| Lexical Summary raqeb: to rotOriginal Word: רָקַב Transliteration: raqeb Phonetic Spelling: (raw-kab') Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to rot Meaning: to decay Strong's Concordancerot A primitive root; to decay (as by worm-eating) -- rot. Brown-Driver-Briggs H7537. raqeb [רָקֵב] verb rot (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic רקב in derivatives ); — Qal Imperfect3masculine singular יִרְקַב Isaiah 40:20 (of tree); figurative יִרְקָ֑ב רְשָׁעִים שֵׁם Proverbs 10:7 (Krochm and others יוּקָ֑ב be cursed, √ קבב, compare Toy). | 



