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title: רָקִיק — a thin cake · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רָקִיק (7550), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 8 times: a thin cake. BDB 1906: n.m. thin cake wafer. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רָקִיק

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«רָקִיק» in the Tanakh dictionary: **a thin cake** — 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:** 7550 · **BDB:** רָקִיק

### Glosses

wafers (4); a.wafer (3); the.wafers (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

a thin cake [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7550/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. thin cake wafer [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7550/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. a thin cake, (RV) wafer (cf. Arabic رُقَاقَةٌ a thin round cake of bread), always of unleavened bread: Ex 29:23 = Lv 8:26 ר׳ אֶחָד, רְקִיק מַצָּה אֶחָד Nu 6:19, רְקִיקֵי מַצּוֹת Ex 29:2 Lv 2:4; 7:12; Nu 6:15 (all P), 1 Ch 23:29.—𝔊 λάγανον.

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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 (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «רָקִיק» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7550/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Exodus 29:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.29.23/)

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וְכִכַּ֨ר לֶ֜חֶם אַחַ֗ת וַֽחַלַּ֨ת לֶ֥חֶם שֶׁ֛מֶן אַחַ֖ת וְרָקִ֣יק אֶחָ֑ד מִסַּל֙ הַמַּצּ֔וֹת אֲשֶׁ֖ר לִפְנֵ֥י יְהוָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and a.round.loaf of.bread one and a.cake of.bread of.oil one and a.wafer one from the.basket of.(the) unleavened.bread(s) which \[will be\].before Yahweh

*JPS 1917:* and one loaf of bread, and one cake of oiled bread, and one wafer, out of the basket of unleavened bread that is before the LORD.

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[Leviticus 2:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.2.4/)

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וְכִ֥י תַקְרִ֛ב קָרְבַּ֥ן מִנְחָ֖ה מַאֲפֵ֣ה תַנּ֑וּר סֹ֣לֶת חַלּ֤וֹת מַצֹּת֙ בְּלוּלֹ֣ת בַּשֶּׁ֔מֶן וּרְקִיקֵ֥י מַצּ֖וֹת מְשֻׁחִ֥ים בַּשָּֽׁמֶן׃ס

*Word for word:* and (dm) you.will.present a.present of.a.grain.offering a.baked.item of.an.oven fine.flour cakes of.unleavened.bread(s) mixed with (the) oil and wafers of.unleavened.bread(s) smeared with (the) oil

*JPS 1917:* And when thou bringest a meal-offering baked in the oven, it shall be unleavened cakes of fine flour mingled with oil, or unleavened wafers spread with oil.

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