רִיק
ruq (H7324)
to empty
AI Word Study
The Hebrew word "ruq" (strong's number H7324) primarily means "to empty." This action can be understood as removing something from a space or container, such as objects, liquids, or even people. The semantic domain of "physical action" suggests that the meaning of ruq is tangible and real. Throughout its 19 occurrences in the Bible, ruq is often used to describe scenes where spaces become vacant or devoid of things. For instance, it could refer to empty vessels, abandoned cities, or even the removal of inhabitants. This word is used across various contexts, implying that its meaning is relevant across different scenarios of physical change. The frequent use of ruq in the Bible underscores its significance in describing the dynamics of physical presence and absence. It can evoke imagery of vast deserts, abandoned ruins, or even the emptiness left by departure or loss. The repetition of ruq in the biblical text points to its importance in conveying themes related to space, absence, and removal.
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When Abram heard that his relative was taken captive, he led out his three hundred eighteen trained men, born in his house, and pursued as far as Dan.
As they emptied their sacks, behold, each man’s bundle of money was in his sack. When they and their father saw their bundles of money, they were afraid.
The enemy said, ‘I will pursue. I will overtake. I will divide the plunder. My desire will be satisfied on them. I will draw my sword. My hand will destroy them.’
I will scatter you among the nations, and I will draw out the sword after you. Your land will be a desolation, and your cities shall be a waste.
Then I beat them small as the dust before the wind. I cast them out as the mire of the streets.
Brandish the spear and block those who pursue me. Tell my soul, “I am your salvation.”
If the clouds are full of rain, they empty themselves on the earth; and if a tree falls toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falls, there shall it be.
Your oils have a pleasing fragrance. Your name is oil poured out, therefore the virgins love you.
For the fool will speak folly, and his heart will work iniquity, to practice profanity, and to utter error against Yahweh, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and to cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.
“Moab has been at ease from his youth, and he has settled on his lees, and has not been emptied from vessel to vessel, neither has he gone into captivity: therefore his taste remains in him, and his scent is not changed.
Therefore behold, the days come,” says Yahweh, “that I will send to him those who pour off, and they will pour him off; and they will empty his vessels, and break their containers in pieces.
A third part you shall burn in the fire in the middle of the city, when the days of the siege are fulfilled. You shall take a third part, and strike with the sword around it. A third part you shall scatter to the wind, and I will draw out a sword after them.
A third part of you will die with the pestilence, and they will be consumed with famine within you. A third part will fall by the sword around you. A third part I will scatter to all the winds, and will draw out a sword after them.
I will scatter toward every wind all who are around him to help him, and all his bands. I will draw out the sword after them.
therefore, behold, I will bring strangers on you, the terrible of the nations. They will draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom. They will defile your brightness.
He and his people with him, the terrible of the nations, will be brought in to destroy the land. They will draw their swords against Egypt, and fill the land with the slain.
Will he therefore continually empty his net, and kill the nations without mercy?
I asked him the second time, “What are these two olive branches, which are beside the two golden spouts, that pour the golden oil out of themselves?”
Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house, and test me now in this,” says Yahweh of Armies, “if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there will not be room enough for.