רקח RQX, Ex. 30: 25
Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2019 12:50 pm
We read there
וְעָשִׂיתָ אֹתוֹ שֶׁמֶן מִשְׁחַת קֹדֶשׁ רֹקַח מִרְקַחַת מַעֲשֵׂה רֹקֵחַ שֶׁמֶן מִשְׁחַת קֹדֶשׁ יִהְיֶה
KJV: "And thou shalt make it an oil of holy ointment, an ointment compound after the art of the apothecary: it shall be an holy anointing oil"
NIV: "Make these into a sacred anointing oil, a fragrant blend, the work of a perfumer. It will be the sacred anointing oil"
and we understand that the act רקח = רכך entails the mixing of soft, רך, loose, easy to mold substances to produce a sticky spreadable, easily smeared, cream.
Some kin roots to רקח RQX are
רבח, רוח, רזח, ריח, רמח, רצח, רקח, רתח
of which רמח is the essence of רוֹמָח, 'lance, pike, hatchet, sword', as in Nu. 25:7-8
וַיַּרְא פִּינְחָס בֶּן אֶלְעָזָר בֶּן אַהֲרֹן הַכֹּהֵן וַיָּקָם מִתּוֹךְ הָעֵדָה וַיִּקַּח רֹמַח בְּיָדוֹ וַיָּבֹא אַחַר אִישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶל הַקֻּבָּה וַיִּדְקֹר אֶת שְׁנֵיהֶם אֵת אִישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵל וְאֶת הָאִשָּׁה
NIV: "When Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, the priest, saw this, he left the assembly, took a spear in his hand and followed the Israelite into the tent. He drove the spear into both of them, right through the Israelite man and into the woman’s stomach"
KJV: "And when Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose up from among the congregation, and took a javelin in his hand; And he went after the man of Israel into the tent, and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman through her belly"
Being of the root רמח RMX suggests that רוֹמָח is otherwise a hacking or dicing implement.
Isaac Fried, Boston University
וְעָשִׂיתָ אֹתוֹ שֶׁמֶן מִשְׁחַת קֹדֶשׁ רֹקַח מִרְקַחַת מַעֲשֵׂה רֹקֵחַ שֶׁמֶן מִשְׁחַת קֹדֶשׁ יִהְיֶה
KJV: "And thou shalt make it an oil of holy ointment, an ointment compound after the art of the apothecary: it shall be an holy anointing oil"
NIV: "Make these into a sacred anointing oil, a fragrant blend, the work of a perfumer. It will be the sacred anointing oil"
and we understand that the act רקח = רכך entails the mixing of soft, רך, loose, easy to mold substances to produce a sticky spreadable, easily smeared, cream.
Some kin roots to רקח RQX are
רבח, רוח, רזח, ריח, רמח, רצח, רקח, רתח
of which רמח is the essence of רוֹמָח, 'lance, pike, hatchet, sword', as in Nu. 25:7-8
וַיַּרְא פִּינְחָס בֶּן אֶלְעָזָר בֶּן אַהֲרֹן הַכֹּהֵן וַיָּקָם מִתּוֹךְ הָעֵדָה וַיִּקַּח רֹמַח בְּיָדוֹ וַיָּבֹא אַחַר אִישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶל הַקֻּבָּה וַיִּדְקֹר אֶת שְׁנֵיהֶם אֵת אִישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵל וְאֶת הָאִשָּׁה
NIV: "When Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, the priest, saw this, he left the assembly, took a spear in his hand and followed the Israelite into the tent. He drove the spear into both of them, right through the Israelite man and into the woman’s stomach"
KJV: "And when Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose up from among the congregation, and took a javelin in his hand; And he went after the man of Israel into the tent, and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman through her belly"
Being of the root רמח RMX suggests that רוֹמָח is otherwise a hacking or dicing implement.
Isaac Fried, Boston University