Word Study · Strong's H7353 · Hebrew
רָחֵל
rachel
raw-kale'
Strong's 1890 spelling: râchêl
“a ewe (the females being the predominant element of a flock) (as a good traveller)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a ewe (the females being the predominant element of a flock) (as a good traveller)
Rendered in the KJV as
ewe, sheep.
- 4occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 3 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 4inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 4 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 4
- הָֽרְחֵלִ֔ים1
- וּכְרָחֵ֕ל1
- רְחֵלֶ֥יךָ1
- רְחֵלִ֥ים1
How it is rendered · 4
- and like a ewe1
- ewes1
- ewes your1
- the ewes1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 4
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine singular1
- noun · masculine plural1
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular1
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine plural1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HC/R/Ncfsa · 1
- HNcmpa · 1
- HNcmpc/Sp2ms · 1
- HTd/Ncmpa · 1
All 4, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
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Genesis2 occurrences
- Genesis 31:38רְחֵלֶ֥יךָrecheleikhanoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singularI have been with you for twenty years now. Your sheep and goats have not miscarried, nor have I eaten the rams of your flock.here: ewes your
- Genesis 32:14רְחֵלִ֥יםrechelimnoun · masculine plural200 female goats, 20 male goats, 200 ewes, 20 rams,here: ewes
Song of Solomon1 occurrence
Same headword in Strong's