Gen 50:2 | TSK | e4.org | the physicians The Hebrew ropheim , from rapha , to heal, is literally the healers, those whose business it was to heal, or restore the body from sickness, by administering proper medicines; and when death took place, to heal or preserve it from decomposition by embalming. The word chanat , to embalm, is also used in Arabic to express the reddening of leather; somewhat analogous to our tanning; which is probably the grand principal in embalming. embalmed ; ; ; , ; ; ,

‏ Genesis 50:2

the physicians The Hebrew ropheim, from rapha, to heal, is literally the healers, those whose business it was to heal, or restore the body from sickness, by administering proper medicines; and when death took place, to heal or preserve it from decomposition by embalming. The word chanat, to embalm, is also used in Arabic to express the reddening of leather; somewhat analogous to our tanning; which is probably the grand principal in embalming.

embalmed Gen 50:26; 2Chr 16:14; Matt 26:12; Mark 14:8, Mark 16:1; Luke 24:1; John 12:7, John 19:39-40