rex
rex
רצ
'rex' means “run”.
it is also the root word of the following related words:
- serex, meaning “to scurry” (and by extension, possibly “insects”)
- yerex, meaning “to terrify” (and cause to run)
- arex, meaning “territory” and the name for “Earth”, the place where we run.
Some instances are traditionally translated in rather strange and inconsistent ways. In the book of Isaiah, a few rather contradictory translations appear. Isaiah 36:6 interprets 'qen rex' as “a broken reed”. Yet in the following chapter, Isaiah 42:3 translates the same phrase very differently. Here we read the famous phrase 'A bruised reed he will not break'. So which is it? Broken or Not Broken? The following verse inexplicably translates the same word 'rex' as “discouraged”. Clearly this text has not be treated consistently.
rex.txt · Last modified: 2025/03/18 18:24 by ken