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title: רַתּוֹק — chain · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רַתּוֹק (7569), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: chain. BDB 1906: chain. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רַתּוֹק

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«רַתּוֹק» in the Tanakh dictionary: **chain** — 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:** 7569 · **BDB:** רַתּוֹק

### Glosses

chain (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

chain [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7569/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

chain [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7569/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] chain (on form LagBN 89);—abs. עֲשֵׂה הָר׳ Ez 7:23, i.e. for captives, but very dub.; Co עָרֹה וּבָקוֹק, Krae עֹשֵׂי הַבַּתּוֹק (ב׳ = Assyrian butâḳu, obstruction); hence perhaps also pl. cstr. רַתּוּקוֹת זָהָב 1 K 6:21 Qr (Kt רתיקות), chains of gold before the דְּבִיר in temple.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 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 «רַתּוֹק» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7569/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezekiel 7:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.7.23/)

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עֲשֵׂ֖ה הָֽרַתּ֑וֹק כִּ֣י הָאָ֗רֶץ מָֽלְאָה֙ מִשְׁפַּ֣ט דָּמִ֔ים וְהָעִ֖יר מָלְאָ֥ה חָמָֽס׃

*Word for word:* make the chain (dm) the land it.is.full judgment of.blood(s) and the city it.is.full violence

*JPS 1917:* Make the chain; for the land is full of bloody crimes, and the city is full of violence.

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