף (7565), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 7 times: flame. BDB 1906: n.m. flame, fire-bolt. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רֶשֶׁף

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«רֶשֶׁף» in the Tanakh dictionary: **flame** — 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:** 7 times · **Key:** 7565 · **BDB:** רֶ֫שֶׁף

### Glosses

flames (2); \[are\].flames (1); bolts (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

flame [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7565/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. flame, fire-bolt [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7565/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Hb 3:5 flame, fire-bolt;—abs. ר׳ Dt 32:24 +; pl. רְשָׁפִים ψ 78:48, cstr. רִשְׁפֵי 76:4, רִשְׁפֵּי Ct 8:6; sf. רְשָׁפֶיהָ v 6;— flame: ר׳ ר׳ אֵשׁ Ct 8:6 its flames (sc. of אַהֲבָה, קִנְאָה) are flames of fire; בְּנֵי ר׳ Jb 5:7 = sparks; ר׳ = pointed flame of lightning ψ 78:48 (‖ בָּרָד); ר׳ קָ֑שֶׁת 76:4 sharp flames of the bow, fig. for arrows. fire-bolt of י׳, bringing pestilence and death, Dt 32:24 (cf. Dr; ‖ קֶטֶב מְרִירִי), Hb 3:5 (‖ דֶּבֶר).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 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 «רֶשֶׁף» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7565/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 5:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.5.7/)

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כִּֽי־אָ֭דָם לְעָמָ֣ל יוּלָּ֑ד וּבְנֵי־רֶ֝֗שֶׁף יַגְבִּ֥יהוּ עֽוּף׃

*Word for word:* (dm) everyone to trouble he.is.born and.\[the\] children of.flame they.make.high to.fly

*JPS 1917:* But man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.

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[Psalms 76:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.76.4/)

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שָׁ֭מָּה שִׁבַּ֣ר רִשְׁפֵי־קָ֑שֶׁת מָגֵ֬ן וְחֶ֖רֶב וּמִלְחָמָ֣ה סֶֽלָה׃

*Word for word:* there (to) he.shattered flames of.a.bow shield and sword and battle Selah

*JPS 1917:* There He broke the fiery shafts of the bow; the shield, and the sword, and the battle.

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