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title: רָקַם — variegate · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רָקַם (7551), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 9 times: variegate. BDB 1906: vb. variegate. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רָקַם

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«רָקַם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **variegate** — 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:** 9 times · **Key:** 7551 · **BDB:** רָקַם

### Glosses

of.a.worker.in.colors (6); a.worker.in.colors (2); I.was.formed (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

variegate [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7551/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. variegate [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7551/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. variegate (NH id.; so Arabic رَقَمَ, Ethiopic ረቀመ:, cf. 𝔗 רְקָם, רִקְמָתָא variegated cloth or skin, Syriac ܬܰܪܩܡܳܬܳܐ freckles);— Pt. act. רֹקֵם, as subst. variegator, worker (weaver) in colours, c. ב mater. Ex 38:23, מְלֶאכֶת חָרָשׁ וְחשֵׁב זְר׳ 35:35; especially מַעֲשֵׂה ר׳ variegator’s work 26:36; 27:16; 28:39 = 36:37; 38:18; 39:29 (all P; all c. mater. except 28:39). Pf. 1 s. רֻקַּמְתִּי ψ 139:15 I was skilfully wrought (woven, ‖ סכך v 13).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 9 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «רָקַם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7551/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Exodus 28:39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.28.39/)

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וְשִׁבַּצְתָּ֙ הַכְּתֹ֣נֶת שֵׁ֔שׁ וְעָשִׂ֖יתָ מִצְנֶ֣פֶת שֵׁ֑שׁ וְאַבְנֵ֥ט תַּעֲשֶׂ֖ה מַעֲשֵׂ֥ה רֹקֵֽם׃

*Word for word:* and you.will.weave the tunic fine.linen and you.will.make a.turban of.fine.linen and a.sash you.will.make \[the\].work of.a.worker.in.colors

*JPS 1917:* And thou shalt weave the tunic in chequer work of fine linen, and thou shalt make a mitre of fine linen, and thou shalt make a girdle, the work of the weaver in colours.

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[Psalms 139:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.139.15/)

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לֹא־נִכְחַ֥ד עָצְמִ֗י מִ֫מֶּ֥ךָּ אֲשֶׁר־עֻשֵּׂ֥יתִי בַסֵּ֑תֶר רֻ֝קַּ֗מְתִּי בְּֽתַחְתִּיּ֥וֹת אָֽרֶץ׃

*Word for word:* not it.was.hidden bone\[s\] my from you who I.was.made in the.secret place I.was.formed in.\[the\] lower.parts of.\[the\].earth

*JPS 1917:* My frame was not hidden from Thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.

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