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title: רְתֻקֹות — chain · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רְתֻקֹות (7577), 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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# רְתֻקֹות

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«רְתֻקֹות» 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:** 7577 · **BDB:** רְתֻקָה

### Glosses

chains (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

chain [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7577/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

chain [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7577/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[f.\] chain (?);—pl. cstr. רְתֻקוֹת כֶּסֶף Is 40:19.

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Why these entries: BDB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «רְתֻקֹות» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7577/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 40:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.40.19/)

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הַפֶּ֙סֶל֙ נָסַ֣ךְ חָרָ֔שׁ וְצֹרֵ֖ף בַּזָּהָ֣ב יְרַקְּעֶ֑נּוּ וּרְתֻק֥וֹת כֶּ֖סֶף צוֹרֵֽף׃

*Word for word:* the idol he.has.cast a.craftsman and a.metalsmith with (the) gold he will.overlay.it and chains of.silver \[he.is\].refining

*JPS 1917:* The image perchance, which the craftsman hath melted, and the goldsmith spread over with gold, the silversmith casting silver chains?

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