רִיק
Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H7385
Meaning
OpenScriptures lexical index
emptiness tree →
Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906
רִיק²: emptiness, vanity tree →
The whole BDB entry
n.[m.] emptiness, vanity;—chiefly in adv. phr. לְרִיק Is 49:4 Jb 39:16 in vain (of labour without benefit), so לָר׳ Lv 26:16, 20 (H), Is 65:23; and as adv. acc. רִיק Is 30:7 ψ 73:13, prob. also 2:1 (most = empty scheme as רֵיק 2) cf. ψ 4:3 (read prob. רֵיק); בְּדֵי רִיק Je 51:58 = Hb 2:13.—Je 51:34 v. רֵיק 1.
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 12 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (14 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (10 candidates)
Glosses
MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: emptiness (9); of emptiness (3).
In the verses
לָ֭מָּה רָגְשׁ֣וּ גוֹיִ֑ם וּ֝לְאֻמִּ֗ים יֶהְגּוּ־רִֽיק׃
Word for word: why? do.they.plot nations and peoples do.they.devise? emptiness
JPS 1917: Why are the nations in an uproar? And why do the peoples mutter in vain?
אַךְ־רִ֭יק זִכִּ֣יתִי לְבָבִ֑י וָאֶרְחַ֖ץ בְּנִקָּי֣וֹן כַּפָּֽי׃
Word for word: surely emptiness I.have.kept.pure heart my and I.have.washed in innocence palms my
JPS 1917: Surely in vain have I cleansed my heart, and washed my hands in innocency;
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