רָחַץ

vb. wash, wash off, away, bathe (NH = BH; Arabic رَحَضَ (also of garments); Ethiopic ርሕፀ:, ረሐፀ:, sweat; cf. Assyrian raḫâṣu, overflow, flood (on ḫ = ح v. NöZMG xi (1886), 727));— Pf. 3 ms. ר׳ Is 4:4 +, etc.; Impf. 3 ms. יִרְחַץ Dt 23:12 + etc.; Imv. ms. רְחַץ 2 S 11:8; 2 K 5:13; mpl. רַחֲצוּ Gn 18:4 +; Inf. cstr. רְחֹץ Gn 24:32 +, לְרָחְצָה Ex 30:18 +; Pt. fs. רֹחֶ֫צֶת 2 S 11:2, fpl. רֹחֲצוֹת Ct 5:12;— trans. wash (with water), c. acc. feet (רגלים; בַּמַּיִם often expr.), Gn 18:4; 19:2; 24:32; 43:24 (all J), Ju 19:21; 1 S 25:41; 2 S 11:8; Ct 5:3; יִר׳ פְּעָמָיו בְּדַם הָרָשָׁע ψ 58:11 (fig. of righteous, at י׳’s vengeance); c. acc. hands (יָדַיִם) Dt 21:6 (+ עַל over, in ceremonial, to express innocence), hence fig. אֶר׳ כַּפַּי בְּנִקָּיוֹן ψ 26:6; 73:13; hands and feet Ex 30:19 (+ מִן of laver), v 21; 40:31 (+ מִן id.; all P); c. acc. face (פָּנָיו) Gn 43:31 (J); c. acc. pers. Ez 16:9; Ex 29:4; 40:12; Lv 8:6 (all P), acc. בְּשָׂרוֹ (often ‖ כבּס of garments), Lv 14:9; 15:13 + 9 times P (H); c. acc. of parts of sacrificial victim Ex 29:17; Lv 1:9, 13; 8:21; 9:14; wash off, away, c. acc. of filth Is 4:4 (fig.). intrans. wash, bathe (oneself): Ex 2:5 (E), 2 S 11:2; 12:20 1 K 22:38; 2 K 5:10, 12, 13; Is 1:16; Ez 23:40 (+ ל pers. of whom), Ru 3:3; Lv 14:8 + 14 times P (often ‖ כבּס); + ב of laver 2 Ch 4:6(×2); of eyes, bathed in milk (בֶּחָלָב) Ct 5:12 (fig.); Jb 29:6 (fig.), v. הָלִיךְ. Pf. 3 ms. רֻחָ֑ץ Pr 30:12 be washed (+ מִן of filth, fig.); 2 fs. בְּמַיִם לֹא רֻחַצְתְּ Ez 16:4 (in fig.). Pf. 1 s. הִתְרָחַצְתִּי במו שׁלג Jb 9:30 if I washed myself in snow (fig.).