4841. merqachah
Lexicon
merqachah: Ointment, spice mixture, perfume

Original Word: מִרְקָחָה
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Transliteration: merqachah
Pronunciation: mer-kaw-khaw'
Phonetic Spelling: (mer-kaw-khaw')
KJV: pot of ointment, X well
NASB: jar of ointment
Word Origin: [feminine of H4840 (מֶרקָח - sweet-scented herbs)]

1. (abstractly) a seasoning (with spicery)
2. (concretely) an unguent-kettle (for preparing spiced oil)

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
pot of ointment, well

Feminine of merqach; abstractly, a seasoning (with spicery); concretely, an unguent-kettle (for preparing spiced oil) -- pot of ointment, X well.

see HEBREW merqach

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
fem. of merqach
Definition
an ointment pot
NASB Translation
jar of ointment (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
מֶרְקָחָה noun feminine 1. ointment-pot, in which ointment is compounded, Job 41:23 (figurative).

2 spice-seasoning (?); as accusative of congnate meaning with verb see v

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Forms and Transliterations
הַמֶּרְקָחָ֔ה המרקחה כַּמֶּרְקָחָֽה׃ כמרקחה׃ ham·mer·qā·ḥāh hammerkaChah hammerqāḥāh kam·mer·qā·ḥāh kammerkaChah kammerqāḥāh
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Englishman's Concordance
Job 41:31
HEB: יָ֝֗ם יָשִׂ֥ים כַּמֶּרְקָחָֽה׃
NAS: the sea like a jar of ointment.
KJV: the sea like a pot of ointment.
INT: the sea makes A jar

Ezekiel 24:10
HEB: הַבָּשָׂ֑ר וְהַרְקַח֙ הַמֶּרְקָחָ֔ה וְהָעֲצָמ֖וֹת יֵחָֽרוּ׃
KJV: and spice it well, and let the bones
INT: the flesh and mix well the bones be burned

2 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 4841
2 Occurrences


ham·mer·qā·ḥāh — 1 Occ.
kam·mer·qā·ḥāh — 1 Occ.

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