Lexical Definition

‎רַק‎ raq (rak) thin ^H:A
from ‎רָקַק‎ in its original sense

lean(-fleshed), thin.

• emaciated (as if flattened out)

adj
1) thin, lean

Extended Information

• adj

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎רַק‎

1. adjective thin; — feminine plural ‎רַקּוֺת‎, of kine, Gen 41:19; Gen 41:20; Gen 41:27 (|| vGen 41:3 vGen 41:4 ‎דַּקּוֺת‎).

2.₁₀₉ adverb with restrictive force, only, altogether, surely (synonym ‎אַךְ‎); —
a. only, Gen 14:24; Gen 41:40 ‎רַק הַכִּסֵּא אֶגְדַּל מִמֶּךָּ‎ only as regards the throne, etc., Gen 47:22 ‎רַק אַדְמַת הַכֹּהֲנִים‎ ‎לֹא קָנָה‎, Gen 50:8; Exod 8:5* ‎רַק בַּיְאֹר תִּשָּׁאַרְנָה‎, Exod 10:17 ‎וְיָסֵר‎ ‎מֵעָלַי רַק הַמָּוֶת הַזֶּה‎ only this death, Deut 2:35 (compare Deut 20:14; Josh 8:2; Josh 8:27), Josh 3:11; Judg 6:39 (compare ‎אַךְ‎ ib. Gen 18:32; Exod 10:17), Exod 11:34 (circumstantial clause) ‎רַק הִיא יְחִידָה‎ (there being) only she, an only one, 1Sam 1:13; Amos 3:2 ‎רק אתכם ידעתי‎ only you have I known, etc., Job 1:15; Job 1:16; Job 1:17; Job 1:19 ‎וָאִמָּֽלְטָה‎ ‎רַק אֲנִי לְבַדִּי‎ I only, Ps 91:8 + often Once strengthening ‎אַךְ‎, Num 12:2 ‎׳‎‎הֲרַק אַךְבְּֿמשֶׁה דִּבֶּר י‎. And separated (as sometimes in English) from the word actually emphasized, Prov 13:10 ‎רִק בְּזָדוֺן יִתֵּן מַצָּה‎ by pride there only cometh [‎נָתַן‎ 1 z] contention.
b. prefixed to sentences, to add a limitation on something previously expressed (or implied), Gen 19:8 only to these men do nothing, Gen 24:8 ‎רִק אֶתבְּֿנִי‎ ‎לֹאתָֿהֵ֫נָּה‎, Exod 8:24* I will let you go . . ., only go not far, v.Exod 8:25*; Num 20:19 only — it is nothing — let me pass through on my feet (compare Deut 2:28); especially in Deuteronomic writers, as Deut 10:15; Deut 12:15; Deut 20:16; 1Kgs 3:2; 1Kgs 3:3 (compare 2Kgs 12:4*; 2Kgs 14:4; 2Kgs 15:4; 2Kgs 15:35), 2Kgs 8:19; 2Kgs 11:13; 2Kgs 15:14; 2Kgs 15:23; 2Kgs 3:2 (compare 2Kgs 14:3; 2Kgs 17:2), etc., Isa 4:1 emphasizing a command, Deut 4:9; Deut 12:16; Deut 12:23; Josh 1:7; Josh 1:18; Josh 6:18; Josh 13:6; Josh 22:5 (all D²).
c. emphasizing single words, especially adjectives, only = nought but, altogether, Gen 6:5 ‎יֵצֶר מַחְשְׁבוֺת לִבּוֺ רִק רִע‎ is only evil, i.e. exclusively evil, nought but evil, Gen 26:29 ‎עָשִׂינוּ עִמְּךָ רִק טוֺב‎ nothing but good, Deut 28:33 ‎וְהָיִיתָ רִק עָשׁוּק‎, Isa 28:19 ‎רִק זְוָעָה‎ it shall be nought but terror to, etc., 1Kgs 14:8 (compare ‎אַךְ‎ 2 b β); followed by an adverb Deut 28:13 ‎וְהָיִיתָ רִק לְמַ֫עְלָה‎ above only; followed by a verb, Judg 14:16 thou dost but hate me.
d. after a negative, save, except (synonym ‎כִּי אִם‎ 2 a), 1Kgs 8:9 ( = 2Chr 5:10) ‎אֵין בָּאָרוֺן רִק שְׁנֵי לֻהוֺת הָאֲבָנִים‎, 2Chr 15:5; 2Chr 22:16 ( = 2Chr 18:15), 2Kgs 17:18.
e. with an affirmative, asseverative force, only, altogether = surely, Gen 20:11 ‎רַק אֵין יִרְאַת אלהים במקום הזה‎, Deut 4:6 (so EV; but Ges populus mere sapiens, so Di), 1Kgs 21:25; 2Chr 28:10; Ps 32:6 ‎רִק לְשֶׁטֶף מים רבים אליו‎ ‎לא יַגִּ֑יעוּ‎. feminine ‎רִק אִם‎ (‎רִק‎ prefixed for emphasis) if only, provided only, Deut 15:5 ‎׳‎‎רִק אִם שׁמוע תשׁמע וג‎, 1Kgs 8:25 ( = 2Chr 6:16) ‎רִק אִם ישׁמרו בניך דרכם‎ ‎׳‎‎ללכת וג‎, 2Kgs 21:8 ( = 2Chr 33:8).

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