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In the biblical context, it is often associated with acts of disdain or humiliation, as spitting was considered a gesture of contempt or insult. However, it also appears in contexts where saliva is used for healing or ritual purposes.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In ancient Near Eastern cultures, spitting was a powerful gesture. It could signify disdain, but it also had connotations of purification and healing. Saliva was sometimes believed to have medicinal properties, and this belief is reflected in some biblical narratives. The act of spitting could also be part of certain legal or ritual practices, as seen in the levirate marriage law where a widow might spit in the face of a man who refused to marry her (Deuteronomy 25:9).<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>from <a href="/hebrew/7401.htm">rakak</a><br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>tenderness, delicacy<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>refinement (1).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Brown-Driver-Briggs</div> <font class="hebrew2">רֹךְ</font> <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>noun [masculine]</b></font> <font size="+1"><b>tenderness, delicacy</b></font>; — of delicately-nurtured woman, <font class="hebrew2">מֵהִתְעַנֵּג וּמֵרֹךְ</font> <a href="/interlinear/deuteronomy/28-56.htm">Deuteronomy 28:56</a>. <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft2.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>tenderness <p>From <a href="/hebrew/7401.htm">rakak</a>; softness (figuratively) -- tenderness. <p>see HEBREW <a href="/hebrew/7401.htm">rakak</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>וּמֵרֹ֑ךְ ומרך ū·mê·rōḵ umeRoch ūmêrōḵ<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/deuteronomy/28-56.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Deuteronomy 28:56</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/deuteronomy/28.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">הָאָ֔רֶץ מֵהִתְעַנֵּ֖ג <b> וּמֵרֹ֑ךְ </b> תֵּרַ֤ע עֵינָהּ֙</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/deuteronomy/28.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> for delicateness <span class="itali">and refinement,</span> shall be hostile<br><a href="/kjvs/deuteronomy/28.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> for delicateness <span class="itali">and tenderness,</span> her eye<br><a href="/interlinear/deuteronomy/28-56.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> the ground delicateness <span class="itali">and refinement</span> shall be hostile her eye<p><i><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7391.htm">1 Occurrence</a></i><br /><br /><b><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7391.htm">Strong's Hebrew 7391<br>1 Occurrence</a></b><br><br><a href="/hebrew/umeroch_7391.htm">ū·mê·rōḵ — 1 Occ.</a><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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