רק

Hebrew

Root
ר־ק־ק (r-q-q)
3 terms

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Adverb

רַק • (rak)

  1. only
  2. (Biblical Hebrew, modal) indeed, truly
    • Tanach, Genesis 20:11:
      וַיֹּאמֶר אַבְרָהָם כִּי אָמַרְתִּי רַק אֵין־יִרְאַת אֱלֹהִים בַּמָּקוֹם הַזֶּה וַהֲרָגוּנִי עַל־דְּבַר אִשְׁתִּי׃
      Abraham said, "I said [in my heart]: surely there is no fear of God in this place, so that they will kill me on account on my wife."
Derived terms

Conjunction

רַק • (rak)

  1. (Biblical Hebrew, adversative) but, however
    • Tanach, Genesis 19:8:
      הִנֵּה־נָא לִי שְׁתֵּי בָנוֹת אֲשֶׁר לֹא־יָדְעוּ אִישׁ אוֹצִיאָה־נָּא אֶתְהֶן אֲלֵיכֶם וַעֲשׂוּ לָהֶן כַּטּוֹב בְּעֵינֵיכֶם רַק לָאֲנָשִׁים הָאֵל אַל־תַּעֲשׂוּ דָבָר כִּי־עַל־כֵּן בָּאוּ בְּצֵל קֹרָתִי׃
      Look, I have two daughters which have not known a man. Let me bring them out to you so that you may do to them as is good in your eyes, but to these men don't do anything, since they have come under the shade of my beams.

Adjective

רַק • (rak) (feminine רַקָּה, masculine plural רַקִּים, feminine plural רַקּוֹת)

  1. (Biblical Hebrew) thin, emaciated
References

Etymology 2

Noun

רֹק • (rokm

  1. defective spelling of רוק

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