H7257 — רָבַץ

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

HebrewrabatsverbOccurrences: 30TWOT: 2109

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H7257
Word:	רָבַץ
Part of Speech:	verb
Etymology:	a primitive root
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	30
Transliteration:	rabats
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	raw-bats'
Meaning:	1. to crouch (on all four legs folded, like a recumbent animal) 2. be implication, to recline, repose, brood, lurk, imbed
KJV Renderings:	crouch (down), fall down, make a fold, lay, (cause to, make to) lie (down), make to rest, sit.

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רָבַץ verb stretch oneself out, lie down, lie stretched out (Late Hebrew = Biblical Hebrew; Assyrian rabâƒu , lie, dwell; rubƒu (in word-lists), stall, also womb (compare II. רבע above); Arabic [untranscribed source text 4946] lie down, on the breast, stretch oneself out, [untranscribed source text 4947] Sabean מרבצֿן CIS^{iv. no. 5, 2}; ᵑ7 רְבַע lie stretched out, Syriac [untranscribed source text 4948], Christian-Palestinian Aramaic [untranscribed source text 4949] recline at meals, Schw^{Idioticon 87}); —

Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular ׳ ר Gen 49:9, 3 feminine singular consecutive וְרָֽבְצָה Deut 29:19, רָבָ֑צָה Ezek 19:2, etc.; Imperfect 3 masculine singular יִרְבָּ֑ץ Isa 11:6; Isa 27:10 3 feminine singular וַתִּרְבַּץ Num 22:27 3 masculine plural יִרְבְּצוּ Num 11:7 יִרְבָּ֑צוּ Num 14:30 יִרְבָּצ֑וּן Zeph 2:7; Ps 104:22 3 feminine plural תִּרְבַּצְנָה Ezek 34:14 Participle רֹבֵץ Exod 23:5 + 3 t.; feminine רֹבֶ֫צֶת Gen 49:25 + 2 t.; masculine plural רֹבְצֹים Gen 29:2 — lie down, lie: of domestic animals, ass Exod 23:5 ( E ; under heavy burden), Num 22:27 (Jeremiah; in obstructed path), Gen 49:14 (at ease; poetic, in simile); sheep, in repose, Gen 29:2 ( J ), Isa 17:2 ; Zeph 2:14 figurative of people Ezek 34:14 calf. in repose Isa 27:10: of wild beasts, lion, in lair, Gen 49:9 (poem in J ; figurative), Ps 104:22 = make lair, abode Ezek 19:2 (figurative), so of צִיִּים Isa 13:21, תַּנֵין Ezek 29:3 (figurative); leopard (with kid) Isa 11:6, compare Isa 11:7 = brood, of mother-bird Deut 22:6 (עַלהָֿאֶפְרֹחִים); of man, in repose Isa 14:30 ; Job 11:19 , compare Zeph 2:7 ; Zeph 3:13 (figurative of flock perhaps implied, compare Ezek 34:14 above); of the deep, רֹבֶצֶת תָּ֑חַת Gen 49:25; Deut 33:13 figurative of curse Deut 29:19 (ב person); of sin, לַפֶּתַח חַטָאת רֹבֵץ Gen 4:7 at the door sin makes its lair.

Hiph`il Imperfect 3 masculine singular suffix יַרְבִּיצֵנִי Ps 23:2, 2 masculine singular תַּרְבִּיץ Song 1:7, etc.; Participle מַרְבִּיץ Isa 54:1l, plural מַרְבִּצִים Jer 33:12 — cause to lie down, or lie, accusative of flock (for repose) Jer 33:12, also (figurative) Ps 23:2; Ezek 34:15 accusative of flock omitted Isa 13:10; Song 1:7 of laying stones Isa 54:1l.

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