רכוש
Hebrew
| Root |
|---|
| ר־כ־שׁ (r-k-sh) |
| 3 terms |
Etymology
From רָכַשׁ (rakhásh, “to acquire”), thus properly meaning "that which is acquired", i.e. possession, wealth.
Pronunciation
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /ʁeˈχuʃ/
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Noun
רְכוּשׁ • (r'khush) m [pattern: קְטוּל]
- possession, substance
- Tanach, Genesis 13:6, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
- וְלֹא־נָשָׂא אֹתָם הָאָרֶץ לָשֶׁבֶת יַחְדָּו כִּי־הָיָה רְכוּשָׁם רָב וְלֹא יָכְלוּ לָשֶׁבֶת יַחְדָּו׃
- And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together; for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell together.
- Tanach, Numbers 35:3, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
- וְהָי֧וּ הֶֽעָרִ֛ים לָהֶ֖ם לָשָׁ֑בֶת וּמִגְרְשֵׁיהֶ֗ם יִהְי֤וּ לִבְהֶמְתָּם֙ וְלִרְכֻשָׁ֔ם וּלְכֹ֖ל חַיָּתָֽם׃
- And the cities shall they have to dwell in; and their open land shall be for their cattle, and for their substance, and for all their beasts.
- property, asset
Declension
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number: | State: | form | Person: | singular | plural | ||
| m | f | m | f | ||||
| singular | indefinite | רְכוּשׁ | first | רְכוּשִׁי | רְכוּשֵׁנוּ | ||
| definite | הָרְכוּשׁ | second | רְכוּשְׁךָ | רְכוּשֵׁךְ | רְכוּשְׁכֶם | רְכוּשְׁכֶן | |
| construct | רְכוּשׁ־ | third | רְכוּשׁוֹ | רְכוּשָׁהּ | רְכוּשָׁם | רְכוּשָׁן | |
Alternative forms
- רְכֻשׁ (Defective spelling)
Derived terms
- רְכוּשָׁן (r'khushán, “capitalist”)
References
- H7399 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Klein, Ernest (1987) “רְכוּשׁ”, in A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English[1], Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 618a
- “רכוש” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
Further reading
- רכוש on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he