רַקָּהraqqâh
the temple, (of the head) (Judges 4:21; Judges 4:22; Judges 5:26; Song of Solomon 4:3; Song of Solomon 6:7)
Pronunciation: rak-kaw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7541
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 5 times in the Bible.
- Judges 4:21 But when Sisera fell asleep from exhaustion, Jael quietly crept up to him with a hammer and tent peg in her hand. Then she drove the tent peg through his temple and into the ground, and so he died.
- Judges 4:22 When Barak came looking for Sisera, Jael went out to meet him. She said, “Come, and I will show you the man you are looking for.” So he followed her into the tent and found Sisera lying there dead, with the tent peg through his temple.
- Judges 5:26 Then with her left hand she reached for a tent peg, and with her right hand for the workman’s hammer. She struck Sisera with the hammer, crushing his head. With a shattering blow, she pierced his temples.
- Song of Solomon 4:3 Your lips are like scarlet ribbon; your mouth is inviting. Your cheeks are like rosy pomegranates behind your veil.
- Song of Solomon 6:7 Your cheeks are like rosy pomegranates behind your veil.
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).