Hebrew adjective · H7390
רַךְ
rakrak
tender
16 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H7390is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 9 of 39Old Testament books
- 16spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H7390
tender (literally or figuratively); by implication, weak
The King James renders it: faint((-hearted), soft, tender ((-hearted), one), weak.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
rak is rendered "tender". It stands 16 times in the Hebrew text, across nine books.
- Three of the uses stand in Genesis, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 18:7Meanwhile, Abraham ran to the herd, selected a tender and choice calf, and gave it to a servant, who hurried to prepare it.
- The Greek text spells it sixteen different ways.
The first use
Meanwhile, Abraham ran to the herd, selected a tender and choice calf, and gave it to a servant, who hurried to prepare it.
Genesis 18:7רַ֤ךְ
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
The word stands in nine of the 39 Old Testament books.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- soft3
- tender3
- weak3
- and weak2
- and weak of2
- the gentle2
- a tender1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 16, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
16 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- הָרַ֣ךְ1
- הָרַכָּ֨ה1
- וְרַ֣ךְ1
- וָרָךְ֒1
- וָרָ֑ךְ1
- וְרַךְ־1
- רַ֤ךְ1
- רַךְ֙1
- רַ֥ךְ1
- רַ֣ךְ1
- רַּ֭ךְ1
- רַ֝כָּ֗ה1
and 4 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- adjective · masculine singular5HAamsa
- adjective · feminine plural2HAafpa
- adjective · feminine singular2HAafsa
- conjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine singular2HC/Aamsa
- conjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)2HC/Aamsc
- adjective · masculine plural1HAampa
- the definite article (“the”) + adjective · feminine singular1HTd/Aafsa
- the definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine singular1HTd/Aamsa
Genesis
three uses
Meanwhile, Abraham ran to the herd, selected a tender and choice calf, and gave it to a servant, who hurried to prepare it.
- רַ֤ךְrakhadjective · masculine singulartagged: tender
Leah had weak eyes, but Rachel was shapely and beautiful.
- רַכּ֑וֹתrakotadjective · feminine pluraltagged: weak
But Jacob replied, “My lord knows that the children are frail, and I must care for sheep and cattle that are nursing their young. If they are driven hard for even a day, all the animals will die.
- רַכִּ֔יםrakimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: weak
Deuteronomy
three uses
Then the officers shall speak further to the army, saying, “Is any man afraid or fainthearted? Let him return home, so that the hearts of his brothers will not melt like his own.”
- וְרַ֣ךְverakhconjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and weak of
The most gentle and refined man among you will begrudge his brother, the wife he embraces, and the rest of his children who have survived,
- הָרַ֣ךְharakhthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: the gentle
The most gentle and refined woman among you, so gentle and refined she would not venture to set the sole of her foot on the ground, will begrudge the husband she embraces and her son and daughter
- הָרַכָּ֨הharakahthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · feminine singulartagged: the gentle
2 Samuel
one use
And I am weak this day, though anointed as king, and these men, the sons of Zeruiah, are too fierce for me. May the LORD repay the evildoer according to his evil!”
- רַךְ֙rakhadjective · masculine singulartagged: weak
1 Chronicles
two uses
And David said, “My son Solomon is young and inexperienced, and the house to be built for the LORD must be exceedingly magnificent—famous and glorious throughout all lands. Therefore I must make preparations for it.” So David made lavish preparations before his death.
- וָרָךְ֒varokhconjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: and weak
Then King David said to the whole assembly, “My son Solomon, the one whom God has chosen, is young and inexperienced. The task is great because this palace is not for man, but for the LORD God.
- וָרָ֑ךְvarakhconjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: and weak
2 Chronicles
one use
Then worthless and wicked men gathered around him to resist Rehoboam son of Solomon when he was young, inexperienced, and unable to resist them.
- וְרַךְ־verakh-conjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and weak of
Job
one use
Will he beg you for mercy or speak to you softly?
- רַכּֽוֹת׃rakotadjective · feminine pluraltagged: soft
Proverbs
three uses
When I was a son to my father, tender and the only child of my mother,
- רַ֥ךְrakhadjective · masculine singulartagged: tender
A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.
- רַּ֭ךְrakhadjective · masculine singulartagged: soft
Through patience a ruler can be persuaded, and a gentle tongue can break a bone.
- רַ֝כָּ֗הrakahadjective · feminine singulartagged: soft
Isaiah
one use
“Go down and sit in the dust, O Virgin Daughter of Babylon. Sit on the ground without a throne, O Daughter of Chaldea! For you will no longer be called tender or delicate.
- רַכָּ֖הrakahadjective · feminine singulartagged: tender
Ezekiel
one use
This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will take a shoot from the lofty top of the cedar, and I will set it out. I will pluck a tender sprig from its topmost shoots, and I will plant it on a high and lofty mountain.
- רַ֣ךְrakhadjective · masculine singulartagged: a tender
The letters
Gematria 220· 700 mispar gadol
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.