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Lexicon :: Strong's H7543 - rāqaḥ

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רָקַח
Transliteration
rāqaḥ
Pronunciation
raw-kakh'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 2215

Strong’s Definitions

רָקַח râqach, raw-kakh'; a primitive root; to perfume:—apothecary, compound, make (ointment), prepare, spice.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x

The KJV translates Strong's H7543 in the following manner: apothecary (4x), compound (1x), make (1x), prepare (1x), spice (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x
The KJV translates Strong's H7543 in the following manner: apothecary (4x), compound (1x), make (1x), prepare (1x), spice (1x).

  1. to mix, compound

    1. (Qal)

      1. to mix, compound

      2. compounder, mixer, perfumer (participle) (subst)

    2. (Pual) mixed (participle)

    3. (Hiphil) to mix

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
רָקַח râqach, raw-kakh'; a primitive root; to perfume:—apothecary, compound, make (ointment), prepare, spice.
STRONGS H7543: Abbreviations
† [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 riḳḳu, spice, MeissnSuppl. 90, compare rikkê, DlHWB 620); —
Qal Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִרְקַח Exodus 30:33; Participle רֹקֵחַ Exodus 30:25; Exodus 30:35, רוֺ׳ Exodus 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 הַמִּרְקַחַת רֹקְחֵי 1 Chronicles 9:30 compounders of the ointment; as a professional name, mixer, perfumer, Exodus 30:25, 35; Exodus 37:29; Ecclesiastes 10:1.
Pu. Participle masculine plural מְרֻקָּחִים 2 Chronicles 16:14 mixed as ointment.
Hiph. Infinitive absolute הַרְקַח הַמֶּרְקָחָה Ezekiel 24:10 (|| הָתֵם), as Imperative, spice the spicing (?), i.e. spice (the meat) well, but very dubious, Krae proposes חָרֵק הַמָּרָק empty out the broth.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

30:25; 30:25; 30:33; 30:33; 30:35; 30:35; 37:29; 37:29

1 Chronicles

9:30; 9:39

2 Chronicles

16:14

Ecclesiastes

10:1; 10:1

Ezekiel

24:10

H7543

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H7543 matches the Hebrew רָקַח (rāqaḥ),
which occurs 8 times in 8 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 30:25

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:25 - “You shall make of these a holy anointing oil, a perfume mixture, the work of a perfumer; it shall be a sacred anointing oil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 30:33

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:33 - ‘Whoever prepares any like it or puts any of it on a layman shall be cut off from his people [excluding him from the atonement made for them].’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 30:35

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:35 - and make incense with it, a perfume, the work of a perfumer, salted, pure and sacred.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 37:29

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:29 - He also made the holy anointing oil and the pure, fragrant incense of spices, the work of a perfumer.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 9:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:30 - Other sons of the priests prepared the mixture of spices.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 16:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:14 - They buried him in his own tomb which he had cut out for himself in the City of David, and they laid him on a bier which he had filled with various kinds of spices blended by the perfumers’ art; and they made a very great fire in his honor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 10:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:1 -

Dead flies make the oil of the perfumer give off a foul odor; so a little foolishness [in one who is esteemed] outweighs wisdom and honor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 24:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:10 -

“Heap on wood, kindle the fire,

Boil the meat well [done]

And mix in the spices,

And let the bones be burned.

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