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# רַךְ

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H7390

**tender** — used 16 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

tender [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7390/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

רַךְ²: adj. tender, delicate, soft [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7390/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** adj. tender, delicate, soft;—ר׳ abs. Gn 18:7 +, cstr. Dt 20:8; 2 Ch 13:7; fs. רַכָּה Dt 28:56 +; mpl. רַכִּים Gn 33:13; fpl. abs. רַכּוֹת 29:17 Jb 40:27;— tender of flesh Gn 18:7 (J; בֶּן־בָּקָר); tender, delicate, especially in body, of children 33:13 (J), cf. (implying weakness of undeveloped character) 2 S 3:39, נַעַר וָרָ֑ךְ 1 Ch 22:5; 29:1, (וְיָחִיד) רַךְ Pr 4:3 (‘of tender age,’ Toy, q.v.); of man (+ עָנֹג; i.e. delicately nurtured) Dt 28:54, so of woman v 56 (+ עֲנֻגָּה), so, fig. of Bab., Is 47:1 (+ id.); רַךְ as subst. = tender (twig) Ez 17:22 (in fig.); delicate, weak, of eyes Gn 29:17 (E). רַךְ (ה)לֵבָב weak of heart, timid, Dt 20:8 (+ יָרֵא), 2 Ch 13:7 (נַעַר). soft, of words, abs. רַכּוֹת Jb 40:27 = subst., mild, gentle words (‖ תַּחֲנוּנִים); מַעֲנֶה רַךְ Pr 15:1 (opp. דְּבַר עֶצֶב), לָשׁוֹן רַכָּה 25:15.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 16 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: weak (4); soft (2); tender (2).

## In the verses

[Proverbs 15:1](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.15.1/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.15.1/#tree)

מַֽעֲנֶה־רַּ֭ךְ יָשִׁ֣יב חֵמָ֑ה וּדְבַר־עֶ֝֗צֶב יַעֲלֶה־אָֽף׃

*Word for word:* an.answer soft it.turns.away rage and a.word of.hurt it.raises anger

*JPS 1917:* A soft answer turneth away wrath; but a grievous word stirreth up anger.

[Job 40:27](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.40.27/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.40.27/#tree)

הֲיַרְבֶּ֣ה אֵ֭לֶיךָ תַּחֲנוּנִ֑ים אִם־יְדַבֵּ֖ר אֵלֶ֣יךָ רַכּֽוֹת׃

*Word for word:* will it.multiply? to you supplications or? will.it.speak to you soft.\[words\]

*JPS 1917:* Will he make many supplications unto thee? or will he speak soft words unto thee?

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/7390.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7390/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).