Lexical Summary raqach: to mix or compound oil or ointment Original Word: רָקַחTransliteration: raqach Phonetic Spelling: (raw-kakh') Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to mix or compound oil or ointment Meaning: to mix or compound oil or ointment Strong's Concordance apothecary, compound, make ointment, prepare, spice A primitive root; to perfume -- apothecary, compound, make (ointment), prepare, spice. Brown-Driver-Briggs H7543. raqach [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, MeissnSuppl. 90, compare rikkê, DlHWB 620); — Qal Imperfect3masculine singular יִרְקַח Exodus 30:33; Participle רֹקֵחַ 30:25; 30:35, ׳רוֺ 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 רֹקְחֵי הַמִּרְקַחַת 1 Chronicles 9:30 compounders of the ointment; as a professional name, mixer, perfumer, Exodus 30:25, 35; 37:29; Ecclesiastes 10:1. Pu`al Participle masculine plural מְרֻקָּחִים2 Chronicles 16:14 mixed as ointment. Hiph`il Infinitive absolute הַמֶּרְקָחָה הַרְקַח Ezekiel 24:10 ("" הָתֵם), as Imperative, spice the spicing (?), i.e. spice (the meat) well, but very dubious, Krae proposes הַמָּרָק חָרֵק empty out the broth. |
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