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Strong's #7534 - רַק
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- Strong
1) thin, lean
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1456) qr (רק RQ) AC: Draw CO: Grass AB: ?: Thin green blades of grass that are drawn out of the soil.
A) qr (רק RQ) AC: ? CO: Thin AB: ?
Nm ) qr (רק RQ) - I. Thin: II. Only:As something thin. KJV (19): thin, lean, only, nothing, except, but - Strongs: H7534 (רַק), H7535 (רַק)
Nf1) eqr (רקה RQH) - Temple: The side of the head as a thin spot. KJV (5): temple - Strongs: H7541 (רַקָּה)
B) qqr (רקק RQQ) AC: Spit CO: ? AB: ?: As green and drawn out of the mouth.
V) qqr (רקק RQQ) - Spit: KJV (1): (vf: Paal) spit - Strongs: H7556 (רָקַק)
bm) qiqr (רקיק RQYQ) - Wafer: A thin bread. KJV (8): wafer, cake - Strongs: H7550 (רָקִיק)
J) qfr (רוק RWQ) AC: Draw CO: ? AB: ?: Something that is drawn out.
V) qfr (רוק RWQ) - Draw: KJV (19): (vf: Hiphil, Hophal) out, empty, draw, arm, pour - Strongs: H7324 (רוּק)
Nm) qfr (רוק RWQ) - Spit: As drawn out of the mouth. KJV (3): spit, spiting, spittle - Strongs: H7536 (רֹק)
L) qri (ירק YRQ) AC: ? CO: Green AB: ?
V) qri (ירק YRQ) - Spit: KJV (3): (vf: Paal) spit - Strongs: H3417 (יָרַק)
Nm) qri (ירק YRQ) - Green: The color of grasses and herbs as thin. KJV (11): green, herb - Strongs: H3418 (יֶרֶק), H3419 (יָרָק)
cm) qfri (ירוק YRWQ) - Green: The color of grasses and herbs as thin. KJV (1): green - Strongs: H3387 (יָרוֹק)
jm) nfqri (ירקונ YRQWN) - Mildew: As a thin green film. KJV (6): mildew, paleness - Strongs: H3420 (יֵרָקוֹן)
lm) qrqri (ירקרק YRQRQ) - Greenish: KJV (3): greenish, yellow - Strongs: H3422 (יְרַקְרַק)
M) qir (ריק RYQ) AC: ? CO: Empty AB: ?: A container where all of its contents have been drawn out. Also vanity as an emptiness.
Nm) qir (ריק RYQ) - Empty: Empty of contents. Also vain in the sense of emptiness. KJV (26): vain, vanity, no purpose, empty - Strongs: H7385 (רִיק), H7386 (רֵק)
pm) mqir (ריקמ RYQM) - Empty: KJV (16): void, vain - Strongs: H7387 (רֵיקָם)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
adverb with restrictive force, only, altogether, surely (synonym אַךְ); —
a. only, Genesis 14:24; Genesis 41:40 רַק הַכִּסֵּא אֶגְדַּל מִמֶּךָּ only as regards the throne, etc., Genesis 47:22 רַק אַדְמַת הַכֹּהֲנִיםלֹא קָנָה, Genesis 50:8; Exodus 8:5 רַק בַּיְאֹר תִּשָּׁאַרְנָה, Exodus 10:17 וְיָסֵרמֵעָלַי רַק הַמָּוֶת הַזֶּה only this death, Deuteronomy 2:35 (compare Deuteronomy 20:14; Joshua 8:2,27), Joshua 3:11; Judges 6:39 (compare אַךְ ib. Genesis 18:32; Exodus 10:17), Exodus 11:34 (circumstantial clause) רַק הִיא יְחִידָה (there being) only she, an only one, 1 Samuel 1:13; Amos 3:2 רק אתכם ידעתי only you have I known, etc., Job 1:15,16,17,19 וָאִמָּֽלְטָהרַק אֲנִי לְבַדִּי I only, Psalm 91:8 #NAME?אַךְ, Numbers 12:2 ׳הֲרַק אַךְבְּֿמשֶׁה דִּבֶּר י. And separated (as sometimes in English) from the word actually emphasized, Proverbs 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), Genesis 19:8 only to these men do nothing, Genesis 24:8 רִק אֶתבְּֿנִילֹאתָֿהֵ֫נָּה, Exodus 8:24 I will let you go . . ., only go not far, Exodus 8:25; Numbers 20:19 only — it is nothing — let me pass through on my feet (compare Deuteronomy 2:28); especially in Deuteronomic writers, as Deuteronomy 10:15; Deuteronomy 12:15; Deuteronomy 20:16; 1 Kings 3:2,3(compare 2 Kings 12:4; 2 Kings 14:4; 2 Kings 15:4,35), 2 Kings 8:19; 2 Kings 11:13; 2 Kings 15:14,23; 2 Kings 3:2 (compare 2 Kings 14:3; 2 Kings 17:2), etc., Isaiah 4:1; emphasizing a command, Deuteronomy 4:9; Deuteronomy 12:16,23; Joshua 1:7,18; Joshua 6:18; Joshua 13:6; Joshua 22:5 (all D2).
c. emphasizing single words, especially adjectives, only = nought but, altogether, Genesis 6:5 יֵצֶר מַחְשְׁבוֺת לִבּוֺ רִק רִע is only evil, i.e. exclusively evil, nought but evil, Genesis 26:29 עָשִׂינוּ עִמְּךָ רִק טוֺב nothing but good, Deuteronomy 28:33 וְהָיִיתָ רִק עָשׁוּק, Isaiah 28:19 רִק זְוָעָה it shall be nought but terror to, etc., 1 Kings 14:8 (compare אַךְ 2 b β); followed by an adverb Deuteronomy 28:13 וְהָיִיתָ רִק לְמַ֫עְלָה above only; followed by a verb, Judges 14:16 thou dost but hate me.
d. after a negative, save, except (synonym כִּי אִם 2 a), 1 Kings 8:9 ( = 2 Chronicles 5:10) אֵין בָּאָרוֺן רִק שְׁנֵי לֻהוֺת הָאֲבָנִים, 2 Chronicles 15:5; 22:16 ( = 2 Chronicles 18:15), 2 Kings 17:18.
e. with an affirmative, asseverative force, only, altogether = surely, Genesis 20:11 רַק אֵין יִרְאַת אלהים במקום הזה, Deuteronomy 4:6 (so EV; but Ges populus mere sapiens, so Di), 1 Kings 21:25; 2 Chronicles 28:10; Psalm 32:6 רִק לְשֶׁטֶף מים רבים אליולא יַגִּ֑יעוּ.
f. רִק אִם (רִק prefixed for emphasis) if only, provided only, Deuteronomy 15:5 ׳רִק אִם שׁמוע תשׁמע וג, 1 Kings 8:25 ( = 2 Chronicles 6:16) רִק אִם ישׁמרו בניך דרכם׳ללכת וג, 2 Kings 21:8 ( = 2 Chronicles 33:8).
רַק (from רָקַק No. I)
(1) adj. thin, lean (used of cows), Genesis 41:19, 20 Genesis 41:20, 27 Genesis 41:27.
(2) it becomes an adv. of limitation, restriction, only, alone. Job 1:15, רַק אֲנִי לְבַדִּי “only I alone.” Genesis 47:22, “only the land of the priests he bought not.” 1 Samuel 1:13; Judges 14:16; Amos 3:2; 2 Chronicles 28:10, 33:17, and frequently. Also, of exception, only, except, provided, Isaiah 4:1, “we will eat our own bread, … only let us bear thy name.” Specially
(a) when a negation precedes, it is, only, besides, save that, except. 2 Chronicles 5:10, “there was nothing in the ark רַק שְׁנֵי הַלֻּחוֹת except the two tables.” 2 Kings 17:18. Joshua 11:22, “there were not left of the nation of the Anakim רַק בְּעַזָּה except in Gaza.” 1 Kings 15:5.
(b) it is prefixed to adjectives (equally with אַךְ No. 2, a-c), as רַק רַע nothing except evil, nur böfe, eitel böfe. 1 Kings 14:8, רַק הַיָּשָׁר “only what is right,” weiter nichts als was recht ift. Deuteronomy 4:6. Hence
(c) it has a kind of confirming sense. Genesis 20:11, רַק אֵין יִרְאַת אֱלֹהִים בַּמָּקוֹם הַזֶּה “surely the fear of God is not in this place,” prop. it cannot be otherwise than-i.e. no doubt, surely.
Note. Sometimes this particle, when placed at the beginning of a sentence, must be referred not to the next but to some more remote word. Isaiah 28:19, רַק זְוָעָה הָבִין שְׁמוּעָה “to have heard only the rumour causes terror.” Psalms 32:6, רַק לְשֶׁטֶף מַיִם רַבִּים אֵלָיו לֹא יַגִּיעוּ “(as to) the flood of great waters, to him only (the righteous) they shall not approach.” The same is the case with the particles גַּם Genesis 16:13, אַךְ Isaiah 34:14.
