רָקַבrâqab

rot

Pronunciation: raw-kab' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7537

Meanings

Qal: be cursed (Isaiah 40:20; Proverbs 10:7)

Same root

רָקָבrâqâb · H7538decay (by caries)

Where it appears

Appears 2 times in the Bible.

Proverbs 10:7 We have happy memories of the godly, but the name of a wicked person rots away.
Isaiah 40:20 Or if people are too poor for that, they might at least choose wood that won’t decay and a skilled craftsman to carve an image that won’t fall down!

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).