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title: רַךְ — tender · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רַךְ (7390), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 16 times: tender. BDB 1906: adj. tender, delicate, soft. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רַךְ

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«רַךְ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **tender** — 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:** 16 times · **Key:** 7390 · **BDB:** רַךְ²

### Glosses

weak (4); soft (2); tender (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

tender [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7390/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. tender, delicate, soft [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7390/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj. tender, delicate, soft;—ר׳ abs. Gn 18:7 +, cstr. Dt 20:8; 2 Ch 13:7; fs. רַכָּה Dt 28:56 +; mpl. רַכִּים Gn 33:13; fpl. abs. רַכּוֹת 29:17 Jb 40:27;— tender of flesh Gn 18:7 (J; בֶּן־בָּקָר); tender, delicate, especially in body, of children 33:13 (J), cf. (implying weakness of undeveloped character) 2 S 3:39, נַעַר וָרָ֑ךְ 1 Ch 22:5; 29:1, (וְיָחִיד) רַךְ Pr 4:3 (‘of tender age,’ Toy, q.v.); of man (+ עָנֹג; i.e. delicately nurtured) Dt 28:54, so of woman v 56 (+ עֲנֻגָּה), so, fig. of Bab., Is 47:1 (+ id.); רַךְ as subst. = tender (twig) Ez 17:22 (in fig.); delicate, weak, of eyes Gn 29:17 (E). רַךְ (ה)לֵבָב weak of heart, timid, Dt 20:8 (+ יָרֵא), 2 Ch 13:7 (נַעַר). soft, of words, abs. רַכּוֹת Jb 40:27 = subst., mild, gentle words (‖ תַּחֲנוּנִים); מַעֲנֶה רַךְ Pr 15:1 (opp. דְּבַר עֶצֶב), לָשׁוֹן רַכָּה 25:15.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 16 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «רַךְ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7390/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 15:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.15.1/)

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מַֽעֲנֶה־רַּ֭ךְ יָשִׁ֣יב חֵמָ֑ה וּדְבַר־עֶ֝֗צֶב יַעֲלֶה־אָֽף׃

*Word for word:* an.answer soft it.turns.away rage and a.word of.hurt it.raises anger

*JPS 1917:* A soft answer turneth away wrath; but a grievous word stirreth up anger.

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[Job 40:27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.40.27/)

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הֲיַרְבֶּ֣ה אֵ֭לֶיךָ תַּחֲנוּנִ֑ים אִם־יְדַבֵּ֖ר אֵלֶ֣יךָ רַכּֽוֹת׃

*Word for word:* will it.multiply? to you supplications or? will.it.speak to you soft.\[words\]

*JPS 1917:* Will he make many supplications unto thee? or will he speak soft words unto thee?

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