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# רַקָּה

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H7541

**the temple** — used 5 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

the temple [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7541/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

רַקָּה²: n.f. the temple [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7541/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. the temple (of the head): Ju 4:21 וַתִּתְקַע הַיָּתֵד בְרַקָּתוֹ, v 22 5:26 וּמָֽחְצָה וְחָֽלְפָה רַקָּתוֹ, Ct 4:3 = 6:7 כְּפֶלַח הָרִמּוֹן רַקָּתֵךְ.

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

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: temple (5).

## In the verses

[Song of Songs 6:7](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.6.7/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.6.7/#tree)

כְּפֶ֤לַח הָרִמּוֹן֙ רַקָּתֵ֔ךְ מִבַּ֖עַד לְצַמָּתֵֽךְ׃

*Word for word:* \[is\].like.(the) slice of.(the) pomegranate temple your from behind to veil your

*JPS 1917:* Thy temples are like a pomegranate split open behind thy veil.

[Song of Songs 4:3](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.4.3/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.4.3/#tree)

כְּח֤וּט הַשָּׁנִי֙ שִׂפְתֹתַ֔יִךְ וּמִדְבָּרֵ֖יךְ נָאוֶ֑ה כְּפֶ֤לַח הָֽרִמּוֹן֙ רַקָּתֵ֔ךְ מִבַּ֖עַד לְצַמָּתֵֽךְ׃

*Word for word:* \[are\].like.(the) thread of.(the) scarlet lips your and mouth(s) your \[is\].lovely \[is\].like.(the) slice of.(the) pomegranate temple your from behind to veil your

*JPS 1917:* Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, and thy mouth is comely; thy temples are like a pomegranate split open behind thy veil.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/7541.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7541/): 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).