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title: רֶשֶׁת — net · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רֶשֶׁת (7568), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 22 times: net. BDB 1906: n.f. net. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רֶשֶׁת

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«רֶשֶׁת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **net** — 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:** 22 times · **Key:** 7568 · **BDB:** רֶ֫שֶׁת

### Glosses

net (13); a.net (6); of.a.net (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

net [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7568/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. net [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7568/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. Ex 27:5 net;—abs. רֶשֶׁת Ho 5:1 + 11 times; רָ֑שֶׁת Pr 1:17; cstr. רֶשֶׁת Ex 27:4; 38:4; sf. רִשְׁתִּי Ho 7:12 + 2 times; רִשְׁתּוֹ ψ 10:9; 35:8; רִשְׁתָּם Ez 19:8 ψ 35:7;— net: for catching (birds, etc.) חִנָּם מְזֹרָה הָרָ֑שֶׁת Pr 1:17 to no purpose is the net spread in the eyes of any bird; elsewhere fig. (1) of judgment of י׳, all c. פרשׂ: Ho 7:12 (‖ כְּעוֹף הַשָּׁמַיִם אוֹרִידֵם), Ez 12:13; 17:20 (both ‖ מְצוּדָתִי), 32:3 (of י׳ catching Pharaoh, under fig. of sea-monster; ‖ ii. חֵרֶם); (2) of nations capturing king of Israel under fig. of lion 19:8 (c. פרשׂ; ‖ שַׁחְתָּם); (3) of priests and rulers (as entangling people in sin) Ho 5:1 (‖ פַּח). spread for feet of man (fig.): (1) by י׳ La 1:13 (c. פָּרַשׂ); (2) by wicked (= plot) Pr 29:5 (c. פרשׂ), ψ 140:6 (c. id.; ‖ טָמַן פַּח), 10:9; 25:15, שֻׁלַּח בְּרֶשֶׁת בְּרַגְלָיו Jb 18:8 (‖ שְׂבָכָה); elsewhere c. טמן ψ 9:16 (‖ שַׁחַת), 31:5; 35:7 (שַׁחַת רִשְׁתָּם), v 8; c. הֵכִין 57:7 (‖ שִׁיחָה). brazen network for altar of tabern. הָרֶשֶׁת Ex 27:4, 5; מִכְבָּר מַעֲשֵׂה ר׳ נְחשֶׁת 27:4 = 38:4 (all P).—On Inf. רֶשֶׁת, v. ירשׁ supr.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 21 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 (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «רֶשֶׁת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7568/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 1:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.1.17/)

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כִּֽי־חִ֭נָּם מְזֹרָ֣ה הָרָ֑שֶׁת בְּ֝עֵינֵ֗י כָל־בַּ֥עַלכָּנָֽף׃

*Word for word:* (dm) in.vain \[is\].spread.out the net in the.eyes of.every owner of.a.wing

*JPS 1917:* For in vain the net is spread in the eyes of any bird;

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[Proverbs 29:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.29.5/)

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גֶּ֭בֶר מַחֲלִ֣יק עַל־רֵעֵ֑הוּ רֶ֝֗שֶׁת פּוֹרֵ֥שׂ עַל־פְּעָמָֽיו׃

*Word for word:* a.man \[who\].flatters to neighbor his a.net \[is\].spreading on footsteps his

*JPS 1917:* A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his steps.

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