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title: רֹקֵחַ — spice-mixture · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רֹקֵחַ (7545), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: spice-mixture. BDB 1906: spice-mixture, perfume. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רֹקֵחַ

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«רֹקֵחַ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **spice-mixture** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 7545 · **BDB:** רֹ֫קַח

### Glosses

ointment (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

spice-mixture [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7545/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

spice-mixture, perfume [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7545/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] spice-mixture, perfume;—of holy oil, ר׳ מִרְקַחַת מַעֲשֵׂה רֹקֵחַ Ex 30:25; of incense, ר׳ מַעֲשֵׂה רוֹקֵחַ v 35.

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «רֹקֵחַ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7545/), 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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[Exodus 30:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.30.25/)

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וְעָשִׂ֣יתָ אֹת֗וֹ שֶׁ֚מֶן מִשְׁחַת־קֹ֔דֶשׁ רֹ֥קַח מִרְקַ֖חַת מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה רֹקֵ֑חַ שֶׁ֥מֶן מִשְׁחַת־קֹ֖דֶשׁ יִהְיֶֽה׃

*Word for word:* and you.will.make it oil of.anointing of.holiness ointment of.an.ointment.mixture \[the\].work of.a.perfumer oil of.anointing of.holiness it.will.be

*JPS 1917:* And thou shalt make it a holy anointing oil, a perfume compounded after the art of the perfumer; it shall be a holy anointing oil.

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