רָכַל

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H7402

go about — used 17 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

go about tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

רָכַל: vb. go about tree →

The whole BDB entry

vb. prob. go about, from one to another (for trade or gossip) (? connected with רגל; cf. Arabic رَكَلَ kick a horse, to make him go [? proposes use the foot, cf. رجل ?]; NH רוֹכֵל, Aramaic רוֹכְלָא, ܪܰܟܳܠܴܐ trader, NH רְכִילוּת slander [cf. مَشَى calumniator, from مَاشٍ go about, Qor 2:19 al.]);— Pt. רוֹכֵל Ct 3:6; fs. cstr. רֹכֶ֫לֶת Ez 27:3, sf. רֹכַלְתֵּךְ v 20, 23; mpl. רֹכְלִים 1 K 10:15 +, etc.;—as subst. = trafficker, trader: usually pl., Na 3:16; Ez 17:4 (עִיר ר׳), 27:13, 15, 17, 22(×2), 23a (24 Ne 3:31, 32; 13:20 (+ מֹכְרֵי כָל־מִמְכָּר); מִסְחַר הָר׳ 1 K 10:15 (text dub.; cf. מ׳, p. 695); sg. fig. of Tyre, רֹכֶלֶת הָעַמִּים אֶל־אִיִּים רַבִּים Ez 27:3, of a people v 20, 23b (pl. MezḤarran 34 Krae, v. also כִּלְמָד); sg. of pers. only אַבְקַת רוֹכֵל Ct 3:6.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 13 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: [were] your (5); traders (4); the traders (3).

In the verses

Ezekiel 27:20 · tree →

דְּדָן֙ רֹֽכַלְתֵּ֔ךְ בְבִגְדֵי־חֹ֖פֶשׁ לְרִכְבָּֽה׃

Word for word: Dedan [was].your trader for clothes of.material for riding

JPS 1917: Dedan was thy trafficker in precious cloths for riding.

Ezekiel 27:23 · tree →

חָרָ֤ן וְכַנֵּה֙ וָעֶ֔דֶן רֹכְלֵ֖י שְׁבָ֑א אַשּׁ֖וּר כִּלְמַ֥ד רֹכַלְתֵּֽךְ׃

Word for word: Haran and Canneh and Eden the.traders of.Sheba Asshur Chilmad [was].your trader

JPS 1917: Haran and Canneh and Eden, the traffickers of Sheba, Asshur was as thine apprentice in traffic.

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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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