ra.chats denotes washing with water, whether of people, body parts, garments, or sacrificial portions.

The verb consistently denotes cleansing by washing with water. Its attested clauses apply this action to hands and feet, flesh and garments, whole persons, and the inward parts and legs of an offering, in settings ranging from hospitality and personal preparation to prescribed cleansing and altar service.

1. Cleansing persons, garments, and prepared portions · dominant

   The Qal forms describe washing tangible persons or things with water: in Exodus 30:19 the APB renders the clause "Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet from it," while Leviticus 15:13 places washing garments and flesh after cleansing from a discharge. The same action is directed to guests' feet in Genesis 18:4, to an offering's inward parts and legs in Leviticus 1:9, and to a person seeking to be pure in 2 Kings 5:10.

   Exodus 30:19Leviticus 15:13Genesis 18:4Leviticus 1:92 Kings 5:10Ezekiel 16:9

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the cited clauses, the APB commonly uses "wash" and sometimes "bathe" for the broader action involving flesh or a whole person. Because the APB is a whole-verse translation, its wording confirms the clauses' water-cleansing context without assigning each English term exclusively to this verb.