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RAX is a variant of RAK רך 'soft, pliable, yielding, tender, spreadable', as in Prov. 25:15. It is related to ערך ARAK, 'array, arrange', ארוך AROK, 'long', ארוכה ARUKAH, 'relief' (as in Is. 58:8), and ארוחה ARUXAH, 'meal'. From RX we have רוח RUAX, 'wind', ריח REYAX, 'smell', and רחים REXAYIM, 'millstones'. Language is capable of expressing the negative only via the positive: nothing = no-thing. Thus, RAWAX is, 'relax, loosen, be free of pressure'. Related to this are: RAXAB רחב 'wide'. RARAQ רחק 'spread out' RAXA$ רחש 'seethe, swarm' RAXAC רחץ 'wash' RAXAM רחם 'mercy, compassion' RAXAP רחף 'hover', as in Gen. 1:2. Also RAKAB רכב 'mount, ride, combine' RAKAS רכס 'assemble' RAKA$ רכש 'acquired' and RAQAB רקב 'rotted' RAQAD רקד 'danced' RAQAM רקם 'stitched' and many more of the form #RX, #RK and #RQ. Isaac Fried, Boston University On Jul 17, 2013, at 7:42 PM, Stewart Felker wrote:
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