רֹמַח

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H7420

spear — used 15 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

spear tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

רֹ֫מַח: spear, lance tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.[m.] spear, lance (etym. unknown; Aramaic רוּמְחָא, ܪܽܘܡܚܳܐ; Arabic رُمْحٌ; Ethiopic ረምሕ: );—often + חֶרֶב, צִנָּה, מָגֵן, קֶשֶׁת, etc.;—abs. ר׳ Ju 5:8; Nu 25:7 (P), Ez 39:9; 1 Ch 12:9, 25 (van d. H. v 8, 24), 2 Ch 14:7; 25:5; pl. רְמָחִים 1 K 18:28; Je 46:4; Jo 4:10; Ne 4:10, 15; 2 Ch 11:12; 26:14; sf. רָמְחֵיהֶם Ne 4:7.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 15 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: spears (8); spear (4); a spear (3).

In the verses

1 Chronicles 12:25 · tree →

בְּנֵ֣י יְהוּדָ֔ה נֹשְׂאֵ֥י צִנָּ֖ה וָרֹ֑מַח שֵׁ֧שֶׁת אֲלָפִ֛ים וּשְׁמוֹנֶ֥ה מֵא֖וֹת חֲלוּצֵ֥י צָבָֽא׃ס

Word for word: the.descendants of.Judah [who].bore (of).shield and spear [were].six thousand(s) and eight hundred(s) [men].equipped of.war

JPS 1917: The children of Judah that bore shield and spear were six thousand and eight hundred, armed for war.

Joel 4:10 · tree →

כֹּ֤תּוּ אִתֵּיכֶם֙ לַֽחֲרָב֔וֹת וּמַזְמְרֹֽתֵיכֶ֖ם לִרְמָחִ֑ים הַֽחַלָּ֔שׁ יֹאמַ֖ר גִּבּ֥וֹר אָֽנִי׃

Word for word: beat plowshares your into swords and your.pruning knives into spears the.weak [man] let.him.say [am].a.warrior I

JPS 1917: Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning-hooks into spears; let the weak say: 'I am strong.'

On Mova

Trees and pragmatics of its meanings: every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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