Lexical Summary Raqqath: a city in Naphtali Original Word: רַקַּתTransliteration: Raqqath Phonetic Spelling: (rak-kath') Part of Speech: Proper Name Location Short Definition: a city in Naphtali Meaning: Rakkath -- a city in Naphtali Strong's Concordance Rakkath From raqaq in its original sense of diffusing; a beach (as expanded shingle); Rakkath, a place in Palestine -- Rakkath. see HEBREW raqaq Brown-Driver-Briggs H7557. Raqqath רַקַּת proper name, of a location in Naphtail, Joshua 19:35; ᵐ5 (Ομαθα) δακεθ, A Ρεκκαθ, ᵐ5L Ρακκαθ; a Jewish tradition identified with Tiberias, TalmJer. Megilla 2 b NbrGeogr. 208 f. BuhlGeogr. 226 GASmGerogr. 447. רָשׁ see רושׁ רשׁה (√of following; compare Late Hebrew Hiph`il permit, Hoph`al Ecclus 3:22; Jewish-Aramaic רְשָׁא have power, Aph`el permit; Old Aramaic רשי cause, occasion, Lzb370, Nabataean allowed, Idib.; Syriac is usually blame; Assyrian rašû, possess, râšû, creditor; Arabic () be firm, IV. make firm; Ethiopic set, put in, place over, prepare, etc.; Sabean רשו servant of deity JHMordtmZMG xxx (1876), 31 f.). |
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