4840. merqach
Lexicon
merqach: Mixture, ointment, spice mixture

Original Word: מֶרְקָח
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: merqach
Pronunciation: mer-kakh'
Phonetic Spelling: (mer-kawkh')
KJV: X sweet
NASB: sweet-scented herbs
Word Origin: [from H7543 (רָקַח - perfumer)]

1. a spicy herb

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
sweet

From raqach; a spicy herb -- X sweet.

see HEBREW raqach

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from raqach
Definition
spice, perfume
NASB Translation
sweet-scented herbs (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
[מֶרְקָח] noun [masculine] spice, perfume (of cheeks); plural מֶרְקָחִים Songs 5:13 (see also מִגְדָּל 3).

Forms and Transliterations
מֶרְקָחִ֑ים מרקחים mer·qā·ḥîm merkaChim merqāḥîm
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Englishman's Concordance
Songs 5:13
HEB: הַבֹּ֔שֶׂם מִגְדְּל֖וֹת מֶרְקָחִ֑ים שִׂפְתוֹתָיו֙ שֽׁוֹשַׁנִּ֔ים
NAS: Banks of sweet-scented herbs; His lips
KJV: of spices, [as] sweet flowers:
INT: of balsam Banks of sweet-scented his lips are lilies

1 Occurrence

Strong's Hebrew 4840
1 Occurrence


mer·qā·ḥîm — 1 Occ.

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