רָקַח
râqach · H7543 · Hebrew · 8 occurrences
Thing
- PerfumesCosmetics19 verses
Meanings
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to mix spices
Humans blend spices together or with food so as to produce a fragrant or tasty blend
ExamplesExodus 30:33 ‘Whoever mixes any like it or whoever puts any of it on a layman shall be cut off from his people.’”
1 Chronicles 9:30 Some of the sons of the priests prepared the mixing of the balsam oil.
2 Chronicles 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 in the resting place which he had filled with spices of various kinds blended by the perfumers’ art; and they made a very great fire for him.
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to mix ointment
Humans who made it their profession to mix spices
ExamplesExodus 30:25 “You shall make from these a holy anointing oil, a fragrant mixture of ointments, the work of a perfumer; it shall be a holy anointing oil.
Exodus 30:35 “You shall make incense from it all, a skillful mixture, the work of a perfumer, salted, pure, and holy.
Exodus 37:29 Then he made the holy anointing oil and the pure, fragrant incense of spices, the work of a perfumer.
How it’s used In 6 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
3 occurrences in 3 groups
- Not stated: you (one person) 1
- Not stated: he, she or it 1
- Not stated (participle) 1
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- מֶרְקָחָהspices 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- כְּמוֹas, like+ וֹhim 1
- בin/on/with+ מִרְקַחַתointment mixture 1
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- מִרְקַחַתointment mixture 1
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- בֵּןson 1
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
4 occurrences in 2 groups
- מַעֲשֶׂהwork, deed 3
- שֶׁמֶןoil 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
- בָּלַל bâlal · H1101 · to mix, to mix (oneself) with (other people)
- Both lexemes denote mixing/blending activities and share the "Mixed" domain. However, רָקַח (râqach, H7543) is specialized to the context of making ointments/spices/perfumes (apothecary work), while בָּלַל (bâlal, H1101) covers a broader range of mixing/mingling including confounding, fading, and general tempering. This is a real but specialized overlap – they are genuine near synonyms in the semantic space of "mix/blend," though רָקַח (râqach, H7543) operates in a narrower professional/culinary context.
- מָסַךְ mâçak · H4537 · to mix, to mingle, to mix within
- Both denote mixing or blending. מָסַךְ (mâçak, H4537) is a general verb of mixing, whereas רָקַח (râqach, H7543) is more specialized, referring to the work of the apothecary, such as preparing ointment or spices.
Semantic domains 2 entries
- Mixed002003001012
- Exodus 30:25 describes "a fragrant mixture of ointments," 30:35 describes "a skillful mixture" of incense, and 1 Chronicles 9:30 describes "the mixing of the balsam oil," richly and directly attesting the sense of ingredients blended together.
- Professions001001003009
- Exodus 30:25, 35, and 37:29 all repeatedly credit "the work of a perfumer," directly attesting the sense of this skilled occupation.
Word family 9 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H7543. raqach [רָקַח] verb mix, or compound oil, ointment (perhaps denominative; in this…
[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 Exo 30:33; Participle רֹקֵחַ Exo 30:25; Exo 30:35, ׳רוֺ Exo 37:29; Ecc 10:1; plural construct רֹקְחֵי 1Ch 9:39; — mix, compound, Exo 30:33 (P; כָּמֹהוּ, i.e. anything like the holy oil); participle as substantive רֹקְחֵי הַמִּרְקַחַת 1Ch 9:30 compounders of the ointment; as a professional name, mixer, perfumer, Exo 30:25, Exo 30:35; Exo 37:29; Ecc 10:1.
Pu`al Participle masculine plural מְרֻקָּחִים2Ch 16:14 mixed as ointment.
Hiph`il Infinitive absolute הַמֶּרְקָחָה הַרְקַח Eze 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.
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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