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title: רָתַם — bind · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רָתַם (7573), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: bind. BDB 1906: vb. bind, attach. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רָתַם

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«רָתַם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **bind** — 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:** 7573 · **BDB:** רָתַם

### Glosses

harness (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

bind [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7573/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. bind, attach [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7573/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. bind, attach (cf. Arabic رَتِيمَةٌ thread bound to finger as reminder);— Imv. ms. רְתֹם הַמֶּרְכָּבָה לָרֶכֶשׁ Mi 1:13.

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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 «רָתַם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7573/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Micah 1:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/MIC.1.13/)

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רְתֹ֧ם הַמֶּרְכָּבָ֛ה לָרֶ֖כֶשׁ יוֹשֶׁ֣בֶת לָכִ֑ישׁ רֵאשִׁ֨ית חַטָּ֥את הִיא֙ לְבַת־צִיּ֔וֹן כִּי־בָ֥ךְ נִמְצְא֖וּ פִּשְׁעֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

*Word for word:* harness the chariot to the steed\[s\] O.inhabitant\[s\] of.Lachish \[was.the\].beginning of.sin it for the.daughter of.Zion (dm) in you they.were.found the.transgressions of.Israel

*JPS 1917:* Bind the chariots to the swift steeds, O inhabitant of Lachish; she was the beginning of sin to the daughter of Zion; for the transgressions of Israel are found in thee.

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