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

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«רִיר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **flow** — 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:** lemma:רִיר · **BDB:** רִיר

### Glosses

it.has.secreted (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

flow [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/lemma_3a_5e8_5b4_5d9_5e8/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. flow [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/lemma_3a_5e8_5b4_5d9_5e8/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. flow (like slime);—(Aramaic רִירָא, ܪܺܝܪܳܐ saliva, spittle; cf. Arabic رَالَ slaver, slobber);— Pf. 3 ms. רָר בְּשָׂרוֹ אֶת־זוֹבוֹ Lv 15:3 his flesh (בָּשָׂר 3) flows with his issue.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (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 «רִיר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/lemma_3a_5e8_5b4_5d9_5e8/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Leviticus 15:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.15.3/)

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וְזֹ֛את תִּהְיֶ֥ה טֻמְאָת֖וֹ בְּזוֹב֑וֹ רָ֣ר בְּשָׂר֞וֹ אֶת־זוֹב֗וֹ אֽוֹ־הֶחְתִּ֤ים בְּשָׂרוֹ֙ מִזּוֹב֔וֹ טֻמְאָת֖וֹ הִֽוא׃

*Word for word:* and this it.will.be uncleanness his by discharge his it.has.secreted flesh his (et) discharge his or it.has.been.obstructed flesh his from discharge his uncleanness \[is\].his it

*JPS 1917:* And this shall be his uncleanness in his issue: whether his flesh run with his issue, or his flesh be stopped from his issue, it is his uncleanness.

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