H4841 · מֶרְקָחָה
merqâchâh · mer-kaw-khaw' · pot of ointment, well
H4841 (merqâchâh, pronounced mer-kaw-khaw') is the Hebrew word מֶרְקָחָה in Strong’s dictionary: abstractly, a seasoning (with spicery). It appears 2 times in 2 verses of the BSB (Yahweh).
Strong’s entry
- Original word
- מֶרְקָחָה (Hebrew)
- Transliteration
- merqâchâh
- Pronunciation
- mer-kaw-khaw'
- Derivation
- feminine of H4840 (מֶרְקָח);
- Definition
- abstractly, a seasoning (with spicery); concretely, an unguentkettle (for preparing spiced oil)
- Rendered in the KJV
- pot of ointment, [idiom] well.
In the Berean Standard Bible (Yahweh)
2 occurrences in 2 verses.
How the BSB renders it
- “like a jar of ointment” ×1
- “the spices” ×1
By book
Job 1 · Ezekiel 1
Verses
Related words
Numbers that share a root with H4841.