רתק (rtq) — to put in chains / to snap / to sever

Form 1

Part of speech: vb

Related lemmas: רַתֹּוק · רְתֻקֹות

Sense 1: to put in chains

Semantic domains: Bind (002003001002)

Core domains: Control (040)

Definition: = causative action by which humans tie (part of) the body of (other) humans or animals with a chain ► in order to keep them under control

Forms: vbpual (passive)

Show passage in OET: NAH 3:10

OET-RV NAH 3:10

⇔  10 Yet No was taken as an exile—
⇔ ≈ taken into captivity.
⇔ Her young children were dashed to pieces at the top of every street.
⇔ Her captors threw dice for her leading citizens.
⇔ ≈ All her leading men were bound in chains.

OET-LV NAH 3:10

10 Also it to_exile it _went in_captivity also children _of_its they _were _dashed _in _pieces at_the_head _of all _of the_streets and_on its _honoured _of_people they _throw a _lot and_all its _great _of_people they _were _bound with_fetters.

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Form 2

Part of speech: vb

Sense 1: to snap, to sever

Semantic domains: Detach (002003001008)

Definition: = process by which something like a cord or rope suddenly breaks in two

Forms: vbnif-

Show passage in OET: ECC 12:6

OET-RV ECC 12:6

6 Think about God before the silver cord gets broken
⇔ ≈ and the golden bowl breaks,
⇔ the pitcher shatters at the well
⇔ ≈ and the wheel is crushed at the cistern,

OET-LV ECC 12:6

6 Until that not it _will _be _snapped the _cord _of (the)_silver and_ the _bowl _of the_gold _it _will _be _crushed and_ the_jar _it _will _be _broken at the _water_spring and_ the_water_wheel _it _will _be _crushed to the_well.

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UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

רתק

Form 1

Sense 1: to put in chains

Form 2

Sense 1: to snap, to sever