H7517 H7517
in the stalls, enclosed shelters for livestock
This prepositional phrase appears in Habakkuk 3:17, in the prophet's famous declaration of faith despite agricultural disaster. Even if 'there is no cattle in the stalls,' Habakkuk will rejoice in the Lord. The term refers to enclosed shelters or pens for livestock, contrasted with open pasture. The New Hebrew and the basic sense point to an enclosure or stable structure where animals are housed and protected.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Enclosed shelters or stalls for housing cattle, mentioned in Habakkuk 3:17 as part of the prophet's comprehensive catalog of agricultural failure. The phrase 'no cattle in the stalls' completes the picture of total economic collapse—failed crops, lost flocks, and now even the basic livestock kept near the homestead are gone. Yet even facing this complete disaster, Habakkuk declares he will still rejoice in God. 1×
AR["فِي-الْمَرْابِضِ"]·ben["গোশালাগুলিতে"]·DE["[ברפתים]"]·EN["in-the-stalls"]·FR["étable"]·heb["ב-רפתות"]·HI["थानों-में"]·ID["di-kandang."]·IT["[ברפתים]"]·jav["ing-kandhang"]·KO["외양간-에"]·PT["nos-estábulos"]·RU["в-стойлах"]·ES["en-los-establos"]·SW["katika-mazizi"]·TR["ahırlarda-o"]·urd["تھانوں-میں"]
Related Senses
H6629 1. flock, sheep/goats (small livestock) (274×)H1241 1. cattle, herd (bovine livestock) (183×)H0352a 1. ram (male sheep) (156×)H6499 1. young bull, bullock (130×)H3532 1. lamb, young male sheep (105×)H2543 1. donkey (male ass) (96×)H7794 1. ox, bull (79×)H7462b 1. shepherd (agent noun) (76×)H5795 1. she-goat(s), female goat(s) (68×)H7462b 2. to shepherd, tend, pasture (60×)H1581 1. camel (domestic animal) (54×)H0738b 1. lion (46×)G4263 1. sheep (39×)H5739 1. flock or herd of livestock (38×)H5695 1. calf, young bull (35×)H0738a 1. lion (large predatory feline) (34×)H0860 1. female donkey (34×)H3611 1. dog (animal) (32×)H3715a 1. young lion, lion cub (31×)G0721 1. Lamb (29×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† [רֶ֫פֶת] n.[m.] appar. stable, stall (NH id.; √ dub.; Thes from רפף, cf. Arabic رَفٌّ enclosure for sheep and goats, but no satisfactory meaning of רפף known);—pl. רְפָתִים Hb 3:17 (for cattle).