רַק

1. adjective thin; — feminine plural רַקּוֺת, of kine, 1 Mos 41,19; 1 Mos 41,20; 1 Mos 41,27 (|| v1 Mos 41,3 v1 Mos 41,4 דַּקּוֺת).

2.₁₀₉ adverb with restrictive force, only, altogether, surely (synonym אַךְ); —
\ \ a. only, 1 Mos 14,24; 1 Mos 41,40 רַק הַכִּסֵּא אֶגְדַּל מִמֶּךָּ only as regards the throne, etc., 1 Mos 47,22 רַק אַדְמַת הַכֹּהֲנִים לֹא קָנָה, 1 Mos 50,8; 2 Mos 8,5 רַק בַּיְאֹר תִּשָּׁאַרְנָה, 2 Mos 10,17 וְיָסֵר מֵעָלַי רַק הַמָּוֶת הַזֶּה only this death, 5 Mos 2,35 (compare 5 Mos 20,14; Jos 8,2; Jos 8,27), Jos 3,11; Dom 6,39 (compare אַךְ ib. 1 Mos 18,32; 2 Mos 10,17), 2 Mos 11,34 (circumstantial clause) רַק הִיא יְחִידָה (there being) only she, an only one, 1 Sam 1,13; Amos 3,2 רק אתכם ידעתי only you have I known, etc., Job 1,15; Job 1,16; Job 1,17; Job 1,19 וָאִמָּֽלְטָה רַק אֲנִי לְבַדִּי I only, Sl 91,8 + often Once strengthening אַךְ, 4 Mos 12,2 ׳הֲרַק אַךְבְּֿמשֶׁה דִּבֶּר י. And separated (as sometimes in English) from the word actually emphasized, Ord 13,10 רִק בְּזָדוֺן יִתֵּן מַצָּה by pride there only cometh [נָתַן 1 z] contention.
\ \ b. prefixed to sentences, to add a limitation on something previously expressed (or implied), 1 Mos 19,8 only to these men do nothing, 1 Mos 24,8 רִק אֶתבְּֿנִי לֹאתָֿהֵ֫נָּה, 2 Mos 8,24 I will let you go . . ., only go not far, v.2 Mos 8,25; 4 Mos 20,19 only — it is nothing — let me pass through on my feet (compare 5 Mos 2,28); especially in Deuteronomic writers, as 5 Mos 10,15; 5 Mos 12,15; 5 Mos 20,16; 1 Kong 3,2; 1 Kong 3,3 (compare 2 Kong 12,4; 2 Kong 14,4; 2 Kong 15,4; 2 Kong 15,35), 2 Kong 8,19; 2 Kong 11,13; 2 Kong 15,14; 2 Kong 15,23; 2 Kong 3,2 (compare 2 Kong 14,3; 2 Kong 17,2), etc., Es 4,1 emphasizing a command, 5 Mos 4,9; 5 Mos 12,16; 5 Mos 12,23; Jos 1,7; Jos 1,18; Jos 6,18; Jos 13,6; Jos 22,5 (all D²).
\ \ c. emphasizing single words, especially adjectives, only = nought but, altogether, 1 Mos 6,5 יֵצֶר מַחְשְׁבוֺת לִבּוֺ רִק רִע is only evil, i.e. exclusively evil, nought but evil, 1 Mos 26,29 עָשִׂינוּ עִמְּךָ רִק טוֺב nothing but good, 5 Mos 28,33 וְהָיִיתָ רִק עָשׁוּק, Es 28,19 רִק זְוָעָה it shall be nought but terror to, etc., 1 Kong 14,8 (compare אַךְ 2 b β); followed by an adverb 5 Mos 28,13 וְהָיִיתָ רִק לְמַ֫עְלָה above only; followed by a verb, Dom 14,16 thou dost but hate me.
\ \ d. after a negative, save, except (synonym כִּי אִם 2 a), 1 Kong 8,9 ( = 2 Kron 5,10) אֵין בָּאָרוֺן רִק שְׁנֵי לֻהוֺת הָאֲבָנִים, 2 Kron 15,5; 2 Kron 22,16 ( = 2 Kron 18,15), 2 Kong 17,18.
\ \ e. with an affirmative, asseverative force, only, altogether = surely, 1 Mos 20,11 רַק אֵין יִרְאַת אלהים במקום הזה, 5 Mos 4,6 (so EV; but Ges populus mere sapiens, so Di), 1 Kong 21,25; 2 Kron 28,10; Sl 32,6 רִק לְשֶׁטֶף מים רבים אליו לא יַגִּ֑יעוּ. feminine רִק אִם (רִק prefixed for emphasis) if only, provided only, 5 Mos 15,5 ׳רִק אִם שׁמוע תשׁמע וג, 1 Kong 8,25 ( = 2 Kron 6,16) רִק אִם ישׁמרו בניך דרכם ׳ללכת וג, 2 Kong 21,8 ( = 2 Kron 33,8).