Lexicon
רֵ֫בֶץ
re.vets
H7258
H:N-M Hebrew

rest

4
Occurrences
3
Books
Hebrew
Language

re.vets denotes a place of rest or lying down, pictured for animals, flocks, and the righteous person's dwelling.

The attested use denotes a resting or lying-down place: a pasture associated with jackals, flocks, or cattle, and the place remembered by a scattered flock or protected for the righteous.

Senses in use

  1. Resting or lying-down place · dominant

    All four occurrences use the masculine singular construct form in clauses concerning a place associated with rest. In Isaiah 35:7 the APB renders a jackals' pasture as “their rest”; in Isaiah 65:10 it describes a place for cattle as “a resting place.” Jeremiah 50:6 has a flock forget “their resting place,” while Proverbs 24:15 warns against ruining the righteous person's “resting place.”

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term with “their rest” in Isaiah 35:7 and “resting place” in Isaiah 65:10, Jeremiah 50:6, and Proverbs 24:15. These renderings indicate the clauses' presentation rather than a precise word-for-word equivalence.

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