Lexicon
רֶ֫תַח
re.tach
H7571
H:N-M Hebrew

boiling

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re.tach denotes the boilings associated with cooking meat and bones in a pot.

The attested use refers to boilings in the context of meat and bones being cooked within a vessel in Ezekiel 24:5.

Senses in use

  1. Boilings in a cooking vessel · dominant

    In Ezekiel 24:5, the masculine plural construct form occurs in the clause about boiling meat and bones within the vessel; the APB renders the verse, "boil its boilings and boil its bones within it."

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Ezekiel 24:5, the APB presents the term in the repeated boiling language, "boil its boilings"; Its precise correspondence remains limited to the cooking context.

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