רָכַל
râkal
Meaning “trader”
BDB to go about (meaning dubious); (Qal) trafficker, trader (participle) (substantive)
15 verses (17×)
5 books · rare Hebrew Bible
First appears: 1 Kings 10:15
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רָכַל 5 books
- 1 Kings 10:15 הָ/רֹכְלִ֑ים besides [that which] the traders [brought], and the traffic of the merchants, and of all the kings of the mixed people, and of the governors of the country.
- Nehemiah 3:31 וְ/הָ/רֹכְלִ֑ים After him repaired Malchijah one of the goldsmiths to the house of the Nethinim, and of the merchants, over against the gate of Hammiphkad, and to the ascent of the corner.
- Song of Solomon 3:6 רוֹכֵֽל Who is this who comes up from the wilderness like pillars of smoke, Perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, With all spices of the merchant?
- Ezekiel 17:4 רֹכְלִ֖ים he cropped off the topmost of the young twigs of it, and carried it to a land of traffic; he set it in a city of merchants.
- Nahum 3:16 רֹֽכְלַ֔יִ/ךְ You have increased your merchants more than the stars of the skies. The grasshopper strips, and flees away.
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