Hebrew noun (feminine) · H7531
רִצְפָּה
ritspahrits-paw'
pavement; glowing stone
8 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: ritspâh
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H7531is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 4 of 39Old Testament books
- 8spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H7531
a hot stone; also a tessellated pavement
The King James renders it: live coal, pavement.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
ritspah is rendered "pavement; glowing stone". It stands 8 times in the Hebrew text, across four books.
- Five of the uses stand in Ezekiel, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "pavement".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.2 Chronicles 7:3When all the Israelites saw the fire coming down and the glory of the LORD above the temple, they bowed down on the pavement with their faces to the ground, and they worshiped and gave thanks to the LORD: “For He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.”
- The Greek text spells it eight different ways.
The first use
When all the Israelites saw the fire coming down and the glory of the LORD above the temple, they bowed down on the pavement with their faces to the ground, and they worshiped and gave thanks to the LORD: “For He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.”
2 Chronicles 7:3הָרִֽצְפָה֙
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Five of the word's eight uses are in Ezekiel.
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: pavement, and glowing stone.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| pavementStrong's entry A | Tagged aslisted under the table | Where2 Chronicles 7:3When all the Israelites saw the fire coming down and the glory of the LORD above the temple… |
| glowing stoneStrong's entry B | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- the pavement3
- a live coal1
- a pavement of1
- and a pavement1
- and the pavement1
- pavement1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
Other numbers on this spelling
Strong gave these words the same spelling and different numbers, so the site counts and defines them apart.
All 8, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
8 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- הָרִֽצְפָה֙1
- הָרִֽצְפָ֖ה1
- הָרִֽצְפָֽה׃1
- וְהָרִֽצְפָה֙1
- וְרִֽצְפָ֔ה1
- רִֽצְפָ֔ה1
- רִצְפָּ֑ה1
- רִֽצְפַ֥ת1
The grammar of each form
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular3HTd/Ncfsa
- noun · feminine singular2HNcfsa
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular1HC/Ncfsa
- conjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular1HC/Td/Ncfsa
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HNcfsc
2 Chronicles
one use
When all the Israelites saw the fire coming down and the glory of the LORD above the temple, they bowed down on the pavement with their faces to the ground, and they worshiped and gave thanks to the LORD: “For He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.”
- הָרִֽצְפָה֙haritzfahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the pavement
Esther
one use
Hangings of white and blue linen were fastened with cords of fine white and purple material to silver rings on the marble pillars. Gold and silver couches were arranged on a mosaic pavement of porphyry, marble, mother-of-pearl, and other costly stones.
- רִֽצְפַ֥תritzfatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: a pavement of
Isaiah
one use
Then one of the seraphim flew to me, and in his hand was a glowing coal that he had taken with tongs from the altar.
- רִצְפָּ֑הritzpahnoun · feminine singulartagged: a live coal
Ezekiel
five uses
Then he brought me into the outer court, and there were chambers and a pavement laid out all around the court. Thirty chambers faced the pavement,
- וְרִֽצְפָ֔הveritzfahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and a pavement
- הָרִֽצְפָֽה׃haritzfahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the pavement
which flanked the gateways and corresponded to the length of the gates; this was the lower pavement.
- וְהָרִֽצְפָה֙veharitzfahconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and the pavement
- הָרִֽצְפָ֖הharitzfahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the pavement
Gallery faced gallery in three levels opposite the twenty cubits that belonged to the inner court and opposite the pavement that belonged to the outer court.
- רִֽצְפָ֔הritzfahnoun · feminine singulartagged: pavement
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.