רָחֵל
rachel · ewe
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H7353 · appears 4 times in the Bible
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rachel (רָחֵל) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “ewe”.
A female sheep. It is the same word as the name "Rachel".
How to say it
ra·chel
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- The female of the ram.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- ewes ×3
- like a ewe ×1
Related words
Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Genesis 31:38
These twenty years I have been with you; your ewes and your female goats have not miscarried, and the rams of your flock I have not eaten.
- Genesis 32:14
two hundred female goats and twenty male goats, two hundred ewes and twenty rams,
- Song of Songs 6:6
Your teeth are like a flock of ewes that have come up from the washing, all of which bear twins, and none is barren among them.
- Isaiah 53:7
He was mistreated, and he humbled himself, and he did not open his mouth; like a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and like a ewe that before her shearers is silent, and he did not open his mouth.