Lexical Definition

‎רַךְ‎ rak (rak) tender ^H:A
from ‎רָכַךְ‎

faint((-hearted), soft, tender ((-hearted), one), weak.

• tender (literally or figuratively)
• by implication, weak

1) tender, soft, delicate, weak
1a) tender, delicate (of flesh)
1b) weak of heart, timid
1c) soft (of words)
1c1) gentle words (subst)

See Greek: ἀπαλός · ἀσθενής · δειλός · μαλακός

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎רַךְ‎ adjective tender, delicate, soft; — ‎׳‎‎ר‎ absolute Gen 18:7 +, construct Deut 20:8; 2Chr 13:7 feminine singular ‎רַכָּה‎ Deut 28:56 +; masculine plural ‎רֵבִּים‎ Gen 33:13 feminine plural absolute ‎רַכּוֺת‎ Gen 29:17; Job 40:27* —

1. tender of flesh Gen 18:7 (J; ‎בֶּןבֶּֿקָר‎); tender, delicate, especially in body, of children Gen 33:13 (J), compare (implying weakness of undeveloped character) 2Sam 3:39, ‎נַעַר וָרָ֑ךְ‎ 1Chr 22:5; 1Chr 29:1, (‎וְיָתִיד‎) ‎רֵךְ‎ Prov 4:3 ('of tenderage,' Toy, q. v.); of man ( + ‎עָנֹג‎; i.e. delicately nurtured) Deut 28:54, so of woman vDeut 28:56 ( + ‎עֲנֻגָּה‎), so, figurative of Babylonian, Isa 47:1 ( + id.; ‎רַךְ‎ as substantive =tender (twing) Ezek 17:22 (in figurative); delicate, weak, of eyes Gen 29:17 (E).

2. ‎רֵךְ (ה)לֵבָב‎ weak of heart, timid, Deut 20:8 ( + ‎יָרֵא‎), 2Chr 13:7 (‎נַעַד‎).

3. soft, of words, absolute ‎רַכּוֺת‎ Job 40:27* = substantive, mild, gentle words (|| ‎תַּחֲנוּנִים‎); ‎מַעֲנֶה רַךְ‎ Prov 15:1 (opposed to ‎דְּבַר עֶצֶב‎), ‎לָשׁוֺן רַכָּה‎ Prov 25:15.

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