Biblical Hebrew

hebrew #7401 - רָכַךְ rakak (to be tender)

Original Word:	רָכַךְ
Transliteration:	rakak
Definition:	to be tender, weak or soft
Part of Speech:	Verb
Phonetic Spelling:	(raw-kak')
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

be fainthearted, mollify, be, make softer, be tender

A primitive root; to soften (intransitively or transitively), used figuratively -- (be) faint((-hearted)), mollify, (be, make) soft(-er), be tender.

Englishman's Concordance

1) to be tender, be soft, be weak
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to be tender, be weak (of heart)
1a1a) to be timid, be fearful
1a1b) to be softened, be penitent
1a2) to be soft (of treacherous words)
1b) (Pual) to be softened
1c) (Hiphil) to cause to be weak
1d) (Niphal) tender
Part of Speech: verb
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: a primitive root
Same Word by TWOT Number: 2164

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[רָכַךְ] verbbe tender, weak, soft (Arabic

Aramaic רְכַךְ (in derived species and derivatives),

, id.); —

QalPerfect3masculine singular רַךְ2 Kings 22:19; 2Chronicles 34:27; 3 plural רַכּוּPsalm 55:22; Imperfectיֵרַךְ (Ges^{§ 67p}) Isaiah 7:4 +; —

1be tender, weak, of heart :

a.be timid, fearful, "" יַרֵא, Isaiah 7:4; Jeremiah 51:46; Deuteronomy 20:3.

b. be softened, penitent, "" כָּנַע Niph`al, 2 Kings 22:19 2Chronicles 34:27.

2be soft, of treacherous wordsPsalm 55:22 (with מִן compare; "" II. חָלַק).

Pu`alPerfect3feminine singular רֻכְּכָהIsaiah 1:6it has not been softened, mollified, with oil (of wound, מַכָּךְ).

Hiph`ilPerfect3masculine singular וְאֵל הֵרַךְ לִבִּיJob 23:16 (Ges^{§ 67v}), causative of Qal 1 a.

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 7401. רָכַך (rakak) — 8 Occurrences

Deuteronomy 20:3
HEB:אֹיְבֵיכֶ֑ם אַל־ יֵרַ֣ךְ לְבַבְכֶ֗ם אַל־
NAS: today. Do not be fainthearted. Do not be afraid,
KJV: let not your hearts faint, fear
INT: your enemies nay faint your hearts not

2 Kings 22:19
HEB: יַ֠עַן רַךְ־ לְבָ֨בְךָ֜ וַתִּכָּנַ֣ע ׀
NAS: your heart was tender and you humbled yourself
KJV: Because thine heart was tender, and thou hast humbled
INT: because was tender your heart humbled

2 Chronicles 34:27
HEB: יַ֠עַן רַךְ־ לְבָ֨בְךָ֜ וַתִּכָּנַ֣ע ׀
NAS: your heart was tender and you humbled
KJV: Because thine heart was tender, and thou didst humble
INT: Because was tender your heart humbled

Job 23:16
HEB: וְ֭אֵל הֵרַ֣ךְ לִבִּ֑י וְ֝שַׁדַּ֗י
NAS: [who] has made my heart faint, And the Almighty
KJV: maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty
INT: God faint my heart and the Almighty

Psalm 55:21
HEB:וּֽקֲרָב־ לִ֫בּ֥וֹ רַכּ֖וּ דְבָרָ֥יו מִשֶּׁ֗מֶן
NAS: His words were softer than
KJV: his words were softer than oil,
INT: was war his heart were softer his words oil

Isaiah 1:6
HEB:חֻבָּ֔שׁוּ וְלֹ֥א רֻכְּכָ֖ה בַּשָּֽׁמֶן׃
NAS: Nor softened with oil.
KJV: neither bound up, neither mollified with ointment.
INT: bandaged Nor softened oil

Isaiah 7:4
HEB:וּלְבָבְךָ֙ אַל־ יֵרַ֔ךְ מִשְּׁנֵ֨י זַנְב֧וֹת
NAS: fear and do not be fainthearted because
KJV: fear not, neither be fainthearted for the two
INT: heart no faint two stubs

Jeremiah 51:46
HEB: וּפֶן־ יֵרַ֤ךְ לְבַבְכֶם֙ וְתִֽירְא֔וּ
NAS: that your heart does not grow faint, And you are not afraid
KJV: And lest your heart faint, and ye fear
INT: now so grow your heart afraid

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