Strong's Lexicon

H7408

H7408 — רָכַשׁ

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewrakashverb-stemOccurrences: 5TWOT: 2167

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H7408
Word:	רָכַשׁ
Part of Speech:	verb-stem
Etymology:	a primitive root
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	5
Transliteration:	rakash
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	raw-kash'
Meaning:	1. to lay up, i.e. collect
KJV Renderings:	gather, get.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB7940

רָכַשׁ verb collect, gather property, verb only P (rare) (Mandean דכש gather, Norberg^Lexid.231; Assyrian rukûšu , property (Hpt^{Hebraica iii. 110} riding animal); Aramaic רִכְשָׁא, [untranscribed source text 5079] = Biblical Hebrew רֶכֶשׁ); —

Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular ׳ ר, accusative קִנְיָן, Gen 31:18b Gen 36:6 else where with accusative of cognate meaning with verb רְכוּשׁ: אָשֶׁר רָכָ֑שׁ Gen 31:18a, 3 plural רָֽכְשׁוּ Gen 46:6, דָכָ֑שׁוּ Gen 12:5.

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

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