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H3399B

רָטָה

ra.tahH:V

to wring

to wring out

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

יָרַט verb be precipitate, precipitate (transitive) (compare Arabic conjecit, praecipitem dedit in puteum, exitium, Frey.) —

Qal Perfect יָרַט Num 22:32, app. with subject הַדֶּרֶךְ; the way is precipitate, (RVm headlong) before me, but transitive עליֿדי רשׁעים ירטני Job 16:11 into the hands of wicked men he precipitates me (see Di; יִרְטֵנִי = יִָֽרְטֵנִי; Baer's text יִרְטֵנִי points to √ רטה q. v.); hence perhaps read יָרַטְתָּ Num 22:32 thou hast precipitated the journey in front of me, i.e. rushed recklessly in front of me; see Di; KauAT leaves untransl.

[רָטָה] verb (dubious) wring out (Late Hebrew = Biblical Hebrew (si vera lectio, see LevyNHWB iv. 444 and references)); —

Qal Imperfect 3 masculine singular suffix יִרְטֵנִי Job 16:11 upon the hands of wicked men he wrings me out, but read probably ׳יִָֽרְ √ יָרַט (Di Bu Du and others), q. v.

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