רָכַל rakhal

Hebrew word for “to trade” · Strong’s H7402 · used 17 times in 15 verses

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Meaning

1) to go about (meaning uncertain); 1a) (Qal) trafficker, trader (participle) (subst)

How it is translated

Glosses given for rakhal in context, with how often each is used:

• traders 13
• trader 4

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Ezekiel 27 (8), Nehemiah 3 (2), 1 Kings 10 (1), Nehemiah 13 (1), Song of Solomon 3 (1), Ezekiel 17 (1), Nahum 3 (1)

Forms

• רכליך 6
• הרכלים 2
• והרכלים 2
• רכלתך 2
• רכלי 2
• רוכל 1
• רכלים 1
• רכלת 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with rakhal more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• מַעֲרָב maarav “merchandise” 2
• דְּדָן dedan “Dedan” 2
• הֵמָּה hemmah “they(masc.)” 4
• עֲלִיָּה aliyyah “upper room” 2
• שְׁבָא sheva “Sheba” 2
• פִּנָּה pinnah “corner” 2
• אִי i “coastland” 2
• חָזַק chazaq “to strengthen” 2
• שַׁעַר shaar “gate” 2
• רַב rav “many” 2
• רֹאשׁ rosh “head” 2

Key verses

The verses using rakhal that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• 1 Kings 10:15 — Beside that he had of the merchantmen, and of the traffick of the spice merchants, and of all the kings of Arabia, and of the governors of the country.
• Nehemiah 3:31 — After him repaired Malchiah the goldsmith’s son unto the place of the Nethinims, and of the merchants, over against the gate Miphkad, and to the going up of…
• Nehemiah 3:32 — And between the going up of the corner unto the sheep gate repaired the goldsmiths and the merchants.
• Song of Solomon 3:6 — Who is this that cometh out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of the merchant?
• Ezekiel 17:4 — He cropped off the top of his young twigs, and carried it into a land of traffick; he set it in a city of merchants.
• Ezekiel 27:3 — And say unto Tyrus, O thou that art situate at the entry of the sea, which art a merchant of the people for many isles, Thus saith the Lord GOD; O Tyrus, thou…
• Ezekiel 27:13 — Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they were thy merchants: they traded the persons of men and vessels of brass in thy market.
• Ezekiel 27:15 — The men of Dedan were thy merchants; many isles were the merchandise of thine hand: they brought thee for a present horns of ivory and ebony.
• Ezekiel 27:17 — Judah, and the land of Israel, they were thy merchants: they traded in thy market wheat of Minnith, and Pannag, and honey, and oil, and balm.
• Ezekiel 27:20 — Dedan was thy merchant in precious clothes for chariots.
• Ezekiel 27:22 — The merchants of Sheba and Raamah, they were thy merchants: they occupied in thy fairs with chief of all spices, and with all precious stones, and gold.
• Ezekiel 27:23 — Haran, and Canneh, and Eden, the merchants of Sheba, Asshur, and Chilmad, were thy merchants.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.