רָכַל
râkal · H7402 · Hebrew · 17 occurrences
Meanings
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to trade
Action by which humans engage in commercial activity by which merchandise and goods are traded, or bought and sold, with the intention of making a profit
ExamplesEzekiel 27:13 “Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they were your traders; with human lives and vessels of bronze they paid for your merchandise.
Ezekiel 27:15 “The sons of Dedan were your traders. Many coastlands were your market; they brought ivory tusks and ebony as your payment.
Ezekiel 27:17 “Judah and the land of Israel, they were your traders; with the wheat of Minnith, cakes, honey, oil, and balsam they paid for your merchandise.
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trader
A person whose profession it is to engage in commercial activity by which merchandise and goods are traded, or bought and sold, with the intention of making a profit
Examples1 Kings 10:15 besides that from the traders, and the wares of the merchants and all the kings of the Arabs and the governors of the country.
Nehemiah 3:31 After him Malchijah, one of the goldsmiths, carried out repairs as far as the house of the temple servants and of the merchants, in front of the Inspection Gate and as far as the upper room of the corner.
Nehemiah 3:32 And between the upper room of the corner and the Sheep Gate the goldsmiths and the merchants carried out repairs.
How it’s used In 7 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- Not stated (participle) 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- אֵלto, toward+ אִיcoast 1
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
10 occurrences in 3 groups
- ךְyour 8
- שְׁבָאSheba 2
- רַעְמָהmane 1
What it doesIt is the subject
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- חָזַקto be strong, to strengthen 1
- לוּןto spend the night, to grumble 1
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- רָבָהto increase 1
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
7 occurrences in 6 groups
- הֵםthey, them 4
- בֵּןson 1
- דְּדָןDedan 1
- חָרָןHaran 1
- כַּנֶּהCanneh 1
- עֶדֶןEden 1
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
4 occurrences in 4 groups
- בַּיִתhouse, household 1
- מִסְחָרtrade 1
- עִירcity, town 1
- אֲבָקָהfragrant powders 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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In the other Testament 1 word
- ἔμπορος émporos · G1713 · merchant, trader
- Greek ἔμπορος denotes a wholesale merchant/tradesman in general commercial contexts, while Hebrew רָכַל specifically emphasizes trade in spices and luxury goods, though both occupy the broader merchant semantic domain.
Semantic domains 2 entries
- Exchange002003002010
- 1 Kings 10:15 lists revenue "from the traders, and the wares of the merchants," and Nehemiah 13:20 speaks of "traders and merchants of every kind of merchandise," directly attesting the sense of commercial trading.
- Professions001001003009
- Nehemiah 3:31-32 twice names "the merchants" alongside "the goldsmiths" as those repairing sections of Jerusalem's wall, attesting the sense of a trading occupation.
Word family 4 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H7402. rakal [רָכַל] verb probably go about, from one to another (for trade or gossip) (?…
[רָכַל] verb probably go about, from one to another (for trade or gossip) (? connected with רגל; compare Arabic kick a horse, to make him go [? properly use the foot, compare ?]; Late Hebrew רוֺכֵל, Aramaic רוֺכְלָא, trader, Late Hebrew רְכִילוּת slander [compare calumniator, from go about, Qor 2:19 and elsewhere]); —
Qal Participle רוֺכֵל Son 3:6; feminine singular construct רֹכֶ֫לֶת Eze 27:3, suffix רֹכַלְתֵךְ Eze 27:20; Eze 27:23; masculine plural רֹכְלִים 1Ki 10:15 +, etc.; — as substantive = trafficker, trader: usually plural, Nah 3:16; Eze 17:4 (ר ׳עִיר), Eze 27:13, Eze 27:15, Eze 27:17, Eze 27:22 (twice in verse); Eze 27:23a (< strike out Toy Krae), Eze 27:24; Neh 3:31-32, Neh 13:20 ( + כָלמִֿמְכָּר מֹרֵי); הָר ׳מִסְחַר 1Ki 10:15 (text dubious; compare ׳מ p.695); singular figurative of Tyre, רַכִּים אֶלאִֿיִּים הָעַמִּים רֹכֶלֶת Eze 27:8, of a people Eze 27:20; Eze 27:23b (plural MezHarran 34 Krae, see also כִּלְמֶד); singular of person only רוֺכֵל אַבְקַת Son 3:6.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 2 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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