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Joshua 18:27
“And Rekem, and Irpeel, and Taralah,” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
רֶקֶםReqem · reh'-kem
H7552 · Hebrew
H7552 · Hebrew
- Definition
- Rekem, the name of a place in Palestine, also of a Midianite and an Israelite
- Derivation
- from H7551 (רָקַם); versi-color;
- KJV renderings
- Rekem.
- Grammar
- וְ — conjunction
- רֶ֥קֶם — proper noun
- Usage
- Occurs 6 times in the Hebrew Bible.Numbers 31:8Joshua 13:211 Chronicles 2:431 Chronicles 2:441 Chronicles 7:16
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 רֶקֶם 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.