רָקַם

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H7551

variegate — used 9 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

variegate tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

רָקַם: vb. variegate tree →

The whole BDB entry

vb. variegate (NH id.; so Arabic رَقَمَ, Ethiopic ረቀመ:, cf. 𝔗 רְקָם, רִקְמָתָא variegated cloth or skin, Syriac ܬܰܪܩܡܳܬܳܐ freckles);— Pt. act. רֹקֵם, as subst. variegator, worker (weaver) in colours, c. ב mater. Ex 38:23, מְלֶאכֶת חָרָשׁ וְחשֵׁב זְר׳ 35:35; especially מַעֲשֵׂה ר׳ variegator’s work 26:36; 27:16; 28:39 = 36:37; 38:18; 39:29 (all P; all c. mater. except 28:39). Pf. 1 s. רֻקַּמְתִּי ψ 139:15 I was skilfully wrought (woven, ‖ סכך v 13).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 9 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: of a worker in colors (6); a worker in colors (2); I was formed (1).

In the verses

Exodus 28:39 · tree →

וְשִׁבַּצְתָּ֙ הַכְּתֹ֣נֶת שֵׁ֔שׁ וְעָשִׂ֖יתָ מִצְנֶ֣פֶת שֵׁ֑שׁ וְאַבְנֵ֥ט תַּעֲשֶׂ֖ה מַעֲשֵׂ֥ה רֹקֵֽם׃

Word for word: and you.will.weave the tunic fine.linen and you.will.make a.turban of.fine.linen and a.sash you.will.make [the].work of.a.worker.in.colors

JPS 1917: And thou shalt weave the tunic in chequer work of fine linen, and thou shalt make a mitre of fine linen, and thou shalt make a girdle, the work of the weaver in colours.

Psalms 139:15 · tree →

לֹא־נִכְחַ֥ד עָצְמִ֗י מִ֫מֶּ֥ךָּ אֲשֶׁר־עֻשֵּׂ֥יתִי בַסֵּ֑תֶר רֻ֝קַּ֗מְתִּי בְּֽתַחְתִּיּ֥וֹת אָֽרֶץ׃

Word for word: not it.was.hidden bone[s] my from you who I.was.made in the.secret place I.was.formed in.[the] lower.parts of.[the].earth

JPS 1917: My frame was not hidden from Thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.

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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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