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title: רֶתַח — boiling · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רֶתַח (7571), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: boiling. BDB 1906: boiling. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רֶתַח

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«רֶתַח» in the Tanakh dictionary: **boiling** — 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:** 7571 · **BDB:** רֶ֫תַח

### Glosses

boilings (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

boiling [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7571/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

boiling [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7571/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] boiling;—pl. sf. רְתָחֶיהָ Ez 24:5, as acc. cogn. cause its boilings to boil, make it boil vigorously; but read נְתָחֶיהָ Hi-Sm Co Da (poss.) and all mod. (cf. v 4, 6; ‖ עצמים).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 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, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «רֶתַח» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7571/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezekiel 24:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.24.5/)

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מִבְחַ֤ר הַצֹּאן֙ לָק֔וֹחַ וְגַ֛ם דּ֥וּר הָעֲצָמִ֖ים תַּחְתֶּ֑יהָ רַתַּ֣ח רְתָחֶ֔יהָ גַּם־בָּשְׁל֥וּ עֲצָמֶ֖יהָ בְּתוֹכָֽהּ׃ס

*Word for word:* the.choicest of the.flock take and also pile.up the bones under it make.boil boilings its also they.have.cooked bones its in the.midst of.it

*JPS 1917:* Take the choice of the flock, and pile also the bones under it; make it boil well, that the bones thereof may also be seethed in the midst of it.

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