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Ezekiel 16:9

“Then washed I thee with water; yea, I throughly washed away thy blood from thee, and I anointed thee with oil.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

רָחַץrâchats · raw-khats'
H7364 · Hebrew
Definition
to lave (the whole or a part of a thing)
Derivation
a primitive root;
KJV renderings
bathe (self), wash (self).
Grammar
  • וָ — conjunction
  • אֶרְחָצֵ֣ — verb Qal, sequential imperfect, 1st person, common, singular
  • ךְ — suffix (pronominal), 2nd person, feminine, singular
Code HC/Vqw1cs/Sp2fs
Usage
Occurs 72 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 18:4Genesis 19:2Genesis 24:32Genesis 43:24Genesis 43:31

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 רָחַץ here.

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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.