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title: רָתַק — bind · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רָתַק (7576), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: bind. BDB 1906: vb. bind. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רָתַק

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«רָתַק» 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 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 2 times · **Key:** 7576 · **BDB:** רָתַק

### Glosses

it.will.be.snapped (1); they.were.bound (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

bind [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7576/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. bind [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7576/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. bind (Arabic رَتَقَ close up and repair, sew up; Talm. רִיתְקָא fenced enclosure);— Pf. 3 pl. רֻתְּקוּ בַזִּקִּים Na 3:10 her great ones were bound with fetters. Impf. 3 ms. יֵרָתֵק Ec 12:6 Qr (ירחק Kt), from context = be snapped, broken; read prob. יִנָּתֵק (Pfannkuche Thes and mod.).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 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 «רָתַק» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7576/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ecclesiastes 12:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC.12.6/)

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עַ֣ד אֲשֶׁ֤ר לֹֽא־יֵרָתֵק֙ חֶ֣בֶל הַכֶּ֔סֶף וְתָרֻ֖ץ גֻּלַּ֣ת הַזָּהָ֑ב וְתִשָּׁ֤בֶר כַּד֙ עַל־הַמַּבּ֔וּעַ וְנָרֹ֥ץ הַגַּלְגַּ֖ל אֶל־הַבּֽוֹר׃

*Word for word:* until that not it.will.be.snapped the.cord of.(the) silver and it.will.be.crushed the.bowl of.(the) gold and it.will.be.broken \[the\].jar at the.water spring and it.will.be.crushed the.\[water\] wheel to the well

*JPS 1917:* Before the silver cord is snapped asunder, and the golden bowl is shattered, and the pitcher is broken at the fountain, and the wheel falleth shattered, into the pit;

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[Nahum 3:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/NAM.3.10/)

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גַּם־הִ֗יא לַגֹּלָה֙ הָלְכָ֣ה בַשֶּׁ֔בִי גַּ֧ם עֹלָלֶ֛יהָ יְרֻטְּשׁ֖וּ בְּרֹ֣אשׁ כָּל־חוּצ֑וֹת וְעַל־נִכְבַּדֶּ֙יהָ֙ יַדּ֣וּ גוֹרָ֔ל וְכָל־גְּדוֹלֶ֖יהָ רֻתְּק֥וּ בַזִּקִּֽים׃

*Word for word:* also it to (the) exile it.went in (the) captivity also children its they.were.dashed.in.pieces at.\[the\] head of.all \[the\].streets and on its.honored \[people\] they.cast a.lot and all its.great \[people\] they.were.bound with (the) fetters

*JPS 1917:* Yet was she carried away, she went into captivity; her young children also were dashed in pieces at the head of all the streets; and they cast lots for her honourable men, and all her great men were bound in chains.

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