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title: רֶקַח — spice · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רֶקַח (7544), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: spice. BDB 1906: spice. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רֶקַח

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«רֶקַח» in the Tanakh dictionary: **spice** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 7544 · **BDB:** רֶ֫קַח

### Glosses

spice (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

spice [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7544/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

spice [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7544/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] spice;—יַיִן הָר׳ Ct 8:2 wine, (that is) spice (i.e. spiced wine).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 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 «רֶקַח» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7544/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Song of Songs 8:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.8.2/)

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אֶנְהָֽגֲךָ֗ אֲבִֽיאֲךָ֛ אֶל־בֵּ֥ית אִמִּ֖י תְּלַמְּדֵ֑נִי אַשְׁקְךָ֙ מִיַּ֣יִן הָרֶ֔קַח מֵעֲסִ֖יס רִמֹּנִֽי׃

*Word for word:* I will.lead.you I will.bring.you to the.house my.mother my \[who\].she taught.me I will.give.you.to.drink some of.(the).wine of.(the) spice some of.the.juice my.pomegranate my

*JPS 1917:* I would lead thee, and bring thee into my mother's house, that thou mightest instruct me; I would cause thee to drink of spiced wine, of the juice of my pomegranate.

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