Biblical Hebrew

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hebrew #7534 - רַק raq (thin)


Original Word:רַק
Transliteration: raq
Definition:thin, only, altogether, surely
Part of Speech:Adjective; adverb; feminine
Phonetic Spelling:(rak)
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

emaciated, thin, lean

From raqaq in its original sense; emaciated (as if flattened out) -- lean((-fleshed)), thin.

see HEBREW raqaq


Englishman's Concordance

1) thin, lean
Part of Speech: adjective
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: from H7556 in its original sense
Same Word by TWOT Number: 2218a

Brown-Driver-Briggs

רַק1. adjectivethin; — feminine plural רַקּוֺת, of kine, Genesis 41:19,20,27 ("" Genesis 41:3; Genesis 41:4דַּקּוֺת). 2109

adverb with restrictive force, only, altogether, surely (synonym אַךְ); —

a.only, Genesis 14:24; Genesis 41:40רַק הַכִּסֵּא אֶגְדַּל מִמֶּךָּonly as regards the throne, etc., Genesis 47:22רַק אַדְמַת הַכֹּהֲנִיםלֹא קָנָה, Genesis 50:8; Exodus 8:5רַק בַּיְאֹר תִּשָּׁאַרְנָה, Exodus 10:17וְיָסֵרמֵעָלַי רַק הַמָּוֶת הַזֶּהonly this death, Deuteronomy 2:35 (compare Deuteronomy 20:14; Joshua 8:2,27), Joshua 3:11; Judges 6:39 (compare אַךְib.Genesis 18:32; Exodus 10:17), Exodus 11:34 (circumstantial clause) רַק הִיא יְחִידָה (there being) only she, an only one, 1 Samuel 1:13; Amos 3:2רק אתכם ידעתיonly you have I known, etc., Job 1:15,16,17,19 וָאִמָּֽלְטָהרַק אֲנִי לְבַדִּיI only, Psalm 91:8אַךְ, Numbers 12:2׳הֲרַק אַךְבְּֿמשֶׁה דִּבֶּר י. And separated (as sometimes in English) from the word actually emphasized, Proverbs 13:10רִק בְּזָדוֺן יִתֵּן מַצָּה by pride there only cometh [נָתַן

1z] contention.

b.prefixed tosentences, to add a limitation on something previously expressed (or implied), Genesis 19:8only to these men do nothing, Genesis 24:8רִק אֶתבְּֿנִילֹאתָֿהֵ֫נָּה, Exodus 8:24 I will let you go . . ., only go not far, Exodus 8:25; Numbers 20:19only — it is nothing — let me pass through on my feet (compare Deuteronomy 2:28); especially in Deuteronomic writers, as Deuteronomy 10:15; Deuteronomy 12:15; Deuteronomy 20:16; 1 Kings 3:2,3(compare 2 Kings 12:4; 2 Kings 14:4; 2 Kings 15:4,35), 2 Kings 8:19; 2 Kings 11:13; 2 Kings 15:14,23; 2 Kings 3:2 (compare 2 Kings 14:3; 2 Kings 17:2), etc., Isaiah 4:1; emphasizing a command, Deuteronomy 4:9; Deuteronomy 12:16,23; Joshua 1:7,18; Joshua 6:18; Joshua 13:6; Joshua 22:5 (all D2).

c.emphasizing single words, especially adjectives, only=nought but, altogether, Genesis 6:5יֵצֶר מַחְשְׁבוֺת לִבּוֺ רִק רִע is only evil, i.e. exclusively evil, nought but evil, Genesis 26:29עָשִׂינוּ עִמְּךָ רִק טוֺבnothing but good, Deuteronomy 28:33וְהָיִיתָ רִק עָשׁוּק, Isaiah 28:19רִק זְוָעָה it shall be nought but terror to, etc., 1 Kings 14:8 (compare אַךְ2bβ); followed by an adverb Deuteronomy 28:13וְהָיִיתָ רִק לְמַ֫עְלָה above only; followed by a verb, Judges 14:16 thou dost but hate me.

d.after a negative, save, except (synonym כִּי אִם2a), 1 Kings 8:9 (=2 Chronicles 5:10) אֵין בָּאָרוֺן רִק שְׁנֵי לֻהוֺת הָאֲבָנִים, 2 Chron 15:5; 22:16 (=2 Chronicles 18:15), 2 Kings 17:18.

e.with an affirmative, asseverative force, only, altogether=surely, Genesis 20:11רַק אֵין יִרְאַת אלהים במקום הזה, Deuteronomy 4:6 (so EV; but Ges populus mere sapiens, so Di), 1 Kings 21:25; 2Chronicles 28:10; Psalm 32:6רִק לְשֶׁטֶף מים רבים אליולא יַגִּ֑יעוּ.

f.רִק אִם (רִק prefixed for emphasis) if only, provided only, Deuteronomy 15:5׳רִק אִם שׁמוע תשׁמע וג, 1 Kings 8:25 (=2 Chronicles 6:16) רִק אִם ישׁמרו בניך דרכם׳ללכת וג, 2 Kings 21:8 (=2 Chronicles 33:8).


Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 7534. רַקּוֹת (raq) — 3 Occurrences

Genesis 41:19
HEB:תֹּ֛אַר מְאֹ֖ד וְרַקּ֣וֹת בָּשָׂ֑ר לֹֽא־
NAS: ugly and gaunt, such
INT: favoured and very thin I had never

Genesis 41:20
HEB:וַתֹּאכַ֙לְנָה֙ הַפָּר֔וֹת הָרַקּ֖וֹת וְהָרָע֑וֹת אֵ֣ת
NAS:and the lean and ugly cows
KJV:And the lean and the ill favoured kine
INT: ate cows and the lean and ugly seven

Genesis 41:27
HEB:וְשֶׁ֣בַע הַ֠פָּרוֹת הָֽרַקּ֨וֹת וְהָרָעֹ֜ת הָעֹלֹ֣ת
NAS: The seven lean and ugly cows
KJV: And the seven thin and ill favoured
INT: the seven cows lean and ugly came

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