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# רָטַשׁ

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H7376

**dash in pieces** — used 6 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

dash in pieces [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7376/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

רָטַשׁ: vb. Pi. dash in pieces cast away [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7376/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** vb. Pi. dash in pieces (cf. 𝔗 רְטַשׁ cast away, reject; but possibly akin to לָטַשׁ);— Impf. 2 ms. תְּרַטֵּשׁ 2 K 8:12 their children thou wilt dash in pieces; 3 fpl. קְשָׁתוֹת נְעָרִים תְּרַטַּשְׁנָה Is 13:18, but prob. crpt., Du conj. נְעָרוֹת תְּרֻטַּשְׁנָה, cf. Che. Pf. 3 fs. אֵם על־בָּנִים רֻטָּ֑שָׁה Ho 10:14; Impf. 3 mpl. יִרֻטְּשׁוּ Is 13:16; Na 3:10, י֫֒רֻטָּ֑שׁוּ Ho 14:1, all of children.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 2 with the glosses (1 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: they will be dashed in pieces (2); she was dashed in pieces (1); they were dashed in pieces (1).

## In the verses

[Isaiah 13:16](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.13.16/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.13.16/#tree)

וְעֹלְלֵיהֶ֥ם יְרֻטְּשׁ֖וּ לְעֵֽינֵיהֶ֑ם יִשַּׁ֙סּוּ֙ בָּֽתֵּיהֶ֔ם וּנְשֵׁיהֶ֖ם תִּשָּׁכַֽבְנָה׃

*Word for word:* and children their they.will.be.dashed.in.pieces to eyes their they.will.be.plundered houses their and wives their they.will.be.lain.with

*JPS 1917:* Their babes also shall be dashed in pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be spoiled, and their wives ravished.

[Isaiah 13:18](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.13.18/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.13.18/#tree)

וּקְשָׁת֖וֹת נְעָרִ֣ים תְּרַטַּ֑שְׁנָה וּפְרִי־בֶ֙טֶן֙ לֹ֣א יְרַחֵ֔מוּ עַל־בָּנִ֖ים לֹֽא־תָח֥וּס עֵינָֽם׃

*Word for word:* and bows youths they.will.dash.in.pieces and.\[the\] fruit of.\[the\].womb not they.will.have.compassion.on on children not it.will.look.with.pity eye their

*JPS 1917:* And their bows shall dash the young men in pieces; and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eye shall not spare children.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/7376.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7376/): 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).