Word Study · Strong's H8562 · Hebrew
תַּמְרוּק
tamruq
tam-rook'
Strong's 1890 spelling: tamrûwq
“properly, a scouring, i.e. soap or perfumery forthe bath”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
properly, a scouring, i.e. soap or perfumery forthe bath; figuratively, a detergent
Rendered in the KJV as
[idiom] cleanse, (thing for) purification(-fying).
- 4occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 2 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 4inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 4 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 4
- וּבְתַמְרוּקֵ֖י1
- תַּמְר֣וּק1
- תַּמְרוּקֶ֤יהָ1
- תַּמְרוּקֵיהֶֽן׃1
How it is rendered · 4
- [are] a cleansing1
- and with [the] rubbings of1
- rubbings her1
- rubbings their1
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 · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)1
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine plural1
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular1
- noun · masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HC/R/Ncmpc · 1
- HNcmpc/Sp3fp · 1
- HNcmpc/Sp3fs · 1
- HNcmsa · 1
All 4, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
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Esther3 occurrences
- Esther 2:3תַּמְרוּקֵיהֶֽן׃tamrukeihennoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine pluraland let the king appoint commissioners in each province of his kingdom to assemble all the beautiful young women into the harem at the citadel of Susa. Let them be placed under the care of Hegai, the king’s eunuch in charge of the women, and let them be given beauty treatments.here: rubbings their
- Esther 2:9תַּמְרוּקֶ֤יהָtamrukeihanoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singularAnd the young woman pleased him and obtained his favor, so he quickly provided her with beauty treatments and the special diet. He assigned to her seven select maidservants from the palace and transferred her with them to the best place in the harem.here: rubbings her
- Esther 2:12וּבְתַמְרוּקֵ֖יuvetamrukeiconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)In the twelve months before her turn to go to King Xerxes, the harem regulation required each young woman to receive beauty treatments with oil of myrrh for six months, and then with perfumes and cosmetics for another six months.here: and with [the] rubbings of