Lexical Definition

‎רָחַץ‎ râchats (raw-khats') to wash: wash ^H:V
a primitive root

bathe (self), wash (self).

• to lave (the whole or a part of a thing)

1) to wash, wash off, wash away, bathe
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to wash, wash off, wash away
1a2) to wash, bathe (oneself)
1b) (Pual) to be washed
1c) (Hithpael) to wash oneself

See Greek: ἀπολούω · ἀπονίπτω · ἐλπίς · λούω · νίπτω · πλύνω

Extended Information

• : wash

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎רָחַץ‎₇₂ verb wash, wash off, away, bathe (Late Hebrew = Biblical Hebrew; Arabic (also of garments); Ethiopic , sweat; compare Assyrian ra—âƒu, overflow, flood (on — = see Nö^{ZMG xi (1886), 727})); —

Qal₆₉ Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎׳‎‎ר‎ Isa 4:4 +, etc.; Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎יִרְחַץ‎ Deut 23:12* + etc.; Imperative masculine singular ‎רְחַץ‎ 2Sam 11:8; 2Kgs 5:13 masculine plural ‎רַחֲצוּ‎ Gen 18:4 +; Infinitive construct ‎רְחֹץ‎ Gen 24:32 +, ‎לְרָחְצָה‎ Exod 30:18 +; Participle feminine singular ‎רֹחֶ֫צֶת‎ 2Sam 11:2, feminine plural ‎רֹחֲצוֺת‎ Song 5:12 —

1. transitive wash (with water), with accusative feet (‎רגלים‎; ‎בַּמַּיִם‎ often expressed), Gen 18:4; Gen 19:2; Gen 24:32; Gen 43:24 (all J), Judg 19:21; 1Sam 25:41; 2Sam 11:8; Song 5:3 ‎פְּעָמָיו בְּדַם הָרָשָׁע‎ ‎׳‎‎יִר‎ Ps 58:11* (figurative of righteous, at ‎׳‎‎י‎'s vengeance); with accusative hands (‎יָדַיִם‎) Deut 21:6 (+ ‎עַל‎ over, in ceremonial, to express innocence), hence figurative ‎כַּפַּי בְּנַקָּיוֺן‎ ‎׳‎‎אֶר‎ Ps 26:6; Ps 73:13 hands and feet Exod 30:19 (+ ‎מִן‎ of laver), vExod 30:21; Exod 40:31 (+ ‎מִן‎ id.; all P); with accusative face (‎פָּנָיו‎) Gen 43:31 (J); with accusative of person Ezek 16:9; Exod 29:4; Exod 40:12; Lev 8:6 (all P), accusative ‎בְּשָׂרוֺ‎ (often || ‎כבּס‎ of garments), Lev 14:9; Lev 15:13 + 9 t. P (H); with accusative of parts of sacrificial victim Exod 29:17; Lev 1:9; Lev 1:13; Lev 8:21; Lev 9:14 wash off, away, with accusative of filth Isa 4:4 (figurative).

2. intransitive wash, bathe (oneself): Exod 2:5 (E), 2Sam 11:2; 2Sam 12:20; 1Kgs 22:38; 2Kgs 5:10; 2Kgs 5:12; 2Kgs 5:13; Isa 1:16; Ezek 23:40 (+ ‎ל‎ person for whom), Ruth 3:3; Lev 14:8 + 14 t. P (often || ‎כבּס‎); + ‎ב‎ of laver 2Chr 4:6 (twice in verse); of eyes, bathed in milk (‎בֶּחָלָב‎) Song 5:12 (figurative); Job 29:6 (figurative), see ‎הָלִיךְ‎. Pu`al Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎רֻחָ֑ץ‎ Prov 30:12 be washed (+ ‎מִן‎ of filth, figurative); 2 feminine singular ‎בְּמַיִם לֹא רֻחַצְתְּ‎ Ezek 16:4 (in figurative). Hithpa`el Perfect 1 singular ‎הִתְרָחַצְתִּי במו שׁלג‎ Job 9:30 if I washed myself in snow (figurative).

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