רץ

Compare Ge'ez ሮጸ (roṣä, “to run”).

In the chess sense, likely a semantic loan from German Läufer.

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʁat͡s/

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רָץ • (rats) third-singular masculine past (pa'al construction)

1. To run; to move forward quickly on legs.

   ‏הוא רץ מהר.‎‎ ― hu rats mahér. ― He runs/is running fast.

2. To run; to go fast, to visit quickly.

   ‏רצתי לחנות.‎‎ ― rátsti lakhanút. ― I ran to the store.

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• H7323 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

רָץ • (rats) m

1. A runner: a messenger who runs on foot.
2. A runner: one who competes in a foot-race.
3. A stripe, a band.
4. (chess) A bishop: a chessman that moves diagonally.