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title: יְרַקְרַק — greenish · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יְרַקְרַק (3422), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: greenish. BDB 1906: adj. greenish, palegreen. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יְרַקְרַק

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«יְרַקְרַק» in the Tanakh dictionary: **greenish** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 3 times · **Key:** 3422 · **BDB:** יְרַקְרַק

### Glosses

greenish (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

greenish [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3422/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. greenish, palegreen [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3422/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** (Sta§ 156, 234) adj. greenish, palegreen (cf. Assyrian raḳraḳḳu, ZimBP 37)—Lv 13:49 ψ 68:14; fpl. יְרַקְרַקּוֹת Lv 14:37;—of plague spots Lv 13:49; 14:37; as subst., ψ 68:14 the green-shim-mering (Che) of gold.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יְרַקְרַק» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3422/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 68:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.68.14/)

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אִֽם־תִּשְׁכְּבוּן֮ בֵּ֪ין שְׁפַ֫תָּ֥יִם כַּנְפֵ֣י י֭וֹנָה נֶחְפָּ֣ה בַכֶּ֑סֶף וְ֝אֶבְרוֹתֶ֗יהָ בִּֽירַקְרַ֥ק חָרֽוּץ׃

*Word for word:* if you will.lie.down between \[two\].saddlebags \[the\].wings of.a.dove \[are\].covered with (the) silver and pinions its with greenish of.gold

*JPS 1917:* When ye lie among the sheepfolds, the wings of the dove are covered with silver, and her pinions with the shimmer of gold.

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[Leviticus 14:37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.14.37/)

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וְרָאָ֣ה אֶת־הַנֶּ֗גַע וְהִנֵּ֤ה הַנֶּ֙גַע֙ בְּקִירֹ֣ת הַבַּ֔יִת שְׁקַֽעֲרוּרֹת֙ יְרַקְרַקֹּ֔ת א֖וֹ אֲדַמְדַּמֹּ֑ת וּמַרְאֵיהֶ֥ן שָׁפָ֖ל מִן־הַקִּֽיר׃

*Word for word:* and he.will.see (et) the plague and there! the plague \[is\].in the.walls of the.house depressions greenish or reddish and appearance their \[is\].deep more.than the wall

*JPS 1917:* And he shall look on the plague, and, behold, if the plague be in the walls of the house with hollow streaks, greenish or reddish, and the appearance thereof be lower than the wall;

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