רֹמַח (romaḩ) — spear | UBS Hebrew Dictionary

Contributor note: Ad section 'comment' on synonyms from SAHD article: 8. Conclusion, p. 15-16.

Further resources: SAHD@http://www.sahd.div.ed.ac.uk/_media/lexeme:pdf:ebt-chenit-williams_p-cam-1998p.pdf

Form 1

Part of speech: nsm

Sense 1: spear

Semantic domains: Weapons (001004001020)

Core domains: Crafts (027); Aggression (006); Warfare (188)

Definition: = a long, straight rod, usually made of wood, with a sharp iron head or point; used for piercing by thrusting; its length varied from the height of a man to much longer

Notes: There is strong semantic overlap with synonym חֲנִית.

Further resources: Realia:2.5

Synonyms: חֲנִית · חֵץ · חֶרֶב · מָגֵן · מַקֵּל · נֶשֶׁק · קֶלַע · קֶשֶׁת

Show passage in OET: NUM 25:7

OET-RV NUM 25:7

7 When Pinhas (son of Eleazar, son of Aharon (Aaron)) saw that, he came out from among the gathered people, grabbed a spear,

OET-LV NUM 25:7

7 And_ Pinḩāş the _son _of ʼElˊāzār the _son _of ʼAhₐron the_priest/officer _he/it _saw and_he/it _rose _up from_among _of the_congregation and_he/it _took a _spear in_his/its_hand.

Show passage in OET: JDG 5:8

OET-RV JDG 5:8

8 When Yisrael chose new gods,
⇔ then enemies attacked the city gates.
⇔ No shield or spear could be found
⇔ among forty thousand in Yisrael.

OET-LV JDG 5:8

8 It _chose gods new then war was _in _the_gates a _shield if and_a _spear it _was _seen among_forty thousand in_Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel).

Jump to OET NUM 25:7 section.

Jump to OET JDG 5:8 section.

All 15 recorded passages for this sense

NUM: OET NUM 25:7

JDG: OET JDG 5:8

KI1: OET KI1 18:28

CH1: OET CH1 12:8 · OET CH1 12:24

CH2: OET CH2 11:12 · OET CH2 14:8 · OET CH2 25:5 · OET CH2 26:14

NEH: OET NEH 4:13 · OET NEH 4:16 · OET NEH 4:21

JER: OET JER 46:4

EZE: OET EZE 39:9

JOL: OET JOL 3:10

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

רֹמַח

Form 1

Sense 1: spear