Lexical Definition

‎רָכַךְ‎ râkak (raw-kak') be tender ^H:V
a primitive root

(be) faint(-hearted), mollify, (be, make) soft(-er), be tender.

• to soften (intransitively or transitively), used figuratively

1) to be tender, be soft, be weak
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to be tender, be weak (of heart)
1a1a) to be timid, be fearful
1a1b) to be softened, be penitent
1a2) to be soft (of treacherous words)
1b) (Pual) to be softened
1c) (Hiphil) to cause to be weak
1d) (Niphal) tender

See Greek: ἀσθενέω · ἐκλύω · ἐντρέπω · ἐπιτίθημι

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎רָכַךְ‎] verb be tender, weak, soft (Arabic Aramaic ‎רְכַךְ‎ (in derived species and derivatives), , id.); —

Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎רַךְ‎ 2Kgs 22:19; 2Chr 34:27 3 plural ‎רַכּוּ‎ Ps 55:22* Imperfect ‎יֵרַךְ‎ (Ges^{«GKC:67p»§ 67p}) Isa 7:4 +; —

1. be tender, weak, of heart :
a. be timid, fearful, || ‎יַרֵא‎, Isa 7:4; Jer 51:46; Deut 20:3.
b. be softened, penitent, || ‎כָּנַע‎ Niph`al, 2Kgs 22:19 = 2Chr 34:27.

2. be soft, of treacherous words Ps 55:22* (with ‎מִן‎ compare; || II. ‎חָלַק‎). Pu`al Perfect 3 feminine singular ‎רֻכְּכָה‎ Isa 1:6 it has not been softened, mollified, with oil (of wound, ‎מַכָּךְ‎). Hiph`il Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎וְאֵל הֵרַךְ לִבִּי‎ Job 23:16 (Ges^{«GKC:67v»§ 67v}), causative of Qal 1 a.

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