Proto-Semitic root
*rVḳVḥ-
‘to mix aromatics, compound ointment’ 1, ‘perfumer, ointment-mixer’ 2
di Mino’s gloss: to compound perfume; perfumer, ointment, spice mixture
Record S15 ↗ · Basis: kaphtor
In Linear A6 entries
*401ruqqûaromatic preparation, compounded ointment—commodity ideogram for perfumed/refined oil…ProbableSemitic12*401+RUruqqû-ru 'aromatic preparation (with phonetic complement RU confirming /ru-/ onset)'CandidateSemitic7OLE+RIriqquaromatic/fragrant olive oil preparationCandidateSemitic4RO-KErōqēaḥperfumer (title)SpeculativeSemitic1RO-QArōqaḥcompounded perfume, ointment (vessel label)SpeculativeSemitic1VIN+RAraqḥspiced wine (Hebrew yayin hāreqaḥ)CandidateSemitic4
Reflexes8 languages
East Semitic2
- Akkadianruqqû (CAD R 420)raqqû (rāqû) (CAD R 173)gloss withheld
- Eblaiticrí-ga-tum /riqaḥt/ 1ra-gi-um /rāqiḥ/ 2, glossing Ì.RÁ.RA (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 165; VE 892 apud ELISIR s.v. ra-gi-i₃)ra-gi-i₃ 1 (ELISIR s.v. ra-gi-i₃)gloss withheld
Northwest Semitic6
- Ugariticrqḥ (DULAT 734)mrqḥtrqḥ (II) 1 (DULAT 735)gloss withheld
- Phoenicianrqḥ (Krahmalkov 447)gloss withheld
- Hebrewrōqēaḥ ‘perfumer, apothecary’ (BDB 955)riqqūḥīm ‘spices, perfumes’ (Isa 57:9)reqaḥ ‘spice’, yayin hāreqaḥ ‘spiced wine’ (Song 8:2)mereqāḥōt ‘ointment preparations’ (Ex. 30:25)
- Punicrqḥrqḥ, N.Pu. rqʾ (T 306–307)N.Pu. mrqḥ (T 307)gloss withheldAnderson–Moser 2024 root rqḥ
- Judaic Aramaicmrqḥtʾ (HALOT 638)
- Aramaicrqḥ (DNWSI 1083)gloss withheld
† Gloss withheld: the cited dictionary’s licence is closed, so its form and page stand without its gloss.