רָכַךְ
Used: 8 times · Key: 7401 · BDB: רָכַךְ
Glosses
it.was.soft (2); let.it.be.timid (2); he.has.made.timid (1)
Meaning (OSHB)
be tender tree →
Meaning (BDB 1906)
vb. be tender, weak, soft Qal tree →
The whole BDB entry
vb. be tender, weak, soft (Arabic رَكَّ, Aramaic רְכַךְ (in der. spec. and deriv.), ܪܰܟ, id.);— Pf. 3 ms. רַךְ 2 K 22:19; 2 Ch 34:27; 3 pl. רַכּוּ ψ 55:22; Impf. יֵרַךְ (Ges§ 67 p) Is 7:4 +;— be tender, weak, of heart: be timid, fearful, ‖ יָרֵא, Is 7:4; Je 51:46; Dt 20:3. be softened, penitent, ‖ כָּנַע Niph., 2 K 22:19 = 2 Ch 34:27 be soft, of treacherous words ψ 55:22 (c. מִן comp.; ‖ II. חָלַק). Pf. 3 fs. רֻכְּכָה Is 1:6 it has not been softened, mollified, with oil (of wound, מַכָּה). Pf. 3 ms. וְאֵל הֵרַךְ לִבִּי Jb 23:16 (Ges§ 67 v), causat. of Qal 1 a.
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 8 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)
Trees and pragmatics
Every English meaning of «רָכַךְ» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.
In the verses
וְ֭אֵל הֵרַ֣ךְ לִבִּ֑י וְ֝שַׁדַּ֗י הִבְהִילָֽנִי׃
Word for word: and God he.has.made.timid heart my and.[the] Almighty he has.terrified.me
JPS 1917: Yea, God hath made my heart faint, and the Almighty hath affrighted me;
חָלְק֤וּ ׀ מַחְמָאֹ֣ת פִּיו֮ וּֽקֲרָב־לִ֫בּ֥וֹ רַכּ֖וּ דְבָרָ֥יו מִשֶּׁ֗מֶן וְהֵ֣מָּה פְתִחֽוֹת׃
Word for word: they.were.smooth the.creamy.things his.mouth his and.[was] war heart his they.were.soft words his more than.oil and they [were].drawn.swords
JPS 1917: Smoother than cream were the speeches of his mouth, but his heart was war; his words were softer than oil, yet were they keen-edged swords.
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