H7543

רָקַח

ra.qachH:V

to mix

1) to mix, compound 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to mix, compound 1a2) compounder, mixer, perfumer (participle) (subst) 1b) (Pual) mixed (participle) 1c) (Hiphil) to mix

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

[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, Meissn^{Suppl. 90}, compare rikkê, Dl^{HWB 620}); —

Qal Imperfect 3 masculine singular יִרְקַח Exod 30:33 Participle רֹקֵחַ vExod 30:25 vExod 30:35, ׳רוֺ Exod 37:29; Eccl 10:1 plural construct רֹקְחֵי 1Chr 9:39 — mix, compound, Exod 30:33 (P; כָּמֹהוּ, i.e. anything like the holy oil); participle as substantive הַמִּרְקַחַת רֹקְחֵי 1Chr 9:30 compounders of the ointment; as a professional name, mixer, perfumer, Exod 30:25; Exod 30:35; Exod 37:29; Eccl 10:1. Pu`al Participle masculine plural מְרֻקָּחִים 2Chr 16:14 mixed as ointment. Hiph`il Infinitive absolute הַרְקַח הַמֶּרְקָחָה Ezek 24:10 (|| הָתֵם), as Imperative, spice the spicing (?), i.e. spice (the meat) well, but very dubious, Krae proposes חָרֵק הַמָּרָק empty out the broth.

7 occurrences

Exodus (3), I Chronicles (1), II Chronicles (1), Ecclesiastes (1), Ezekiel (1)