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title: רָתַח — boil · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רָתַח (7570), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: boil. BDB 1906: vb. boil. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רָתַח

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«רָתַח» in the Tanakh dictionary: **boil** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 7570 · **BDB:** רָתַח

### Glosses

it.makes.boil (1); make.boil (1); they.have.been.made.to.boil (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

boil [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7570/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. boil [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7570/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. boil (NH id.; Ecclus 43:3 Hiph. make hot; Aramaic רְתַח, ܪܬܰܚ boil);— Imv. ms. רַתַּח causat. Ez 24:5 cause to boil, bring to boiling, c. acc. rei. Pf. 3 pl. רֻתְּחוּ Jb 30:27 my bowels have been made to boil without quiet (fig. of violent emotion). Impf. 3 ms. יַרְתִּיחַ כַּסִּיר מְצוּלָה Jb 41:23 he (the crocod.) maketh the depth boil like the pot.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 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 «רָתַח» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7570/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 30:27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.30.27/)

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מֵעַ֖י רֻתְּח֥וּ וְלֹא־דָ֗מּוּ קִדְּמֻ֥נִי יְמֵי־עֹֽנִי׃

*Word for word:* parts my.inward they.have.been.made.to.boil and not they.have.been.still they have.confronted.me days of.affliction

*JPS 1917:* Mine inwards boil, and rest not; days of affliction are come upon me.

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[Job 41:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.41.23/)

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יַרְתִּ֣יחַ כַּסִּ֣יר מְצוּלָ֑ה יָ֝֗ם יָשִׂ֥ים כַּמֶּרְקָחָֽה׃

*Word for word:* it.makes.boil like (the) pot \[the\].deep \[the\].sea it.makes like.(the) pot of.ointment

*JPS 1917:* He maketh the deep to boil like a pot; he maketh the sea like a seething mixture.

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