Lexical Definition

‎מָרַח‎ mârach (maw-rakh') to rub ^H:V
a primitive root

lay for a plaister.

• properly, to soften by rubbing or pressure
• hence (medicinally) to apply as an emollient

1) (Qal) to rub

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎מָרַח‎] verb rub (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic (Talmud) ‎מְרַח‎; compare Arabic anoint, smear); —

Qal Imperfect ‎יִשְׂאוּ דְּבֶלֶת תְּאֵנִים וְיִמְרְחוּ עַלהַֿשְּׁחִין‎ Isa 38:21 let them take a cake of figs and rub it upon the eruption (‎שִׂים‎ in || 2Kgs 20:7). — On ‎מרוח‎ see above

‎מֶרְחָב‎, ‎מֶרְחַבְיָה‎ see ‎רחב‎. ‎מֶרְחָק‎ see ‎רחק‎. ‎מַרְחֶ֫שֶׁת‎ see ‎רחשׁ‎.

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