King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H7543
Transliteration: raqach
Phonetic Spelling: (raw-kakh')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to mix or compound oil or ointment
Meaning: to mix or compound oil or ointment
Word Summary
raqach: to mix or compound oil or ointment
Original Word: רָקַחTransliteration: raqach
Phonetic Spelling: (raw-kakh')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to mix or compound oil or ointment
Meaning: to mix or compound oil or ointment
Strong's Concordance
apothecary, compound, make ointment, prepare, spice A primitive root; to perfume -- apothecary, compound, make (ointment), prepare, spice.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H7543. raqach
[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 Exodus 30:33; Participle רֹקֵחַ 30:25; 30:35, ׳רוֺ 37:29; Ecclesiastes 10:1; plural construct רֹקְחֵי 1 Chronicles 9:39; — mix, compound, Exodus 30:33 (P; כָּמֹהוּ, i.e. anything like the holy oil); participle as substantive רֹקְחֵי הַמִּרְקַחַת 1 Chronicles 9:30 compounders of the ointment; as a professional name, mixer, perfumer, Exodus 30:25, 35; 37:29; Ecclesiastes 10:1.
Pu`al Participle masculine plural מְרֻקָּחִים2 Chronicles 16:14 mixed as ointment.
Hiph`il Infinitive absolute הַמֶּרְקָחָה הַרְקַח Ezekiel 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.