Rakkath — the meaning of the Hebrew name רַקַּת

רַקַּת

Raqqath · pronounced rak-kath' · Strong's H7557 · a place

Rakkath means a beach (as expanded shingle).

Built from

רָקַק râqaq (from, H7556) — to spit open in the lexicon ›

from H7556 in its original sense of diffusing; a beach (as expanded shingle); Rakkath, a place in Palestine.

Josh 19:35 And the fenced cities are Ziddim, Zer, and Hammath, Rakkath, and Chinnereth, (KJV)

1 occurrence in 1 verse — Joshua

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Definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); occurrences from the Westminster Leningrad Codex via Hebrew Explorer's interlinear.

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