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Deuteronomy 4:9
“Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons’ sons;” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H7535 · Hebrew
- Definition
- properly, leanness, i.e. (figuratively) limitation; only adverbial, merely, or conjunctional, although
- Derivation
- the same as H7534 (רַק) as a noun;
- KJV renderings
- but, even, except, howbeit howsoever, at the least, nevertheless, nothing but, notwithstanding, only, save, so (that), surely, yet (so), in any wise.
- Grammar
- רַ֡ק — particle (affirmation)
- Usage
- Occurs 109 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 6:5Genesis 14:24Genesis 19:8Genesis 20:11Genesis 24:8
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read רַק here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.