ריקע

Hebrew

Root
ר־ק־ע (r-q-ʿ)
3 terms

Pronunciation

  • (Biblical Hebrew) IPA(key): /riqˈqiʕ/
  • (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA(key): /riqˈqeːʕ/ [ʀiqˈqeː.aʕ], [ʀiqˈqeː.jaʕ], [ʀiqˈqej.jaʕ], [ʀiqˈqeɟ.ɟaʕ]
  • (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA(key): /riqˈqeʕ/ [riɡˈɡeː.jæʕ], [riɡˈɡej.jæʕ] (Sanaani), [riqˈqeː.jæʕ], [riqˈqej.jæʕ] (Sharaabi)
  • (Persian Hebrew) IPA(key): /riɢˈɢej.jæ/, [riʁˈʁej.jæ]
  • (Sephardi Hebrew) IPA(key): /riˈke.aŋ/ (West), /riqˈqej.jaʕ/ (East)
  • (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA(key): /riˈkeː.a(ŋ)/, /riˈkej.a(ŋ)/
  • (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /riˈke.a(ʕ)/

Verb

ריקע / רִקֵּעַ • (rikéa') (pi'el construction)

  1. to flatten, hammer out
    • Tanach, Exodus 39:3, with translation of the King James Version:
      וַיְרַקְּעוּ אֶת־פַּחֵי הַזָּהָב וְקִצֵּץ פְּתִילִם לַעֲשׂוֹת בְּתוֹךְ הַתְּכֵלֶת וּבְתוֹךְ הָאַרְגָּמָן וּבְתוֹךְ תּוֹלַעַת הַשָּׁנִי וּבְתוֹךְ הַשֵּׁשׁ מַעֲשֵׂה חֹשֵׁב׃
      vay'rak'ú et-pakhéi hazaháv v'kitséts p'tilím la'asót b'tókh hat'khélet uv'tókh ha'argamán uv'tókh tolá'at hashaní uv'tókh hashésh ma'asé khoshév.
      And they did beat the gold into thin plates, and cut [it into] wires, to work [it] in the blue, and in the purple, and in the scarlet, and in the fine linen, [with] cunning work.
    • Tanach, Numbers 16:39, with translation of the King James Version:
      וַיִּקַּח אֶלְעָזָר הַכֹּהֵן אֵת מַחְתּוֹת הַנְּחֹשֶׁת אֲשֶׁר הִקְרִיבוּ הַשְּׂרֻפִים וַיְרַקְּעוּם צִפּוּי לַמִּזְבֵּחַ׃
      vayikákh el'azár hakohén et makhtót han'khóshet ashér hikrívu has'rufím vay'rak'úm tsipúi lamizbéakh.
      And Eleazar the priest took the brasen censers, wherewith they that were burnt had offered; and they were made broad [plates for] a covering of the altar:

Conjugation

Conjugation of ריקע / רִקֵּעַ (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)
non-finite forms to-infinitive לְרַקֵּעַ
action noun ריקוע / רִקּוּעַ
finite forms singular plural
m f m f
past first ריקעתי / רִקַּעְתִּי ריקענו / רִקַּעְנוּ
second ריקעת / רִקַּעְתָּ ריקעת / רִקַּעְתְּ ריקעתם / רִקַּעְתֶּם ריקעתן / רִקַּעְתֶּן
third ריקע / רִקֵּעַ ריקעה / רִקְּעָה ריקעו / רִקְּעוּ
present מְרַקֵּעַ מְרַקַּעַת מְרַקְּעִים מְרַקְּעוֹת
future first אֲרַקֵּעַ נְרַקֵּעַ
second תְּרַקֵּעַ תְּרַקְּעִי תְּרַקְּעוּ תְּרַקַּעְנָה1
third יְרַקֵּעַ תְּרַקֵּעַ יְרַקְּעוּ תְּרַקַּעְנָה1
imperative רַקֵּעַ רַקְּעִי רַקְּעוּ רַקַּעְנָה1

1 Rare in Modern Hebrew.