רִצְפָּה
ritspâh · H7531 · Hebrew · 8 occurrences
Thing
Meanings
-
pavement
A flat area, often made of stone or mosaic, that serves as the floor of an enclosed structure or an open courtyard
Examples2 Chronicles 7:3 All the sons of Israel, seeing the fire come down and the glory of the LORD upon the house, bowed down on the pavement with their faces to the ground, and they worshiped and gave praise to the LORD, saying, “Certainly He is good, certainly His faithfulness is everlasting.”
Esther 1:6 There were curtains of fine white and violet linen held by cords of fine purple linen on silver rings and marble columns, and couches of gold and silver on a mosaic floor of porphyry, marble, mother-of-pearl, and mineral stones.
Ezekiel 40:17 Then he brought me into the outer courtyard, and behold, there were chambers and a stone pavement made for the courtyard all around; thirty chambers faced the pavement.
How it’s used In 6 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
1 occurrences in 4 groups
- דַּרmother-of-pearl 1
- סֹחֵרֶתstone 1
- שֵׁשׁfine linen 1
- בַּהַטporphyry (?) 1
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- חָצֵרcourt, courtyard 1
- תַּחְתּוֹןlower 1
What it doesIt is the subject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- עָשָׂהto do, to make 1
What it is said to bePredicate
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- יָדhand, power 1
- כָּתֵףshoulder, side 1
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- לִשְׁכָּהroom 1
- מִטָּהcouch 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
4 occurrences in 3 groups
- עַלon, upon, over, against 3
- אֵלto, toward 1
- נֶגֶדbefore, opposite 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Constructions001003002
- 2 Chronicles 7:3 describes Israel bowing down "on the pavement," Esther 1:6 describes "a mosaic floor," and Ezekiel 40:17-18 twice describes "a stone pavement made for the courtyard," richly and directly attesting the sense of a built floor structure.
Word family 7 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H7531. ritspah ִרצְפָה noun feminine pavement; — absolute ׳ר Eze 40:17 (twice in verse)…
ִרצְפָה noun feminine pavement; — absolute ׳ר Eze 40:17 (twice in verse) +, construct ִרצְפַת Est 1:6 (van d. H. מַּת רִעצמָּה,-); — pavement, in Ezekiel's temple, Eze 40:17 (twice in verse); Eze 40:18 (twice in verse); Eze 42:3; Solomon's temple 2Ch 7:3; in a palace Est 1:6.
I. רִצְמָּה noun feminine glowing stone (or coal) (WeIsrael u. Jüd. Geschichte. (3) 83); — ׳ר absolute Isa 6:6; plural רְצָפִים עֻגַת 1Ki 19:6 (compare Syriac above).
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
New American Standard Bible Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995, 2020 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved. For Permission to Quote Information visit http://www.lockman.org.