Midvash

רַקraq

emaciated (as if flattened out)

Pronunciation: rak · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7534

Meanings

1. thin, of kine (Genesis 41:19; Genesis 41:20; Genesis 41:27)

2. only, altogether, surely, with restrictive force, (synonym אַךְ)

a. contention., only (Genesis 14:24; Genesis 41:40; Genesis 47:22)

b. prefixed to sentences, to add a limitation on something previously expressed (or implied) (Genesis 19:8; Genesis 24:8; Exodus 8:24)

c. emphasizing single words, especially adjectives, only = nought but, altogether (Genesis 6:5; Genesis 26:29; Deuteronomy 28:33)

d. after a negative, save, except (synonym כִּי אִם 2.a.) (1 Kings 8:9; 2 Chronicles 5:10; 2 Chronicles 15:5)

e. with an affirmative, asseverative force, only, altogether = surely (Genesis 20:11; Deuteronomy 4:6; 1 Kings 21:25)

f. רִק אִם (רִק prefixed for emphasis) if only, provided only (Deuteronomy 15:5; 1 Kings 8:25; 2 Chronicles 6:16)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 3 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 41:19 But then I saw seven sick-looking cows, scrawny and thin, come up after them. I’ve never seen such sorry-looking animals in all the land of Egypt.
  • Genesis 41:20 These thin, scrawny cows ate the seven fat cows.
  • Genesis 41:27 The seven thin, scrawny cows that came up later and the seven thin heads of grain, withered by the east wind, represent seven years of famine.

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).