The meaning of “רַקָּה”
Understanding raqqâh reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
feminine of רַק temple. - properly, thinness, i.e. the side of the head 1) temple, the temple (of the head)
רַקָּה
feminine of רַק temple. - properly, thinness, i.e. the side of the head 1) temple, the temple (of the head)
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Judges 4:21 | “Then Jael Heber’s wife took a nail of the tent, and took an hammer in her hand, and went softly unto him, and smote the nail into his temples, and fastened it into the ground: for he was fast asleep and weary. So he died.” Word: רַקָּה (raqqâh) | |
| Judges 4:22 | “And, behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him, and said unto him, Come, and I will shew thee the man whom thou seekest. And when he came into her tent, behold, Sisera lay dead, and the nail was in his temples.” Word: רַקָּה (raqqâh) | |
| Judges 5:26 | “She put her hand to the nail, and her right hand to the workmen’s hammer; and with the hammer she smote Sisera, she smote off his head, when she had pierced and stricken through his temples.” Word: רַקָּה (raqqâh) | |
| Song of Solomon 4:3 | “Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, and thy speech is comely: thy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate within thy locks.” Word: רַקָּה (raqqâh) | |
| Song of Solomon 6:7 | “As a piece of a pomegranate are thy temples within thy locks.” Word: רַקָּה (raqqâh) |