H7401

רָכַךְ

ra.khakhH:V

be tender

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

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

[רָכַךְ] verb be tender, weak, soft (Arabic Aramaic רְכַךְ (in derived species and derivatives), , id.); —

Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular רַךְ 2Kgs 22:19; 2Chr 34:27 3 plural רַכּוּ Ps 55:22 Imperfect יֵרַךְ (Ges^{«GKC:67p»§ 67p}) Isa 7:4 +; —

1. be tender, weak, of heart :
a. be timid, fearful, || יַרֵא, Isa 7:4; Jer 51:46; Deut 20:3.
b. be softened, penitent, || כָּנַע Niph`al, 2Kgs 22:19 = 2Chr 34:27.

2. be soft, of treacherous words Ps 55:22 (with מִן compare; || II. חָלַק). Pu`al Perfect 3 feminine singular רֻכְּכָה Isa 1:6 it has not been softened, mollified, with oil (of wound, מַכָּךְ). Hiph`il Perfect 3 masculine singular וְאֵל הֵרַךְ לִבִּי Job 23:16 (Ges^{«GKC:67v»§ 67v}), causative of Qal 1 a.

5 occurrences

Deuteronomy (1), Job (1), Isaiah (2), Jeremiah (1)