רְפָאִים

«רְפָאִים» in the Tanakh dictionary: shades — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

Used: 8 times · Key: 7496 · BDB: רְפָאִים²

Glosses

[the].shades (4); shades (3); of.[the].shades (1)

Meaning (OSHB)

shades tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. pl. shades, ghosts tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.m. Jb 26:5 pl. shades, ghosts (by most connected with above √, as sunken, powerless, ones, StaG. i. 420; Ph. רפאם);—Wisd. lit. and late, name of dead in Sheʾôl, c. art. הָר׳ Jb 26:5, elsewhere nearly = n.pr.: ר׳ Is 14:9 (in Sheʾôl), 26:14 (‖ מֵתִים), ψ 88:11 (‖ id.), Pr 2:18 (‖ מָוֶת), 9:18 (in עִמְקֵי שְׁאוֹל), קְחַל רְפָאִים 21:16; of righteous Isr. Is 26:19 earth shall cast forth ר׳ (‖ מֵתֶיךָ).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 8 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

Every English meaning of «רְפָאִים» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Job 26:5

הָרְפָאִ֥ים יְחוֹלָ֑לוּ מִתַּ֥חַת מַ֝֗יִם וְשֹׁכְנֵיהֶֽם׃

Word for word: the shades they.are.made.to.tremble (from) under [the].waters and [those which].dwell.in.them

JPS 1917: The shades tremble beneath the waters and the inhabitants thereof.

Proverbs 21:16

אָדָ֗ם תּ֭וֹעֶה מִדֶּ֣רֶךְ הַשְׂכֵּ֑ל בִּקְהַ֖ל רְפָאִ֣ים יָנֽוּחַ׃

Word for word: anyone [who].wanders from.[the] way of.insight in.[the] assembly of.[the].shades he.will.rest

JPS 1917: The man that strayeth out of the way of understanding shall rest in the congregation of the shades.

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