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Lexicon :: Strong's H7551 - rāqam

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רָקַם
Transliteration
rāqam
Pronunciation
raw-kam'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 2216

Strong’s Definitions

רָקַם râqam, raw-kam'; a primitive root; to variegate color, i.e. embroider; by implication, to fabricate:—embroiderer, needlework, curiously work.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x

The KJV translates Strong's H7551 in the following manner: needlework (with H4639) (4x), needlework (2x), embroiderer (2x), curiously wrought (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x
The KJV translates Strong's H7551 in the following manner: needlework (with H4639) (4x), needlework (2x), embroiderer (2x), curiously wrought (1x).

  1. to variegate, mix colours

    1. (Qal) variegator (worker in colours) (participle)

    2. (Pual) to be skilfully wrought or woven

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
רָקַם râqam, raw-kam'; a primitive root; to variegate color, i.e. embroider; by implication, to fabricate:—embroiderer, needlework, curiously work.
STRONGS H7551: Abbreviations
† [רָקַם] verb variegate (Late Hebrew id.; so Arabic bdb095504, Ethiopic bdb095505, compare Targum רְקָם, רִקְמָתָא variegated cloth or skin, Syriac bdb095506 freckles); —
Qal Participle active רֹקֵם, as substantive variegator, worker (weaver) in colours, with ב mater. Exodus 38:23, מְלֶאכֶת חָרָשׁ וְחשֵׁב וְר׳ Exodus 35:35; especially מַעֲשֵׂה ר׳ variegator's work Exodus 26:69; Exodus 27:16; Exodus 28:39 = Exodus 36:37; Exodus 38:18; Exodus 39:29 (all P; all with mater. except Exodus 28:39).
Pu. Perfect 1st person singular רֻקַּמְתִּי Psalm 139:15 I was skilfully wrought (woven, || סכד Psalm 139:13).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

27:16; 28:39; 28:39; 35:35; 36:37; 38:18; 38:23; 39:29

Psalms

139:13; 139:15

H7551

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Strong's Number H7551 matches the Hebrew רָקַם (rāqam),
which occurs 9 times in 9 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:36

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:36 - And thou shalt make a screen for the door of the tabernacle of blue, and purple, and spun scarlet and fine linen spun, the work of the embroiderer.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:16 - And a veil for the door of the court, the height of it of twenty cubits of blue linen, and of purple, and spun scarlet, and of fine linen spun with the art of the embroiderer; their pillars four, and their sockets four.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:39

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:39 - And the fringes of the garments shall be of fine linen; and thou shalt make a tire of fine linen, and thou shalt make a girdle, the work of the embroiderer.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:35

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:35 - And God filled them with wisdom, understanding and perception, to understand to work all the works of the sanctuary, and to weave the woven and embroidered work with scarlet and fine linen, to do all work of curious workmanship and embroidery.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:37

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:37 - (LXX 37:5) And they made the veil of the door of the tabernacle of witness of blue, and purple, and spun scarlet, and fine linen twined, woven work with cherubs,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:18 - (LXX 37:16) and the veil of the gate of the court, the work of an embroiderer of blue, and purple, and spun scarlet, and fine linen twined; the length of twenty cubits, and the height and the breadth of five cubits, made equal to the curtains of the court;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:23 - (LXX 37:21) And Eliab the son of Achisamach of the tribe of Dan was there, who was chief artificer in the woven works and needle-works and embroideries, [fn]in weaving with the scarlet and fine linen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:29

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:29 - (LXX 36:36) and their girdles of fine linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet spun, the work of an embroiderer, according as the Lord commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:15 - (LXX 138:15) My bones which thou madest in secret were not hidden from thee, nor my substance, in the lowest parts of the earth.
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