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Job 29:6
“When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil;” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
רָחַץrâchats · raw-khats'
H7364 · Hebrew
H7364 · Hebrew
- Definition
- to lave (the whole or a part of a thing)
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- bathe (self), wash (self).
- Grammar
- בִּ — preposition
- רְחֹ֣ץ — verb Qal, infinitive construct
- 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.
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.