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title: רֵכָבִי — Rekah · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רֵכָבִי (lemma:רֵכָבִי), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: Rekah. BDB 1906: adj.gent. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רֵכָבִי

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«רֵכָבִי» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Rekah** — 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:** lemma:רֵכָבִי · **BDB:** רֵכָבִי

### Glosses

the.Rechabites (4)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Rekah [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/lemma_3a_5e8_5b5_5db_5b8_5d1_5b4_5d9/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj.gent. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/lemma_3a_5e8_5b5_5db_5b8_5d1_5b4_5d9/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj.gent. of רֵכָב 1, only pl. הָרֵכָבִים as subst., in בֵּית הָר׳ Je 35:2, 3, 18, בְּנֵי בֵית־הָר׳ v 5, Αρχαβειν, Ραχαβειν, etc.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «רֵכָבִי» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/lemma_3a_5e8_5b5_5db_5b8_5d1_5b4_5d9/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Jeremiah 35:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.35.5/)

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וָאֶתֵּ֞ן לִפְנֵ֣י ׀ בְּנֵ֣י בֵית־הָרֵכָבִ֗ים גְּבִעִ֛ים מְלֵאִ֥ים יַ֖יִן וְכֹס֑וֹת וָאֹמַ֥ר אֲלֵיהֶ֖ם שְׁתוּ־יָֽיִן׃

*Word for word:* and I.set before the.sons of.the.house of the.Rechabites bowls full wine and cups and I.said to them drink wine

*JPS 1917:* and I set before the sons of the house of the Rechabites goblets full of wine, and cups, and I said unto them: 'Drink ye wine.'

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[Jeremiah 35:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.35.2/)

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הָלוֹךְ֮ אֶל־בֵּ֣ית הָרֵכָבִים֒ וְדִבַּרְתָּ֣ אוֹתָ֔ם וַהֲבִֽאוֹתָם֙ בֵּ֣ית יְהוָ֔ה אֶל־אַחַ֖ת הַלְּשָׁכ֑וֹת וְהִשְׁקִיתָ֥ אוֹתָ֖ם יָֽיִן׃

*Word for word:* go to the.house of the.Rechabites and you.will.speak them and you will.bring.them the.house of.Yahweh to one of the.rooms and you.will.give.to.drink them wine

*JPS 1917:* 'Go unto the house of the Rechabites, and speak unto them, and bring them into the house of the LORD, into one of the chambers, and give them wine to drink.'

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