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רֶשֶׁף

«רֶשֶׁף» in the Tanakh dictionary: flame — 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: 7 times · Key: 7565 · BDB: רֶ֫שֶׁף

Glosses

flames (2); [are].flames (1); bolts (1)

Meaning (OSHB)

flame tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. flame, fire-bolt tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.m. Hb 3:5 flame, fire-bolt;—abs. ר׳ Dt 32:24 +; pl. רְשָׁפִים ψ 78:48, cstr. רִשְׁפֵי 76:4, רִשְׁפֵּי Ct 8:6; sf. רְשָׁפֶיהָ v 6;— flame: ר׳ ר׳ אֵשׁ Ct 8:6 its flames (sc. of אַהֲבָה, קִנְאָה) are flames of fire; בְּנֵי ר׳ Jb 5:7 = sparks; ר׳ = pointed flame of lightning ψ 78:48 (‖ בָּרָד); ר׳ קָ֑שֶׁת 76:4 sharp flames of the bow, fig. for arrows. fire-bolt of י׳, bringing pestilence and death, Dt 32:24 (cf. Dr; ‖ קֶטֶב מְרִירִי), Hb 3:5 (‖ דֶּבֶר).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 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 «רֶשֶׁף» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Job 5:7

כִּֽי־אָ֭דָם לְעָמָ֣ל יוּלָּ֑ד וּבְנֵי־רֶ֝֗שֶׁף יַגְבִּ֥יהוּ עֽוּף׃

Word for word: (dm) everyone to trouble he.is.born and.[the] children of.flame they.make.high to.fly

JPS 1917: But man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.

Psalms 76:4

שָׁ֭מָּה שִׁבַּ֣ר רִשְׁפֵי־קָ֑שֶׁת מָגֵ֬ן וְחֶ֖רֶב וּמִלְחָמָ֣ה סֶֽלָה׃

Word for word: there (to) he.shattered flames of.a.bow shield and sword and battle Selah

JPS 1917: There He broke the fiery shafts of the bow; the shield, and the sword, and the battle.

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