† ר֫פֶשׁ n.[m.] mire;—Is 57:20 (+ טִיט). H7516
mire, muddy sediment churned up by turbulence
This noun appears in Isaiah 57:20, where the prophet compares the wicked to the tossing sea that cannot be quiet, whose waters 'churn up mire and mud.' Paired with 'tit' (mud), the term emphasizes the filthy sediment stirred up by agitated waters. The image captures moral pollution—the wicked cannot achieve rest or peace but continuously roil their environment, bringing up filth.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Sediment or mire churned up from the bottom by disturbed waters, used metaphorically in Isaiah 57:20 to characterize the condition and effect of wickedness. The image of the restless sea that cannot be still, constantly stirring up muck and mud, perfectly captures the prophet's vision of wickedness as inherently turbulent and polluting, incapable of the peace that God offers to the righteous. 1×
AR["وَحَلًا"]·ben["কাদা"]·DE["[רפש]"]·EN["mire"]·FR["[רפש]"]·heb["רפש"]·HI["कीचड़"]·ID["lumpur"]·IT["[רפש]"]·jav["endhut"]·KO["진흩과"]·PT["lama"]·RU["грязь"]·ES["cieno"]·SW["matope"]·TR["camur"]·urd["کیچڑ"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† ר֫פֶשׁ n.[m.] mire;—Is 57:20 (+ טִיט).