H7404 — רְכֻלָּה (rekullah)¶

Core Data¶

Strong's: H7404
Original: רְכֻלָּה
Transliteration: rᵉkullâh
Pronunciation: rek-ool-law
Part of Speech: Feminine noun
Root: From the H7402 רָכַל (râkal) trade/merchant word family
Occurrences: 4 unique verses (4 tokens)
Books: 1
First Occurrence: Eze 26:12 — "make a prey of thy merchandise"
Hapax Legomenon: No

Lexicon Definition¶

Feminine passive participle of H7402; trade as peddled: merchandise, traffic.

Translation Distribution (KJV)¶

Translation	Verses	%
of thy merchandise	2	50.0%
by thy traffick	1	25.0%
of thy traffick	1	25.0%

Distribution by Book¶

Book	Count	Per 100 Verses
Ezekiel	4	0.3

All four uses occur in Ezekiel, specifically in the Tyre oracles of Ezekiel 26 and 28. The word is absent from Pentateuchal law, historical narrative, wisdom literature, and the rest of the prophets.

Semantic Categories¶

1. Commercial Goods Subject to Plunder¶

Eze 26:12 — "they shall make a spoil of thy riches, and make a prey of thy merchandise"

2. Trade as a Means of Increasing Wealth¶

Eze 28:5 — "by thy traffick hast thou increased thy riches"

3. Abundant Trade Filling a City with Violence¶

Eze 28:16 — "By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee with violence"

4. Traffick as an Iniquity Context¶

Eze 28:18 — "by the iniquity of thy traffick"

Common Collocations¶

Word	Strong's	Co-occurrences	Typical Pattern
אֶבֶן (eben)	H68	2x	Stones in Tyre imagery: city materials / stones of fire
אֵשׁ (esh)	H784	2x	Fire imagery in Ezekiel 28 judgment context
חַיִל (chayil)	H2428	2x	Riches/wealth associated with merchandise
חָלַל (chalal)	H2490	2x	Profaning / defiling language in Ezekiel 28
חָמָס (chamas)	H2555	1x	Merchandise linked with violence in Eze 28:16
חָכְמָה (chokmah)	H2451	1x	Wisdom as commercial skill in Eze 28:5

Word Family / Cognates¶

H7402 רָכַל (rakal) — travel for trading; merchant / trader language.
H7403 רָכָל (Rakal) — proper locative noun, from the merchant word family.

Semantic Domain¶

Domain	Label	Neighbor Examples
002003002010	Exchange	H2487 chaliphah, H3724 kopher, H4171 mur
001	Objects	H214 otsar and other object / goods terms

Easily Confused Words¶

Word	Strong's	Shared Translation	Key Difference
מַעֲרָב (maʻarab)	H4627	"of thy merchandise"	maʻarab is exchange / merchandise in Ezekiel 27; rekullah is trade/traffic vocabulary in Ezekiel 26 and 28
עָרַב (ʻarab)	H6148	merchandise context in Ezekiel 27	arab is a broader verb for pledge, mix, exchange, or occupy merchandise; rekullah is the traded traffic/goods noun

LXX Mapping¶

Greek Equivalent	Co-occurrences	PMI	Notes
ἐμπορία (emporia) G1711	3	10.73	Primary commercial equivalent: merchandise / trade
μέσος (mesos) G3319	3	4.90	Co-occurs in the same Ezekiel contexts through "midst" language

No cross-testament trace was created: the strongest LXX bridge has only 3 co-occurrences, below the skill threshold of 20.