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title: רָקַח — mix · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רָקַח (7543), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 8 times: mix. BDB 1906: vb. mix compound. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רָקַח

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«רָקַח» in the Tanakh dictionary: **mix** — 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:** 8 times · **Key:** 7543 · **BDB:** רָקַח

### Glosses

of.a.perfumer (4); \[were.those.who\].mixed (1); he.will.mix (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

mix [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7543/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. mix compound [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7543/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. mix, or compound oil, ointment (perhaps denom.; in this case √ meaning unknown; NH has מִרְקַחַת ointment; Ph. רקח either spice-mixer (Bloch) or spice-dealer (Lzb); perhaps akin to Assyrian riḳḳu, spice, MeissnSuppl. 90, cf. rikkê, DlHWB 620);— Impf. 3 ms. יִרְקַח Ex 30:33; Pt. רֹקֵחַ v 25, 35, רוֹ׳ 37:29 Ec 10:1; pl. cstr. רֹקְחֵי 1 Ch 9:30;—mix, compound, Ex 30:33 (P; כָּמֹהוּ, i.e. anything like the holy oil); pt. as subst. רֹקְחֵי הַמִּרְקַחַת 1 Ch 9:30 compounders of the ointment; as a professional name, mixer, perfumer, Ex 30:25, 35; 37:29; Ec 10:1. Pt. mpl. מְרֻקָּחִים 2 Ch 16:14 mixed as ointment. Inf. abs. הַרְקַח הַמֶּרְקָחָה Ez 24:10 (‖ הָתֵם), as Imv., spice the spicing (?), i.e. spice (the meat) well, but very dub., Krae proposes הָרֵק הַמָּרָק empty out the broth.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 8 of its verses cited, 1 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 (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «רָקַח» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7543/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Exodus 30:35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.30.35/)

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וְעָשִׂ֤יתָ אֹתָהּ֙ קְטֹ֔רֶת רֹ֖קַח מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה רוֹקֵ֑חַ מְמֻלָּ֖ח טָה֥וֹר קֹֽדֶשׁ׃

*Word for word:* and you.will.make it incense ointment \[the\].work of.a.perfumer salted pure a.holy.thing

*JPS 1917:* And thou shalt make of it incense, a perfume after the art of the perfumer, seasoned with salt, pure and holy.

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[1 Chronicles 9:30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.9.30/)

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וּמִן־בְּנֵי֙ הַכֹּ֣הֲנִ֔ים רֹקְחֵ֥י הַמִּרְקַ֖חַת לַבְּשָׂמִֽים׃

*Word for word:* and some.of the.sons of the.priests \[were.those.who\].mixed (of).the ointment.mixture of the spices

*JPS 1917:* And some of the sons of the priests prepared the confection of the spices.

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