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# רֶשֶׁת

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H7568

**net** — used 22 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

net [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7568/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

רֶ֫שֶׁת: n.f. net [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7568/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. Ex 27:5 net;—abs. רֶשֶׁת Ho 5:1 + 11 times; רָ֑שֶׁת Pr 1:17; cstr. רֶשֶׁת Ex 27:4; 38:4; sf. רִשְׁתִּי Ho 7:12 + 2 times; רִשְׁתּוֹ ψ 10:9; 35:8; רִשְׁתָּם Ez 19:8 ψ 35:7;— net: for catching (birds, etc.) חִנָּם מְזֹרָה הָרָ֑שֶׁת Pr 1:17 to no purpose is the net spread in the eyes of any bird; elsewhere fig. (1) of judgment of י׳, all c. פרשׂ: Ho 7:12 (‖ כְּעוֹף הַשָּׁמַיִם אוֹרִידֵם), Ez 12:13; 17:20 (both ‖ מְצוּדָתִי), 32:3 (of י׳ catching Pharaoh, under fig. of sea-monster; ‖ ii. חֵרֶם); (2) of nations capturing king of Israel under fig. of lion 19:8 (c. פרשׂ; ‖ שַׁחְתָּם); (3) of priests and rulers (as entangling people in sin) Ho 5:1 (‖ פַּח). spread for feet of man (fig.): (1) by י׳ La 1:13 (c. פָּרַשׂ); (2) by wicked (= plot) Pr 29:5 (c. פרשׂ), ψ 140:6 (c. id.; ‖ טָמַן פַּח), 10:9; 25:15, שֻׁלַּח בְּרֶשֶׁת בְּרַגְלָיו Jb 18:8 (‖ שְׂבָכָה); elsewhere c. טמן ψ 9:16 (‖ שַׁחַת), 31:5; 35:7 (שַׁחַת רִשְׁתָּם), v 8; c. הֵכִין 57:7 (‖ שִׁיחָה). brazen network for altar of tabern. הָרֶשֶׁת Ex 27:4, 5; מִכְבָּר מַעֲשֵׂה ר׳ נְחשֶׁת 27:4 = 38:4 (all P).—On Inf. רֶשֶׁת, v. ירשׁ supr.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 21 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 (1 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: net (13); a net (6); of a net (2).

## In the verses

[Proverbs 1:17](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.1.17/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.1.17/#tree)

כִּֽי־חִ֭נָּם מְזֹרָ֣ה הָרָ֑שֶׁת בְּ֝עֵינֵ֗י כָל־בַּ֥עַלכָּנָֽף׃

*Word for word:* (dm) in.vain \[is\].spread.out the net in the.eyes of.every owner of.a.wing

*JPS 1917:* For in vain the net is spread in the eyes of any bird;

[Proverbs 29:5](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.29.5/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.29.5/#tree)

גֶּ֭בֶר מַחֲלִ֣יק עַל־רֵעֵ֑הוּ רֶ֝֗שֶׁת פּוֹרֵ֥שׂ עַל־פְּעָמָֽיו׃

*Word for word:* a.man \[who\].flatters to neighbor his a.net \[is\].spreading on footsteps his

*JPS 1917:* A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his steps.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/7568.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7568/): 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).