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רָקֵב

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H7537

rot — used 2 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

rot tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

רָקֵב: vb. rot tree →

The whole BDB entry

vb. rot (NH id.; Aramaic רקב in deriv.);— Impf. 3 ms. יִרְקַב Is 40:20 (of tree); fig. שֵׁם רְשָׁעִים יִרְקָ֑ב Pr 10:7 (Krochm al. יוּקָ֑ב be cursed, √ קבב, cf. Toy).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: it will rot (2).

In the verses

Proverbs 10:7 · tree →

זֵ֣כֶר צַ֭דִּיק לִבְרָכָ֑ה וְשֵׁ֖ם רְשָׁעִ֣ים יִרְקָֽב׃

Word for word: [the].memorial of.[the].righteous [is].for a.blessing and.[the] name of.wicked.[people] it.will.rot

JPS 1917: The memory of the righteous shall be for a blessing; but the name of the wicked shall rot.

Isaiah 40:20 · tree →

הַֽמְסֻכָּ֣ן תְּרוּמָ֔ה עֵ֥ץ לֹֽא־יִרְקַ֖ב יִבְחָ֑ר חָרָ֤שׁ חָכָם֙ יְבַקֶּשׁ־ל֔וֹ לְהָכִ֥ין פֶּ֖סֶל לֹ֥א יִמּֽוֹט׃

Word for word: the.impoverished [person] a.contribution wood [which].not it.will.rot he.chooses a.craftsman skillful he.seeks for himself to prepare an.idol [which].not it.will.be.shaken

JPS 1917: A holm-oak is set apart, he chooseth a tree that will not rot; he seeketh unto him a cunning craftsman to set up an image, that shall not be moved.

On Mova

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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