Brown-Driver-Briggs
רָחַץ72 verb wash, wash off, away, bathe (Late Hebrew = Biblical Hebrew; Arabic
(also of garments); Ethiopic
,
sweat; compare Assyrian
ra—âƒu,
overflow,
flood (on
— =
see Nö
ZMG xi (1886), 727)); —
Qal69 Perfect3masculine singular ׳ר Isaiah 4:4 +, etc.; Imperfect3masculine singular יִרְחַץ Deuteronomy 23:12 + etc.; Imperative masculine singular רְחַץ 2 Samuel 11:8; 2 Kings 5:13; masculine plural רַחֲצוּ Genesis 18:4 +; Infinitive construct רְחֹץ Genesis 24:32 +, לְרָחְצָה Exodus 30:18 +; Participle feminine singular רֹחֶ֫צֶת 2 Samuel 11:2, feminine plural רֹחֲצוֺת Songs 5:12; —
1 transitive wash (with water), with accusative feet (רגלים; בַּמַּיִם often expressed), Genesis 18:4; Genesis 19:2; Genesis 24:32; Genesis 43:24 (all J), Judges 19:21; 1 Samuel 25:41; 2 Samuel 11:8; Songs 5:3; מְּעָמָיו בְּדַם הָרָשָׁע ׳יִר Psalm 58:11 (figurative of righteous, at ׳יs vengeance); with accusative hands (יָדַיִם) Deuteronomy 21:6 (+ עַל over, in ceremonial, to express innocence), hence figurative כַּמַּי בְּנַקָּיוֺן ׳אֶר Psalm 26:6; Psalm 73:13; hands and feet Exodus 30:19 (+ מִן of laver), Exodus 30:21; Exodus 40:31 (+ מִן id.; all P); with accusative face (מָּנָיו) Genesis 43:31 (J); with accusative of person Ezekiel 16:9; Exodus 29:4; Exodus 40:12; Leviticus 8:6 (all P), accusative בְּשָׂרוֺ (often "" כבּס of garments), Leviticus 14:9; Leviticus 15:13 9t. P (H); with accusative of parts of sacrificial victim Exodus 29:17; Leviticus 1:9,13; Leviticus 8:21; Leviticus 9:14; wash off, away, with accusative of filth Isaiah 4:4 (figurative).
2 intransitive wash, bathe (oneself): Exodus 2:5 (E), 2 Samuel 11:2; 2 Samuel 12:20; 1 Kings 22:38; 2 Kings 5:10,12,13; Isaiah 1:16; Ezekiel 23:40 (+ ל person for whom), Ruth 3:3; Leviticus 14:8 14t. P (often "" כבּס); + ב of laver 2 Chronicles 4:6 (twice in verse); of eyes, bathed in milk (בֶּחָלָב) Songs 5:12 (figurative); Job 29:6 (figurative), see הָלִיךְ.
Pu`al Perfect3masculine singular רֻחָ֑ץ Proverbs 30:12 be washed (+ מִן of filth, figurative); 2 feminine singular בְּמַיִם לֹא רֻחַצְתְּ Ezekiel 16:4 (in figurative).
Hithpa`el Perfect1singular הִתְרָחַצְתִּי במו שׁלג Job 9:30 if I washed myself in snow (figurative).