rachal · go about trading

What it means

rachal (רָכַל) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “go about trading”.

Go from place to place selling; as a participle, trader, traveling merchant.

How to say it

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

1. A seller who goes from place to place.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• traders ×13
• trader ×2
• merchant ×1
• merchants ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• 1 Kings×1
• Nehemiah×3
• Song of Songs×1
• Ezekiel×11
• Nahum×1

• 1 Kings 10:15

  besides that from the men who traveled the land and from the trade of the traders, and from all the kings of Arabia and the governors of the land.

• Nehemiah 3:31

  After him Malchijah the son of the silversmith repaired as far as the house of the Nethinim and of the traders, opposite the Inspection Gate, and as far as the upper room of the corner.

• Nehemiah 3:32

  And between the upper room of the corner and the Sheep Gate the silversmiths and the traders repaired.

• Nehemiah 13:20

  And the traders and the sellers of all kinds of merchandise spent the night outside Jerusalem once or twice.

• Song of Songs 3:6

  Who is this coming up from the wilderness like columns of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all the powders of the merchant?

• Ezekiel 17:4

  The tip of its shoots it plucked off and brought it to a land of Canaan; in a city of merchants it set it.

• Ezekiel 27:3

  and say to Tyre, who dwells at the entrances of the sea, trader of the peoples to many coastlands: ‘Thus says Adonai YHWH: Tyre, you have said, “I am perfection of beauty.”

• Ezekiel 27:13

  Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they were your traders; with souls of men and objects of bronze they paid for your exchange.

• Ezekiel 27:15

  The sons of Dedan were your traders; many coastlands were the market of your hand; horns of ivory and ebony they brought back as your gift.

• Ezekiel 27:17

  Judah and the land of Israel, they were your traders; with wheat of Minnith, and panag, and honey, and oil, and balm they paid for your exchange.

• Ezekiel 27:20

  Dedan was your trader in blankets for riding.

• Ezekiel 27:22

  The traders of Sheba and Raamah, they were your traders; with the best of all balsam and with every precious stone and gold they paid for your wares.

• Ezekiel 27:23

  Haran and Canneh and Eden, the traders of Sheba, Assyria, Chilmad were your traders.

• Ezekiel 27:24

  They were your traders in luxurious things, in cloaks of blue and embroidery, and in chests of colored fabrics, bound with cords and firm, in your market.

• Nahum 3:16

  You have multiplied your traders more than the stars of the heavens; the young locust strips off and flies away.

And 2 more times.