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# רָקָב

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H7538

**rottenness** — used 5 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

rottenness [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7538/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

רָקָב: rottenness, decay [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7538/#m2)

**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)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: rottenness (5).

## In the verses

[Proverbs 14:30](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.14.30/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.14.30/#tree)

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.

[Job 13:28](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.13.28/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.13.28/#tree)

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.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/7538.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7538/): 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).