רָקַח
râqach · raw-kakh'
to perfume
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to perfume
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: apothecary, compound, make (ointment), prepare, spice.
Letters
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- קQof100
Picture: the back of the head, or the sun on the horizon
- Concrete
- back of the head · rising sun · circle
- Extended
- what is behind · the last · a cycle · to come around again
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the head, the highest › what comes behind, the returning cycle › to separate and protect
The head, the highest of what comes behind, the returning cycle that works to separate and protect.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of רָקַח above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
8 occurrences · 8 OT · 0 NT · 7 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of the apothecary4 · 50%
- compoundeth1 · 13%
- made1 · 13%
- of spices prepared1 · 13%
- and spice1 · 13%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.