Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu>]

1. I agree with you that TURAQ is an act of the root RQ. 

2. It appears to me that the root RQQ is a variant of the roots

רכך, רחק, רקח, רקק

or RKK, RXQ, RQX, RQQ

all meaning 'soft, pliable, melleable, spreadable, supple'. Compare 

Is. 1:6 "neither mollified with ointment"

Indeed, we have from this root also the רקיק RAQIYQ of Ex. 29:23, 

'wafer', which I don't think is hollowed out.

In the Mishnah we find דגי רקק DGEI RKAK, 'mud or swamp creatures'.

So TURAQ, methinks, is not 'pouring out', but rather 'softening'. 

Isaac Fried, Boston University

On Dec 10, 2012, at 5:27 PM, David Kolinsky wrote:

I believe it to be huphal from רקק meaning 'fully poured out."