רטוב
Hebrew
Etymology
Compare Arabic رَطْب (raṭb, “wet”)
Pronunciation
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /ʁaˈtov/
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Adjective
רטוב / רָטֹב • (ratóv) (feminine רטובה / רְטֻבָּה, masculine plural רטובים / רְטֻבִּים, feminine plural רטובות / רְטֻבּוֹת) [pattern: קָטֹל]
- (biblical hapax legomenon) wet (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid), moist, sapful (sap of plants)
Adjective
רָטוּב • (ratúv) (feminine רְטוּבָה, masculine plural רְטוּבִים, feminine plural רְטוּבוֹת)
- alternative form of רטוב \ רָטֹב (ratóv, “wet”)
References
- Klein, Ernest (1987) “רָטֹב”, in A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English[1], Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, pages 614c–615a
- H7373 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible