רָחַץ

Qal₆₉ Perfect 3 masculine singular ׳ר Es 4,4 +, etc.; Imperfect 3 masculine singular יִרְחַץ 5 Mos 23,12 + etc.; Imperative masculine singular רְחַץ 2 Sam 11,8; 2 Kong 5,13 masculine plural רַחֲצוּ 1 Mos 18,4 +; Infinitive construct רְחֹץ 1 Mos 24,32 +, לְרָחְצָה 2 Mos 30,18 +; Participle feminine singular רֹחֶ֫צֶת 2 Sam 11,2, feminine plural רֹחֲצוֺת Hoj 5,12 —

1. transitive wash (with water), with accusative feet (רגלים; בַּמַּיִם often expressed), 1 Mos 18,4; 1 Mos 19,2; 1 Mos 24,32; 1 Mos 43,24 (all J), Dom 19,21; 1 Sam 25,41; 2 Sam 11,8; Hoj 5,3 פְּעָמָיו בְּדַם הָרָשָׁע ׳יִר Sl 58,11 (figurative of righteous, at ׳י's vengeance); with accusative hands (יָדַיִם) 5 Mos 21,6 (+ עַל over, in ceremonial, to express innocence), hence figurative כַּפַּי בְּנַקָּיוֺן ׳אֶר Sl 26,6; Sl 73,13 hands and feet 2 Mos 30,19 (+ מִן of laver), v2 Mos 30,21; 2 Mos 40,31 (+ מִן id.; all P); with accusative face (פָּנָיו) 1 Mos 43,31 (J); with accusative of person Ezk 16,9; 2 Mos 29,4; 2 Mos 40,12; 3 Mos 8,6 (all P), accusative בְּשָׂרוֺ (often || כבּס of garments), 3 Mos 14,9; 3 Mos 15,13 + 9 t. P (H); with accusative of parts of sacrificial victim 2 Mos 29,17; 3 Mos 1,9; 3 Mos 1,13; 3 Mos 8,21; 3 Mos 9,14 wash off, away, with accusative of filth Es 4,4 (figurative).

2. intransitive wash, bathe (oneself): 2 Mos 2,5 (E), 2 Sam 11,2; 2 Sam 12,20; 1 Kong 22,38; 2 Kong 5,10; 2 Kong 5,12; 2 Kong 5,13; Es 1,16; Ezk 23,40 (+ ל person for whom), Rut 3,3; 3 Mos 14,8 + 14 t. P (often || כבּס); + ב of laver 2 Kron 4,6 (twice in verse); of eyes, bathed in milk (בֶּחָלָב) Hoj 5,12 (figurative); Job 29,6 (figurative), see הָלִיךְ. Pu`al Perfect 3 masculine singular רֻחָ֑ץ Ord 30,12 be washed (+ מִן of filth, figurative); 2 feminine singular בְּמַיִם לֹא רֻחַצְתְּ Ezk 16,4 (in figurative). Hithpa`el Perfect 1 singular הִתְרָחַצְתִּי במו שׁלג Job 9,30 if I washed myself in snow (figurative).