רכש

Hebrew

Root
ר־כ־שׁ (r-k-sh)
3 terms

Pronunciation

(Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʁaˈχaʃ/ (רָכַשׁ)
(Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈʁeχeʃ/ (רֶכֶשׁ)

Verb

רָכַשׁ • (rakhásh) (pa'al construction)

to acquire
- Tanach, Genesis 12:5, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
  וַיִּקַּח אַבְרָם אֶת־שָׂרַי אִשְׁתּוֹ וְאֶת־לוֹט בֶּן־אָחִיו וְאֶת־כׇּל־רְכוּשָׁם אֲשֶׁר רָכָשׁוּ וְאֶת־הַנֶּפֶשׁ אֲשֶׁר־עָשׂוּ בְחָרָן וַיֵּצְאוּ לָלֶכֶת אַרְצָה כְּנַעַן וַיָּבֹאוּ אַרְצָה כְּנָעַן׃
  And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother’s son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls [slaves] that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came.
- Tanach, Genesis 46:6, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
  וַיִּקְחוּ אֶת־מִקְנֵיהֶם וְאֶת־רְכוּשָׁם אֲשֶׁר רָכְשׁוּ בְּאֶרֶץ כְּנַעַן וַיָּבֹאוּ מִצְרָיְמָה יַעֲקֹב וְכׇל־זַרְעוֹ אִתּוֹ׃
  And they took their cattle, and their goods, which they had gotten in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt, Jacob, and all his seed [progeny] with him.

Conjugation

Conjugation of **רָכַשׁ** (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)
finite forms		singular		plural
non-finite forms		to-infinitive		לרכוש / לִרְכֹּשׁ
		action noun		רְכִישָׁה
		passive participle		—

finite forms		m	f	m	f
past	first	רָכַשְׁתִּי		רָכַשְׁנוּ
	second	רָכַשְׁתָּ	רָכַשְׁתְּ	רְכַשְׁתֶּם¹	רְכַשְׁתֶּן¹
	third	רָכַשׁ	רָכְשָׁה	רָכְשׁוּ
present		רוֹכֵשׁ	רוֹכֶשֶׁת	רוֹכְשִׁים	רוֹכְשׁוֹת
future	first	ארכוש / אֶרְכֹּשׁ		נרכוש / נִרְכֹּשׁ
	second	תרכוש / תִּרְכֹּשׁ	תִּרְכְּשִׁי	תִּרְכְּשׁוּ	תרכושנה / תִּרְכֹּשְׁנָה²
	third	ירכוש / יִרְכֹּשׁ	תרכוש / תִּרְכֹּשׁ	יִרְכְּשׁוּ	תרכושנה / תִּרְכֹּשְׁנָה²
imperative		רכוש / רְכֹשׁ	רִכְשִׁי	רִכְשׁוּ	רכושנה / רְכֹשְׁנָה²

¹ Pronounced רָכַשְׁתֶּם and רָכַשְׁתֶּן in informal Modern Hebrew.
² Rare in Modern Hebrew.

Noun

רֶכֶשׁ • (rékhesh) m

acquisition, purchasing

Derived terms

רְכוּשׁ (r'khush, “possession”)

References

H7408 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
Klein, Ernest (1987) “רָכַשׁ”, in A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English‎^[1], Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 619a
“רכש” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Further reading

רכש on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he