רַק
raq · H7534 · Hebrew · 3 occurrences
Meanings
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thin, fine, gaunt
State in which an object has opposite surface or sides relatively close together
ExamplesGenesis 41:19 “Then behold, seven other cows came up after them, poor and very ugly and thin, such as I had never seen for ugliness in all the land of Egypt;
Genesis 41:20 and the thin and ugly cows ate the first seven fat cows.
Genesis 41:27 “The seven thin and ugly cows that came up after them are seven years, and the seven thin ears scorched by the east wind will be seven years of famine.
How it’s used In 1 role
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Named alongside itApposition
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- פָּרָהcow 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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Near synonyms 2 words
- רָזֶה râzeh · H7330 · lean, poor, infertile
- The "Thin" domain is small and specific. רַק (raq, H7534) has additional particle/function uses ("only," "but") in other domains, but its adjectival "lean/thin" sense genuinely overlaps with רָזֶה (râzeh, H7330)'s core meaning. This is true same-language near-synonymy.
- דַּל dal · H1800 · door, poor, weak
- Both can describe thin or emaciated persons or things.
Semantic domains 6 entries
- Thin002001001064
- Genesis 41:19, 20, and 27 all repeatedly describe cows that were "thin and ugly," richly and directly attesting the sense of physical leanness.
- Restrictors004007
- This lexeme's genuine tagged occurrences (Genesis 41:19, "poor and very ugly and thin"; Genesis 41:20; Genesis 41:27, "thin ears scorched by the east wind") illustrate the adjective "lean-fleshed, thin," describing a physical quality rather than functioning as a grammatical restrictor particle; this Restrictors domain code is bundle-shared from the fact-packet's cognate cluster and carries no tagged occurrence of רַק (raq, H7534) independently attesting a restrictor-particle sense of its own.
- Contrastors004002
- רַק (raq, H7534)'s own occurrences (only 3, with no distinguishing gloss recovered) give no independent basis for the "Contrastors" domain beyond what is recorded for its bundle partner. That classification is bundle-shared with רַק (raq, H7535) in the source data and is not independently confirmed by this lexeme's own occurrences.
- Identifiers004003
- רַק (raq, H7534)'s own occurrences (only 3, with no distinguishing gloss recovered) give no independent basis for the "Identifiers" domain beyond what is recorded for its bundle partner. That classification is bundle-shared with רַק (raq, H7535) in the source data and is not independently confirmed by this lexeme's own occurrences.
- Stipulators004008
- רַק (raq, H7534)'s own occurrences (only 3, with no distinguishing gloss recovered) give no independent basis for the "Stipulators" domain beyond what is recorded for its bundle partner. That classification is bundle-shared with רַק (raq, H7535) in the source data and is not independently confirmed by this lexeme's own occurrences.
- Affirmers004001
- רַק (raq, H7534)'s own occurrences (only 3, with no distinguishing gloss recovered) give no independent basis for the "Affirmers" domain beyond what is recorded for its bundle partner. That classification is bundle-shared with רַק (raq, H7535) in the source data and is not independently confirmed by this lexeme's own occurrences.
Word family 6 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H7534. raq רַק 1. adjective thin; — feminine plural רַקּוֺת, of kine, Gen 41:19-20, Gen…
רַק 1. adjective thin; — feminine plural רַקּוֺת, of kine, Gen 41:19-20, Gen 41:27 (|| Gen 41:3; Gen 41:4 דַּקּוֺת). 2109
adverb with restrictive force, only, altogether, surely (synonym אַךְ); —
a. only, Gen 14:24; Gen 41:40 מִמֶּךָּ אֶגְדַּל הַכִּסֵּא רַק only as regards the throne, etc., Gen 47:22 קָנָה לֹא הַכֹּהֲנִים אַדְמַת רַק, Gen 50:8; Exo 8:5 תִּשָּׁאַרְנָה בַּיְאֹר רַק, Exo 10:17 הַזֶּה הַמָּוֶת רַק מֵעָלַי וְיָסֵר only this death, Deu 2:35 (compare Deu 20:14; Jos 8:2, Jos 8:27), Jos 3:11; Jdg 6:39 (compare אַךְ ib. Gen 18:32; Exo 10:17), Exodus 11:34 (circumstantial clause) יְחִידָה הִיא רַק (there being) only she, an only one, 1Sa 1:13; Amo 3:2 ידעתי אתכם רק only you have I known, etc., Job 1:15-16, Job 1:17, Job 1:19 לְבַדִּי אֲנִי רַק וָאִמָּֽלְטָה I only, Psa 91:8 +?אַךְ, Num 12:2 י דִּבֶּר אַךְבְּֿמשֶׁה ׳הֲרַק. And separated (as sometimes in English) from the word actually emphasized, Pro 13:10 מַצָּה יִתֵּן בְּזָדוֺן רִק by pride there only cometh [נָתַן
1z] contention.
b. prefixed to sentences, to add a limitation on something previously expressed (or implied), Gen 19:8 only to these men do nothing, Gen 24:8 לֹאתָֿהֵ֫נָּה אֶתבְּֿנִי רִק, Exo 8:24 I will let you go . . ., only go not far, Exo 8:25; Num 20:19 only — it is nothing — let me pass through on my feet (compare Deu 2:28); especially in Deuteronomic writers, as Deu 10:15; Deu 12:15; Deu 20:16; 1Ki 3:2-3,(compare 2Ki 12:4; 2Ki 14:4; 2Ki 15:4, 2Ki 15:35), 2Ki 8:19; 2Ki 11:13; 2Ki 15:14, 2Ki 15:23; 2Ki 3:2 (compare 2Ki 14:3; 2Ki 17:2), etc., Isa 4:1; emphasizing a command, Deu 4:9; Deu 12:16, Deu 12:23; Jos 1:7, Jos 1:18; Jos 6:18; Jos 13:6; Jos 22:5 (all D2).
c. emphasizing single words, especially adjectives, only = nought but, altogether, Gen 6:5 רִע רִק לִבּוֺ מַחְשְׁבוֺת יֵצֶר is only evil, i.e. exclusively evil, nought but evil, Gen 26:29 טוֺב רִק עִמְּךָ עָשִׂינוּ nothing but good, Deu 28:33 עָשׁוּק רִק וְהָיִיתָ, Isa 28:19 זְוָעָה רִק it shall be nought but terror to, etc., 1Ki 14:8 (compare אַךְ 2b β); followed by an adverb Deu 28:13 לְמַ֫עְלָה רִק וְהָיִיתָ above only; followed by a verb, Jdg 14:16 thou dost but hate me.
d. after a negative, save, except (synonym אִם כִּי 2a), 1Ki 8:9 ( = 2Ch 5:10) הָאֲבָנִים לֻהוֺת שְׁנֵי רִק בָּאָרוֺן אֵין, 2Ch 15:5; 22:16 ( = 2Ch 18:15), 2Ki 17:18.
e. with an affirmative, asseverative force, only, altogether = surely, Gen 20:11 הזה במקום אלהים יִרְאַת אֵין רַק, Deu 4:6 (so EV; but Ges populus mere sapiens, so Di), 1Ki 21:25; 2Ch 28:10; Psa 32:6 יַגִּ֑יעוּ לא אליו רבים מים לְשֶׁטֶף רִק.
f. אִם רִק (רִק prefixed for emphasis) if only, provided only, Deu 15:5 וג תשׁמע שׁמוע אִם ׳רִק, 1Ki 8:25 ( = 2Ch 6:16) וג ׳ללכת דרכם בניך ישׁמרו אִם רִק, 2Ki 21:8 ( = 2Ch 33:8).
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 6 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.
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