רכוש

Hebrew

Root
ר־כ־שׁ (r-k-sh)
3 terms

Etymology

From רָכַשׁ (rakhásh, “to acquire”), thus properly meaning "that which is acquired", i.e. possession, wealth.

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈχuʃ/

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Noun

רְכוּשׁ • (r'khush) m [pattern: קְטוּל]

1. possession, substance
   • Tanach, Genesis 13:6, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     וְלֹא־נָשָׂא אֹתָם הָאָרֶץ לָשֶׁבֶת יַחְדָּו כִּי־הָיָה רְכוּשָׁם רָב וְלֹא יָכְלוּ לָשֶׁבֶת יַחְדָּו׃

     And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together; for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell together.

   • Tanach, Numbers 35:3, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     וְהָי֧וּ הֶֽעָרִ֛ים לָהֶ֖ם לָשָׁ֑בֶת וּמִגְרְשֵׁיהֶ֗ם יִהְי֤וּ לִבְהֶמְתָּם֙ וְלִרְכֻשָׁ֔ם וּלְכֹ֖ל חַיָּתָֽם׃

     And the cities shall they have to dwell in; and their open land shall be for their cattle, and for their substance, and for all their beasts.

2. property, asset

Declension

Declension of רְכוּשׁ

Number	Isolated forms		With possessive pronouns
	State	Form	Person	singular		plural
				m.	f.	m.	f.
singular	indefinite	רְכוּשׁ	first	רְכוּשִׁי		רְכוּשֵׁנוּ
	definite	הָרְכוּשׁ	second	רְכוּשְׁךָ	רְכוּשֵׁךְ	רְכוּשְׁכֶם	רְכוּשְׁכֶן
	construct	רְכוּשׁ־	third	רְכוּשׁוֹ	רְכוּשָׁהּ	רְכוּשָׁם	רְכוּשָׁן

Derived terms

• רְכוּשָׁן (r'khushán, “capitalist”)

Alternative forms

• רְכֻשׁ (Defective spelling)

References

• H7399 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Klein, Ernest (1987) “רְכוּשׁ”, in A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English‎^[1], Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 618a
• “רכוש” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Further reading

• רכוש on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he