Hebrew verb · H7402
רָכַל
rakalraw-kal'
to trade
17 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: râkal
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H7402is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 5 of 39Old Testament books
- 15spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H7402
to travel for trading
The King James renders it: (spice) merchant.
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
rakal is rendered "to trade". It stands 17 times in the Hebrew text, across five books.
- Eleven of the uses stand in Ezekiel, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.1 Kings 10:15not including the revenue from the merchants, traders, and all the Arabian kings and governors of the land.
- The Greek text spells it fifteen different ways.
The first use
not including the revenue from the merchants, traders, and all the Arabian kings and governors of the land.
1 Kings 10:15הָרֹכְלִ֑ים
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Eleven of the word's seventeen uses are in Ezekiel.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- traders your6
- and the traders2
- the traders2
- trader your2
- traders of2
- a trader1
- trader1
- traders1
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 17, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
15 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
- רֹֽכְלַ֔יִךְ2
- רֹכְלָ֑יִךְ2
- הָרֹכְלִ֑ים1
- הָרֹכְלִ֜ים1
- וְהָרֹכְלִ֑ים1
- וְהָרֹכְלִֽים׃ פ1
- רוֹכֵֽל׃1
- רֹכְלֵ֤י1
- רֹכְלֵ֖י1
- רֹכְלַ֙יִךְ֙1
- רֹֽכְלָ֑יִךְ1
- רֹכְלִ֖ים1
and 3 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singular6HVqrmpc/Sp2fs
- conjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural2HC/Td/Vqrmpa
- the definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural2HTd/Vqrmpa
- verb · simple (qal), participle · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singular2HVqrfsc/Sp2fs
- verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)2HVqrmpc
- verb · simple (qal), participle · feminine singular1HVqrfsa
- verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural1HVqrmpa
- verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singular1HVqrmsa
1 Kings
one use
not including the revenue from the merchants, traders, and all the Arabian kings and governors of the land.
- הָרֹכְלִ֑יםharokhelimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: the traders
Nehemiah
three uses
Next to him, Malchijah, one of the goldsmiths, made repairs as far as the house of the temple servants and the merchants, opposite the Inspection Gate, and as far as the upper room above the corner.
- וְהָרֹכְלִ֑יםveharokhelimconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: and the traders
And between the upper room above the corner and the Sheep Gate, the goldsmiths and merchants made repairs.
- וְהָרֹכְלִֽים׃ פveharokhelimconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: and the traders
Once or twice, the merchants and those who sell all kinds of goods camped outside Jerusalem,
- הָרֹכְלִ֜יםharokhelimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: the traders
Song of Solomon
one use
Who is this coming up from the wilderness like a column of smoke, scented with myrrh and frankincense from all the spices of the merchant?
- רוֹכֵֽל׃rokhelverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: a trader
Ezekiel
eleven uses
He plucked off its topmost shoot, carried it to the land of merchants, and planted it in a city of traders.
- רֹכְלִ֖יםrokhelimverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: traders
Tell Tyre, who dwells at the gateway to the sea, merchant of the peoples on many coasts, that this is what the Lord GOD says: You have said, O Tyre, ‘I am perfect in beauty.’
- רֹכֶ֙לֶת֙rokheletverb · simple (qal), participle · feminine singulartagged: trader
Javan, Tubal, and Meshech were your merchants. They exchanged slaves and bronze utensils for your merchandise.
- רֹֽכְלָ֑יִךְrokhelayikhverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: traders your
The men of Dedan were your clients; many coastlands were your market; they paid you with ivory tusks and ebony.
- רֹֽכְלַ֔יִךְrokhelayikhverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: traders your
Judah and the land of Israel traded with you; they exchanged wheat from Minnith, cakes and honey, oil and balm for your merchandise.
- רֹכְלָ֑יִךְrokhelayikhverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: traders your
Dedan was your merchant in saddlecloths for riding.
- רֹֽכַלְתֵּ֔ךְrokhaltekhverb · simple (qal), participle · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: trader your
The merchants of Sheba and Raamah traded with you; for your wares they exchanged gold, the finest of all spices, and precious stones.
- רֹכְלֵ֤יrokheleiverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: traders of
- רֹכְלָ֑יִךְrokhelayikhverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: traders your
Haran, Canneh, and Eden traded with you, and so did the merchants of Sheba, Asshur, and Chilmad.
- רֹכְלֵ֖יrokheleiverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: traders of
- רֹכַלְתֵּֽךְ׃rokhaltekhverb · simple (qal), participle · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: trader your
In your marketplace they traded with you fine garments of blue, embroidered work, and multicolored rugs with cords tightly twisted and knotted.
- רֹכְלַ֙יִךְ֙rokhelayikhverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: traders your
Nahum
one use
You have multiplied your merchants more than the stars of the sky. The young locust strips the land and flies away.
- רֹֽכְלַ֔יִךְrokhelayikhverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: traders your
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.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.