Lexicon raqach: to mix or compound oil or ointment Original Word: רָקַחPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: raqach Phonetic Spelling: (raw-kakh') Short Definition: perfumer NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origina prim. root Definitionto mix or compound oil or ointment NASB Translationblended (1), mix (1), mix in the spices (1), perfumer (3), perfumer's (1), perfumers'* (1), prepared (1).
Brown-Driver-Briggs [ רָקַח] verb mix, or compound oil, ointment (perhaps denominative; in this case √ meaning unknown; Late Hebrew has מִרְקַחַת ointment; Phoenician רקח either spice-mixer (Bloch) or spice-dealer (Lzb); perhaps akin to Assyrian ri‡‡u, spice, Meissn Suppl. 90, compare rikkê, Dl HWB 620); — Qal Imperfect3masculine singular יִרְקַח Exodus 30:33; Participle רֹקֵחַ Exodus 30:25; Exodus 30:35, ׳רוֺ Exodus 37:29; Ecclesiastes 10:1; plural construct רֹקְחֵי 1 Chronicles 9:39; — mix, compound, Exodus 30:33 (P; כָּמֹהוּ, i.e. anything like the holy oil); participle as substantive הַמִּרְקַחַת רֹקְחֵי 1 Chronicles 9:30 compounders of the ointment; as a professional name, mixer, perfumer, Exodus 30:25,35; Exodus 37:29; Ecclesiastes 10:1. Pu`al Participle masculine plural מְרֻקָּחִים2Chronicles 16:14 mixed as ointment. Hiph`il Infinitive absolute הַרְקַח הַמֶּרְקָחָה Ezekiel 24:10 ("" הָתֵם), as Imperative, spice the spicing (?), i.e. spice (the meat) well, but very dubious, Krae proposes חָרֵק הַמָּרָק empty out the broth.
Strong's apothecary, compound, make ointment, prepare, spice A primitive root; to perfume -- apothecary, compound, make (ointment), prepare, spice. |
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