רַךְrak

tender, delicate, soft

Pronunciation: rak · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7390

Meanings

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 16 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 18:7 Then Abraham ran out to the herd and chose a tender calf and gave it to his servant, who quickly prepared it.
  • Genesis 29:17 There was no sparkle in Leah’s eyes, but Rachel had a beautiful figure and a lovely face.
  • Genesis 33:13 But Jacob replied, “You can see, my lord, that some of the children are very young, and the flocks and herds have their young, too. If they are driven too hard, even for one day, all the animals could die.
  • Deuteronomy 20:8 “Then the officers will also say, ‘Is anyone here afraid or worried? If you are, you may go home before you frighten anyone else.’
  • Deuteronomy 28:54 The most tenderhearted man among you will have no compassion for his own brother, his beloved wife, and his surviving children.
  • Deuteronomy 28:56 The most tender and delicate woman among you—so delicate she would not so much as touch the ground with her foot—will be selfish toward the husband she loves and toward her own son or daughter.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).