Lexical Definition

‎רָקַח‎ râqach (raw-kakh') to mix ^H:V
a primitive root

apothecary, compound, make (ointment), prepare, spice.

• to perfume

1) to mix, compound
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to mix, compound
1a2) compounder, mixer, perfumer (participle) (subst)
1b) (Pual) mixed (participle)
1c) (Hiphil) to mix

See Greek: ποιέω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎רָקַח‎] verb mix, or compound oil, ointment (perhaps denominative; in this case √ meaning unknown; Late Hebrew has ‎מִרְקַחַת‎ ointment; Phoenician ‎רקח‎ either spice-mixer (Bloch) or spice-dealer (Lzb); perhaps akin to Assyrian ri‡‡u, spice, Meissn^{Suppl. 90}, compare rikkê, Dl^{HWB 620}); —

Qal Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎יִרְקַח‎ Exod 30:33 Participle ‎רֹקֵחַ‎ vExod 30:25 vExod 30:35, ‎׳‎‎רוֺ‎ Exod 37:29; Eccl 10:1 plural construct ‎רֹקְחֵי‎ 1Chr 9:39 — mix, compound, Exod 30:33 (P; ‎כָּמֹהוּ‎, i.e. anything like the holy oil); participle as substantive ‎הַמִּרְקַחַת רֹקְחֵי‎ 1Chr 9:30 compounders of the ointment; as a professional name, mixer, perfumer, Exod 30:25; Exod 30:35; Exod 37:29; Eccl 10:1. Pu`al Participle masculine plural ‎מְרֻקָּחִים‎ 2Chr 16:14 mixed as ointment. Hiph`il Infinitive absolute ‎הַרְקַח‎ ‎הַמֶּרְקָחָה‎ Ezek 24:10 (|| ‎הָתֵם‎), as Imperative, spice the spicing (?), i.e. spice (the meat) well, but very dubious, Krae proposes ‎חָרֵק הַמָּרָק‎ empty out the broth.

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