רַק (raq) is
a Hebrew preposition
meaning leanness. It appears
109 times
in 15 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H7535).
Also rendered
except
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 2218a)
Range of meaning (TWOT 2218a)thin; only, altogether, surely; emaciated, leanness; limitation, merely, although; lean, but, even, except, howbeit howsoever, at the least, nevertheless, nothing but, notwithstanding, save, so, yet, in any wise
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
רַק
1.adjective thin
2.adverb with restrictive force, only, altogether, surely
Strong's H7534רַק: emaciated (as if flattened out) KJV:lean(-fleshed), thin.
Strong's H7535רַק: properly, leanness, i.e. (figuratively) limitation; only adverbial, merely, or conjunctional, although KJV:but, even, except, howbeit howsoever, at the least, nevertheless, nothing but, notwithstanding, only, save, so (that), surely, yet (so), in any wise.
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.
Root family 2218: רקקrqq — Root of: רַק thin; רַק thin; רַקָּה the temple; רָקִיק a thin cake, wafer, a thin round cake of bread