hebrew #7543 - רָקַח raqach (to mix or compound oil or ointment)
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance apothecary, compound, make ointment, prepare, spice A primitive root; to perfume -- apothecary, compound, make (ointment), prepare, spice. Englishman's Concordance 1) to mix, compound 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to mix, compound 1a2) compounder, mixer, perfumer (participle) (substantive) 1b) (Pual) mixed (participle) 1c) (Hiphil) to mix Part of Speech: verb A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: a primitive root Same Word by TWOT Number: 2215 Brown-Driver-Briggs [רָקַח] verbmix, or compound oil, ointment (perhaps denominative; in this case √ meaning unknown; Late Hebrew has מִרְקַחַתointment; Phoenician רקח either spice-mixer (Bloch) or spice-dealer (Lzb); perhaps akin to Assyrian ri‡‡u, spice, MeissnSuppl. 90, compare rikkê, DlHWB 620); — QalImperfect3masculine singular יִרְקַחExodus 30:33; ParticipleרֹקֵחַExodus 30:25; Exodus 30:35, ׳רוֺExodus 37:29; Ecclesiastes 10:1; plural construct רֹקְחֵי1 Chronicles 9:39; — mix, compound, Exodus 30:33 (P; כָּמֹהוּ, i.e. anything like the holy oil); participle as substantive הַמִּרְקַחַת רֹקְחֵי1 Chronicles 9:30compounders of the ointment; as a professional name, mixer, perfumer, Exodus 30:25,35; Exodus 37:29; Ecclesiastes 10:1. Pu`alParticiple masculine plural מְרֻקָּחִים2Chronicles 16:14 mixed as ointment. Hiph`ilInfinitive absoluteהַרְקַחהַמֶּרְקָחָהEzekiel 24:10 ("" הָתֵם), as Imperative, spice the spicing (?), i.e. spice (the meat) well, but very dubious, Krae proposes חָרֵק הַמָּרָקempty out the broth. Englishman's Concordance (References)Strong's Hebrew: 7543. רָקַח (raqach) — 7 OccurrencesExodus 30:25 Exodus 30:33 Exodus 30:35 Exodus 37:29 1 Chronicles 9:30 Ecclesiastes 10:1 Ezekiel 24:10 |