Word Study · Strong's H7347 · Hebrew

רֵחֶה

recheh

ray-kheh'

Strong's 1890 spelling: rêcheh

“a mill-stone”

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

a mill-stone

Rendered in the KJV as

mill (stone).

5
occurrencesin the Old Testament
5 of 39
Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
3
inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 5 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 3

רֵחַ֖יִם3
בָרֵחַ֗יִם1
הָרֵחָ֑יִם1

How it is rendered · 3

a hand-mill3
in the hand-mill1
the hand-mill1

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 3

noun · masculine dual3
preposition with the article + noun · masculine dual1
the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine dual1

Show the grammar codes as tagged

HNcmda · 3
HRd/Ncmda · 1
HTd/Ncmda · 1

All 5, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

Exodus1 of 5 · 20%
Numbers1 of 5 · 20%
Deuteronomy1 of 5 · 20%
Isaiah1 of 5 · 20%
Jeremiah1 of 5 · 20%

Exodus carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.

Exodus1 occurrence

Exodus 11:5הָרֵחָ֑יִםharechayimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine dualand every firstborn son in the land of Egypt will die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sits on his throne, to the firstborn of the servant girl behind the hand mill, as well as the firstborn of all the cattle.here: the hand-mill

Numbers1 occurrence

Numbers 11:8בָרֵחַ֗יִםvarechayimpreposition with the article + noun · masculine dualThe people walked around and gathered it, ground it on a handmill or crushed it in a mortar, then boiled it in a cooking pot or shaped it into cakes. It tasted like pastry baked with fine oil.here: in the hand-mill

Deuteronomy1 occurrence

Deuteronomy 24:6רֵחַ֖יִםrechayimnoun · masculine dualDo not take a pair of millstones or even an upper millstone as security for a debt, because that would be taking one’s livelihood as security.here: a hand-mill

Isaiah1 occurrence

Isaiah 47:2רֵחַ֖יִםrechayimnoun · masculine dualTake millstones and grind flour; remove your veil; strip off your skirt, bare your thigh, and wade through the streams.here: a hand-mill

Jeremiah1 occurrence

Jeremiah 25:10רֵחַ֖יִםrechayimnoun · masculine dualMoreover, I will banish from them the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of the bride and bridegroom, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the lamp.here: a hand-mill

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