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