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Strong's #7354 - רָחֵל

Transliteration

Râchêl

Phonetics

raw-khale'

Origin

the same as (H7353)

Parts of Speech

Proper Name Feminine

TWOT

None

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs'

Rachel = “ewe”

1) daughter of Laban, wife of Jacob, and mother of Joseph and Benjamin

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

KJV (47)

Genesis 44

Ruth 1

1 Samuel 1

Jeremiah 1

NAS (46)

Genesis 43

Ruth 1

1 Samuel 1

Jeremiah 1

HCS (47)

Genesis 44

Ruth 1

1 Samuel 1

Jeremiah 1

BSB (47)

Genesis 44

Ruth 1

1 Samuel 1

Jeremiah 1

ESV (46)

Genesis 43

Ruth 1

1 Samuel 1

Jeremiah 1

WEB (47)

Genesis 44

Ruth 1

1 Samuel 1

Jeremiah 1

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

II. רָחֵל₄₇ proper name, feminine ( ewe, RS^{K 219}); — Rachel, Ραχηλ, daughter of Laban and wife of Jacob: Genesis 29:6,9,10,11,28,29,30 36t. Genesis (J E 37t., P 6t.), + ׳קְבֻרַת(ֿׅ Genesis 35:20 (JE), 1 Samuel 10:2. (compare אֶפְרָתָה

1; on site see Dr^{Hast. DB RACHEL}); ׳ר (in figurative) Jeremiah 31:15; ׳ר Ruth 4:11 (in simile).

I. רחם (√ of following; original meaning dubious; Thes be soft, so Gerber¹²⁶, compare Arabic be soft, Gentle (but original consonant?); Dl^{HWB 604 b} be wide; compare Assyrian rîmu, rêmu, Arabic , Late Hebrew רֶחֶם, Aramaic רַחֲמָא, , all womb; MI¹⁷ רחמת female captives; verbs (connection with רֶחֶם not wholly clear, compare Nö^{ZMG xi (1886), 151f.}, see רַחֲמִים): Assyrian râmu, love, compassionate, Arabic have compassion, also be inclined toward, affectionate to ( = according to Arabic authorities, see Lane); Sabean epithet dei רחמנן Compassionate ( = Arabic ), CIS^{iv. no. 6. 3} Fell^{ZMG liv (1900), 252} who compare epithet רחֿם id.; compare Late Hebrew רָחַם Pi`el; Thes compare Ethiopic (transposed) have compassion, but see Prät^{BAS i. 21and references}; Aramaic רְחֵם, , Palmyrene רחם, all love (common); Nabataean, Palmyrene רחם friend).

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

רָחֵל an unused root, perhaps of the same or similar meaning to רָחַם to cherish. Secondary and denom. is the Arab. رخل Conj. V. to possess lambs. [In Thes. this is compared with رَحَلَ to wander, to journey, especially with camels.]

רָחֵל f.

(1) a ewe, Genesis 31:38, 32:15 hence any sheep, Isaiah 53:7; Song of Solomon 6:6. (Arab. رَخِلُ, رِخْلُ a female lamb.)

(2) [Rachel, Rahel], pr.n. of the wife of Jacob, Genesis 29:6; Jeremiah 31:15.

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List of Word Forms

בְּרָחֵ֑ל בְּרָחֵ֖ל בְּרָחֵ֥ל בְרָחֵל֙ ברחל וְרָחֵ֖ל וְרָחֵ֞ל וְרָחֵ֣ל ׀ וְרָחֵל֙ ורחל כְּרָחֵ֤ל ׀ כרחל לְרָחֵ֑ל לְרָחֵ֗ל לְרָחֵ֣ל לרחל רָחֵ֑ל רָחֵ֔ל רָחֵ֖ל רָחֵ֗ל רָחֵ֛ל רָחֵ֜ל רָחֵ֣ל רָחֵ֥ל רָחֵֽל׃ רָחֵל֙ רחל רחל׃ bə·rā·ḥêl ḇə·rā·ḥêl beraChel bərāḥêl ḇərāḥêl kə·rā·ḥêl keraChel kərāḥêl lə·rā·ḥêl leraChel lərāḥêl rā·ḥêl raChel rāḥêl veraChel wə·rā·ḥêl wərāḥêl