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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." |
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