רָכַס râkaç — to tie

pronounced raw-kas' · Strong's H7405 · 2 occurrences in the Hebrew Bible · 1 stem: Qal (Pa'al)

Translated in the KJV as bind.

a primitive root; to tie.

râkaç in each stem

Qal (Pa'al) 2×

Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it

Imperfect (yiqtol) 1Wayyiqtol 1

וְיִרְכְּס֣וּ Exod 28:28 Imperfect (yiqtol), 3rd person masculine plural

And they shall bind the breastplate by the rings thereof unto the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it may be above the curious girdle of the ephod, and that the breastplate be not loosed from the ephod. (KJV)

וַיִּרְכְּס֣וּ Exod 39:21 Wayyiqtol, 3rd person masculine plural

And they did bind the breastplate by his rings unto the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it might be above the curious girdle of the ephod, and that the breastplate might not be loosed from the ephod; as the Lord commanded Moses. (KJV)

What the stems mean

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