BDB7929 [H7390]

רַךְ adjective tender, delicate, soft; — ׳ר absolute Gen 18:7 +, construct Deut 20:8; 2Chr 13:7 feminine singular רַכָּה Deut 28:56 +; masculine plural רֵבִּים Gen 33:13 feminine plural absolute רַכּוֺת Gen 29:17; Job 40:27 —

1. tender of flesh Gen 18:7 (J; בֶּןבֶּֿקָר); tender, delicate, especially in body, of children Gen 33:13 (J), compare (implying weakness of undeveloped character) 2Sam 3:39, נַעַר וָרָ֑ךְ 1Chr 22:5; 1Chr 29:1, (וְיָתִיד) רֵךְ Prov 4:3 ('of tenderage,' Toy, q. v.); of man ( + עָנֹג; i.e. delicately nurtured) Deut 28:54, so of woman vDeut 28:56 ( + עֲנֻגָּה), so, figurative of Babylonian, Isa 47:1 ( + id.; רַךְ as substantive =tender (twing) Ezek 17:22 (in figurative); delicate, weak, of eyes Gen 29:17 (E).

2. רֵךְ (ה)לֵבָב weak of heart, timid, Deut 20:8 ( + יָרֵא), 2Chr 13:7 (נַעַד).

3. soft, of words, absolute רַכּוֺת Job 40:27 = substantive, mild, gentle words (|| תַּחֲנוּנִים); מַעֲנֶה רַךְ Prov 15:1 (opposed to דְּבַר עֶצֶב), לָשׁוֺן רַכָּה Prov 25:15.

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