רָתַקrâthaq
bind
Pronunciation: raw-thak' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7576
Meanings
Pu`al: were bound with fetters (Nahum 3:10)
Niph`al: be snapped, broken (Ecclesiastes 12:6)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 2 times in the Bible.
- Ecclesiastes 12:6 Yes, remember your Creator now while you are young, before the silver cord of life snaps and the golden bowl is broken. Don’t wait until the water jar is smashed at the spring and the pulley is broken at the well.
- Nahum 3:10 Yet Thebes fell, and her people were led away as captives. Her babies were dashed to death against the stones of the streets. Soldiers threw dice to get Egyptian officers as servants. All their leaders were bound in chains.
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).