רָקַח

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H7543

mix — 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

mix tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

רָקַח: vb. mix compound tree →

The whole BDB entry

vb. mix, or compound oil, ointment (perhaps denom.; in this case √ meaning unknown; NH has מִרְקַחַת ointment; Ph. רקח either spice-mixer (Bloch) or spice-dealer (Lzb); perhaps akin to Assyrian riḳḳu, spice, MeissnSuppl. 90, cf. rikkê, DlHWB 620);— Impf. 3 ms. יִרְקַח Ex 30:33; Pt. רֹקֵחַ v 25, 35, רוֹ׳ 37:29 Ec 10:1; pl. cstr. רֹקְחֵי 1 Ch 9:30;—mix, compound, Ex 30:33 (P; כָּמֹהוּ, i.e. anything like the holy oil); pt. as subst. רֹקְחֵי הַמִּרְקַחַת 1 Ch 9:30 compounders of the ointment; as a professional name, mixer, perfumer, Ex 30:25, 35; 37:29; Ec 10:1. Pt. mpl. מְרֻקָּחִים 2 Ch 16:14 mixed as ointment. Inf. abs. הַרְקַח הַמֶּרְקָחָה Ez 24:10 (‖ הָתֵם), as Imv., spice the spicing (?), i.e. spice (the meat) well, but very dub., Krae proposes הָרֵק הַמָּרָק empty out the broth.

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 (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: of a perfumer (4); [were those who] mixed (1); he will mix (1).

In the verses

Exodus 30:35 · tree →

וְעָשִׂ֤יתָ אֹתָהּ֙ קְטֹ֔רֶת רֹ֖קַח מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה רוֹקֵ֑חַ מְמֻלָּ֖ח טָה֥וֹר קֹֽדֶשׁ׃

Word for word: and you.will.make it incense ointment [the].work of.a.perfumer salted pure a.holy.thing

JPS 1917: And thou shalt make of it incense, a perfume after the art of the perfumer, seasoned with salt, pure and holy.

1 Chronicles 9:30 · tree →

וּמִן־בְּנֵי֙ הַכֹּ֣הֲנִ֔ים רֹקְחֵ֥י הַמִּרְקַ֖חַת לַבְּשָׂמִֽים׃

Word for word: and some.of the.sons of the.priests [were.those.who].mixed (of).the ointment.mixture of the spices

JPS 1917: And some of the sons of the priests prepared the confection of the spices.

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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