Lexicon
רָסִיס
ra.sis
H7447B
H:N-M Hebrew

fragment

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ra.sis denotes the pieces produced when a house is struck apart in Amos 6:11.

The attested use denotes pieces resulting from a house being struck apart; in Amos 6:11 the plural noun occurs in the clause that the APB renders as the great house being struck “into fragments.”

Senses in use

  1. Pieces from a house struck apart · dominant

    In Amos 6:11, the masculine plural absolute form occurs with the striking of the great house. The APB renders the clause, “will strike the great house into fragments,” confirming a context of a structure broken into pieces.

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Amos 6:11, the APB presents the clause as the great house being struck “into fragments.” This identifies the verse context rather than a precise one-to-one rendering.

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