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title: רַתֹּוק — chain · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רַתֹּוק (7572), 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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# רַתֹּוק

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«רַתֹּוק» 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:** 7572 · **BDB:** רַתּוֹק

### Glosses

chains (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

chain [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7572/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

chain [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7572/#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: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «רַתֹּוק» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7572/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Kings 6:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.6.21/)

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וַיְצַ֨ף שְׁלֹמֹ֧ה אֶת־הַבַּ֛יִת מִפְּנִ֖ימָה זָהָ֣ב סָג֑וּר וַיְעַבֵּ֞ר בְּרַתּוּק֤וֹת זָהָב֙ לִפְנֵ֣י הַדְּבִ֔יר וַיְצַפֵּ֖הוּ זָהָֽב׃

*Word for word:* and he.overlaid Solomon (et) the house from within gold pure.gold and he.made.pass with chains of.gold before the.innermost room and he overlaid.it gold

*JPS 1917:* So Solomon overlaid the house within with pure gold; and he drew chains of gold across the wall before the Sanctuary; and he overlaid it with gold.

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