Lexicon
רַ֫הַט
ra.hat
H7298A
H:N-M Hebrew

trough

3
Occurrences
2
Books
Hebrew
Language

ra.hat denotes the watering containers or places where flocks are brought to drink.

The attested uses refer to watering containers or places associated with a flock drinking: they are filled with drawn water in Exodus 2:16 and are the setting where rods are placed before the flock in Genesis 30:38 and Genesis 30:41.

Senses in use

  1. Watering containers or places for a flock · dominant

    All three occurrences use a masculine plural noun in scenes involving animals and water. In Exodus 2:16 the APB renders the daughters drawing water and filling “the troughs” to water their father's flock; in Genesis 30:38 and Genesis 30:41 it renders rods set in or before these locations as the flock comes to drink and conceives.

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB uses “troughs” in Exodus 2:16 and Genesis 30:41, while Genesis 30:38 also describes them as “watering places.” These renderings present the verse setting rather than establish separate senses.

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