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title: רְתֵת — trembling · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רְתֵת (7578), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: trembling. BDB 1906: trembling. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רְתֵת

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«רְתֵת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **trembling** — 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:** 7578 · **BDB:** רְתֵת

### Glosses

trembling (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

trembling [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7578/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

trembling [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7578/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] trembling (on form LagBN 176 Ba§ 7b);—ר׳ Ho 13:1 (si vera l.) when Ephr. spoke trembling (AV Che al.); Ew al. spoke terror; Hi Ke RV spoke, there was trembling; text dub. (v. Now).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 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, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «רְתֵת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7578/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Hosea 13:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/HOS.13.1/)

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כְּדַבֵּ֤ר אֶפְרַ֙יִם֙ רְתֵ֔ת נָשָׂ֥א ה֖וּא בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַיֶּאְשַׁ֥ם בַּבַּ֖עַל וַיָּמֹֽת׃

*Word for word:* just as.spoke Ephraim trembling he.lifted.up he in Israel and he.became.guilty by (the) Baal and he.died

*JPS 1917:* When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling, he exalted himself in Israel; but when he became guilty through Baal, he died.

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