Lexicon
רֹךְ
rokh
H7391
H:N-M Hebrew

tenderness

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rokh denotes the tenderness describing a woman’s sheltered delicacy in Deuteronomy 28:56.

The attested use describes tenderness as part of the portrayal of a woman so delicate that she has not set the sole of her foot on the ground.

Senses in use

  1. Tenderness in sheltered delicacy · dominant

    In Deuteronomy 28:56, the masculine singular absolute noun occurs in the description of a woman who has not tested the sole of her foot on the ground; the APB renders the surrounding description with “delight and from tenderness.”

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Deuteronomy 28:56, the APB includes “from tenderness” within the description of the woman’s delicacy. The term’s exact English correspondence cannot be isolated beyond that clause.

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