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

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«רַהַט» in the Tanakh dictionary: **lock** — 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:רַהַט · **BDB:** רַ֫הַט²

### Glosses

tresses (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

lock [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/lemma_3a_5e8_5b7_5d4_5b7_5d8/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

lock [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/lemma_3a_5e8_5b7_5d4_5b7_5d8/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] dub., Thes and most lock of hair (? from flowing down);—pl. רְהָטִים Ct 7:6.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «רַהַט» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/lemma_3a_5e8_5b7_5d4_5b7_5d8/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Song of Songs 7:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.7.6/)

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רֹאשֵׁ֤ךְ עָלַ֙יִךְ֙ כַּכַּרְמֶ֔ל וְדַלַּ֥ת רֹאשֵׁ֖ךְ כָּאַרְגָּמָ֑ן מֶ֖לֶךְ אָס֥וּר בָּרְהָטִֽים׃

*Word for word:* head your on you \[is\].like (the) Carmel and the.hair your.head your \[is\].like.(the) purple wool \[the\].king \[is\].bound by the tresses

*JPS 1917:* Thy head upon thee is like Carmel, and the hair of thy head like purple; the king is held captive in the tresses thereof.

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