רָכַךְ

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H7401

be tender — used 8 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

be tender tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

רָכַךְ: vb. be tender, weak, soft Qal tree →

The whole BDB entry

vb. be tender, weak, soft (Arabic رَكَّ, Aramaic רְכַךְ (in der. spec. and deriv.), ܪܰܟ, id.);— Pf. 3 ms. רַךְ 2 K 22:19; 2 Ch 34:27; 3 pl. רַכּוּ ψ 55:22; Impf. יֵרַךְ (Ges§ 67 p) Is 7:4 +;— be tender, weak, of heart: be timid, fearful, ‖ יָרֵא, Is 7:4; Je 51:46; Dt 20:3. be softened, penitent, ‖ כָּנַע Niph., 2 K 22:19 = 2 Ch 34:27 be soft, of treacherous words ψ 55:22 (c. מִן comp.; ‖ II. חָלַק). Pf. 3 fs. רֻכְּכָה Is 1:6 it has not been softened, mollified, with oil (of wound, מַכָּה). Pf. 3 ms. וְאֵל הֵרַךְ לִבִּי Jb 23:16 (Ges§ 67 v), causat. of Qal 1 a.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 8 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: it was soft (2); let it be timid (2); he has made timid (1).

In the verses

Job 23:16 · tree →

וְ֭אֵל הֵרַ֣ךְ לִבִּ֑י וְ֝שַׁדַּ֗י הִבְהִילָֽנִי׃

Word for word: and God he.has.made.timid heart my and.[the] Almighty he has.terrified.me

JPS 1917: Yea, God hath made my heart faint, and the Almighty hath affrighted me;

Psalms 55:22 · tree →

חָלְק֤וּ ׀ מַחְמָאֹ֣ת פִּיו֮ וּֽקֲרָב־לִ֫בּ֥וֹ רַכּ֖וּ דְבָרָ֥יו מִשֶּׁ֗מֶן וְהֵ֣מָּה פְתִחֽוֹת׃

Word for word: they.were.smooth the.creamy.things his.mouth his and.[was] war heart his they.were.soft words his more than.oil and they [were].drawn.swords

JPS 1917: Smoother than cream were the speeches of his mouth, but his heart was war; his words were softer than oil, yet were they keen-edged swords.

On Mova

Trees and pragmatics of its meanings: every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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