רָקָב
Used: 5 times · Key: 7538 · BDB: רָקָב
Glosses
rottenness (5)
Meaning (OSHB)
rottenness tree →
Meaning (BDB 1906)
rottenness, decay tree →
The whole BDB entry
n.[m.] rottenness, decay (always fig.);—ר׳ abs.; appar. of ravages of worm, in בֵּית יְהוּדָה, in fig. Ho 5:12 (‖ עָשׁ), cf. Jb 13:28 (‖ id.); elsewhere of decay of bones, caries (in fig.), ר׳ בְּעַצְמ׳ Hb 3:16; Pr 12:4, cstr. רְקַב עַצְמ׳ 14:30.
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 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)
Trees and pragmatics
Every English meaning of «רָקָב» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.
In the verses
חַיֵּ֣י בְ֭שָׂרִים לֵ֣ב מַרְפֵּ֑א וּרְקַ֖ב עֲצָמ֣וֹת קִנְאָֽה׃
Word for word: [is].the.life of.bodies a.heart of.health and.[is] rottenness of.bones jealousy
JPS 1917: A tranquil heart is the life of the flesh; but envy is the rottenness of the bones.
וְ֭הוּא כְּרָקָ֣ב יִבְלֶ֑ה כְּ֝בֶ֗גֶד אֲכָ֣לוֹ עָֽשׁ׃
Word for word: and he like rottenness he.wears.out like a.garment [which].it eats.it a.moth
JPS 1917: Though I am like a wine-skin that consumeth, like a garment that is moth-eaten.
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