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title: רָקַק — spit · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רָקַק (7556), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: spit. BDB 1906: vb. spit. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רָקַק

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«רָקַק» in the Tanakh dictionary: **spit** — 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:** 7556 · **BDB:** רָקַק

### Glosses

he.will.spit (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

spit [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7556/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. spit [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7556/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. spit (NH, Aramaic רְקַק, ܪܰܩ, all = BH);— Impf. 3 ms. יָרֹק Lv 15:8, c. ב of pers. spit upon.—cf. יָרַק.

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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 (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «רָקַק» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7556/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Leviticus 15:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.15.8/)

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וְכִֽי־יָרֹ֛ק הַזָּ֖ב בַּטָּה֑וֹר וְכִבֶּ֧ס בְּגָדָ֛יו וְרָחַ֥ץ בַּמַּ֖יִם וְטָמֵ֥א עַד־הָעָֽרֶב׃

*Word for word:* and (dm) he.will.spit the.\[one\] discharging on.(the) pure \[person\] and he.will.wash garments his and he.will.wash with (the) water and he.will.be.unclean until the evening

*JPS 1917:* And if he that hath the issue spit upon him that is clean, then he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.

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