Strong's Lexicon rakal: To go about, to trade, to peddle, to slander Original Word: רָכַל Word Origin: A primitive root Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - G1710 (emporéuomai): To travel, to trade - G2705 (katálalos): Slanderer, backbiter Usage: The Hebrew verb "rakal" primarily means to go about as a trader or merchant. It can also carry the connotation of moving about as a talebearer or slanderer. The term is used in contexts where individuals engage in commerce or spread rumors and gossip, highlighting the dual nature of movement—both in trade and in speech. Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Near Eastern societies, trade was a vital part of daily life and economy. Merchants, or "rakal," would travel from place to place, exchanging goods and services. However, the same mobility that facilitated trade also allowed for the spread of information, which could sometimes devolve into gossip or slander. This dual role of the "rakal" reflects the interconnectedness of commerce and communication in ancient cultures. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origina prim. root Definition probably to go about NASB Translation merchant (2), merchants (3), traded (4), traders (8). Brown-Driver-Briggs [רָכַל] verb probably go about, from one to another (for trade or gossip) (? connected with רגל; compare Arabic  kick a horse, to make him go [? properly use the foot, compare  ?]; Late Hebrew רוֺכֵל, Aramaic רוֺכְלָא,  trader, Late Hebrew רְכִילוּת slander [compare  calumniator, from  go about, Qor 2:19 and elsewhere]); — Qal Participle רוֺכֵל Songs 3:6; feminine singular construct רֹכֶ֫לֶת Ezekiel 27:3, suffix רֹכַלְתֵךְ Ezekiel 27:20; Ezekiel 27:23; masculine plural רֹכְלִים 1 Kings 10:15 +, etc.; — as substantive = trafficker, trader: usually plural, Nahum 3:16; Ezekiel 17:4 (׳עִיר ר), Ezekiel 27:13,15,17,22 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 27:23a (< strike out Toy Krae), Ezekiel 27:24; Nehemiah 3:31,32; Nehemiah 13:20 ( + מֹרֵי כָלמִֿמְכָּר); ׳מִסְחַר הָר 1 Kings 10:15 (text dubious; compare ׳מ p.695); singular figurative of Tyre, רֹכֶלֶת הָעַמִּים אֶלאִֿיִּים רַכִּים Ezekiel 27:8, of a people Ezekiel 27:20; Ezekiel 27:23b (plural MezHarran 34 Krae, see also כִּלְמֶד); singular of person only אַבְקַת רוֺכֵל Songs 3:6. Strong's Exhaustive Concordance spice merchant A primitive root; to travel for trading -- (spice) merchant. Forms and Transliterations הָרֹכְלִ֑ים הָרֹכְלִ֜ים הרכלים וְהָרֹכְלִ֑ים וְהָרֹכְלִֽים׃ והרכלים והרכלים׃ רֹֽכְלַ֔יִךְ רֹֽכְלָ֑יִךְ רֹֽכַלְתֵּ֔ךְ רֹכְלִ֖ים רֹכְלֵ֖י רֹכְלֵ֤י רֹכְלַ֙יִךְ֙ רֹכְלָ֑יִךְ רֹכֶ֙לֶת֙ רֹכַלְתֵּֽךְ׃ רוֹכֵֽל׃ רוכל׃ רכלי רכליך רכלים רכלת רכלתך רכלתך׃ hā·rō·ḵə·lîm harocheLim hārōḵəlîm rō·ḵal·têḵ rō·ḵə·la·yiḵ rō·ḵə·lā·yiḵ rō·ḵə·lê rō·ḵe·leṯ rō·ḵə·lîm rō·w·ḵêl rochalTech roChel rocheLayich rocheLei roChelet rocheLim rōḵaltêḵ rōḵəlayiḵ rōḵəlāyiḵ rōḵəlê rōḵeleṯ rōḵəlîm rōwḵêl veharocheLim wə·hā·rō·ḵə·lîm wəhārōḵəlîmLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance 1 Kings 10:15 HEB: הַתָּרִ֔ים וּמִסְחַ֖ר הָרֹכְלִ֑ים וְכָל־ מַלְכֵ֥י NAS: and the wares of the merchants and all KJV: and of the traffick of the spice merchants, and of all the kings INT: Tokahath and the wares of the merchants and all the kings Nehemiah 3:31 Nehemiah 3:32 Nehemiah 13:20 Songs 3:6 Ezekiel 17:4 Ezekiel 27:3 Ezekiel 27:13 Ezekiel 27:15 Ezekiel 27:17 Ezekiel 27:20 Ezekiel 27:22 Ezekiel 27:22 Ezekiel 27:23 Ezekiel 27:23 Ezekiel 27:24 Nahum 3:16 17 Occurrences |
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