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title: רֹתֶם — broom-plant · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רֹתֶם (7574), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: broom-plant. BDB 1906: n.m. broom-plant, retem. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רֹתֶם

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«רֹתֶם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **broom-plant** — 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:** 4 times · **Key:** 7574 · **BDB:** רֹ֫תֶם

### Glosses

a.broom.plant (2); of.broom.plants (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

broom-plant [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7574/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. broom-plant, retem [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7574/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. 1 K 19:5 a kind of broom-shrub, broom-plant, retem (NH id.; Arabic رَتَمٌ (on form LagBN 152); 𝔗 רִיתְמָא, all = BH);—abs. ר׳ אֶחָד 1 K 19:5, ר׳ אחת v 4 Kt (אֶחָד Qr); pl. שֹׁרֶשׁ רְתָמִים לַחְמָם Jb 30:4 (on text v. Bu Cheinfr.); גַּחֲלֵי רְתָמִים ψ 120:4, RobBR i. 84, 203, 205, 500 LöwNo. 313 PostHastings, DB, ‘Juniper’ CheEncy. Bib. ‘Juniper’.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 2 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «רֹתֶם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7574/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 120:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.120.4/)

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חִצֵּ֣י גִבּ֣וֹר שְׁנוּנִ֑ים עִ֝֗ם גַּחֲלֵ֥י רְתָמִֽים׃

*Word for word:* arrows of.a.warrior sharpened with burning.coals of.broom.plants

*JPS 1917:* Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of broom.

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[Job 30:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.30.4/)

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הַקֹּטְפִ֣ים מַלּ֣וּחַ עֲלֵי־שִׂ֑יחַ וְשֹׁ֖רֶשׁ רְתָמִ֣ים לַחְמָֽם׃

*Word for word:* \[those who\].pluck.off mallow on bush\[es\] and.\[the\] root of.broom.plants their.food them

*JPS 1917:* They pluck salt-wort with wormwood; and the roots of the broom are their food.

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