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רָפָא verb heal (Late Hebrew in derivatives; Phoenician 
רפא, Syriac 
 heal
 heal; on Aramaic proper name compounded with 
רפא see Nö
ZMG xi (1886), 723 Lzb
369; Sabean proper name 
אלרפא Langer
1, 1 DHM
ZMG xxxvii (1883), 326; Arabic 

 (and 

) 
darn, mend, repair, pacify; Ethiopic 
 stitch together, mend
 stitch together, mend; compare Küchenmeister
ZWiss. Th. xxx (1887), 257 ff.); — 
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular consecutive 
וְר׳ Isaiah 6:10, suffix 
וּרְפָאָם Isaiah 19:22, 
1st person singular suffix consecutive 
וּרְפָאתִיו Isaiah 57:19, etc.; 
Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִרְפָּא 2 Kings 20:8 +, suffix 
יִרְפָּאֵנוּ Hosea 6:1, 
1st person singular אֶרְפָּא Hosea 14:5 +, 
אֶרְפָּה (Ges
§ 75 pp) 
Jeremiah 3:22; 
3rd person feminine plural תִּרְפֶּינָה (Id
ib. qq) 
Job 5:18, etc.; 
Imperative masculine singular רְפָא Numbers 12:13, 
רְפָה (Id
ib. pp) 
Psalm 60:4, 
רְפָאָ֫ה Psalm 41:5, etc.; 
Infinitive absolute רָפוֺא Isaiah 19:22; 
construct לִרְפֹּא Hosea 5:13, etc.; 
Participle רֹפֵא 2 Kings 20:5 +, etc.; — 
heal: 
    1. literally,
    2. figurative, heal hurts of nation, involving י׳'s (restored) favour (and, often, forgiveness):
    a. subject 
י׳, with suffix person, 
Hosea 6:1; 
Hosea 11:3 (yet compare We Now), 
Exodus 15:26 (J), 
Isaiah 19:22b Isaiah 57:18, 
19; 
Jeremiah 33:6; 
Psalm 30:3, compare 
Psalm 6:3; with accusative 
עַם 2 Chronicles 30:20, with accusative 
אֶרֶץ 2 Chronicles 7:14; with 
ל of nation 
Hosea 7:1, and (indefinite subject) 
Isaiah 6:10 (lest) 
one heal them (= passive, 
they be healed); with accusative of hurt, 
מִחַץ מַכָּתוֺ Isaiah 30:26, 
שְׁבָרִים (of land) 
Psalm 60:4, so 
מְשׁוּבָה Hosea 14:5; 
Jeremiah 3:22 (including the 
consequences of backsliding); with 
ל of hurt 
Psalm 103:3; accusative nation (personified) + 
מִן of hurt 
Jeremiah 30:17 I will heal thee of thy wounds (|| 
אֶרְמָּאֵךְ); absolute 
Isaiah 19:22a (opposed to 
נגף), 
Deuteronomy 32:39 (opposed to 
מחץ); participle as substantive 
healer, physician Jeremiah 8:22.
 
    3.
Niph. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular נּרְפָּא Leviticus 13:37 +, 
3rd person feminine singular נִרְפָּ֑תָה (Ges
§ 75 qq) 
Jeremiah 51:9; 
3rd person plural וְנִרְפּאוּ consecutive 
Ezekiel 47:8; 
Imperfect 2nd person masculine singular תֵּרָפֵא Jeremiah 51:8; 
3rd person masculine plural יֵרָֽפְאוּ Ezekiel 47:9, 
11, 
וַיֵּרָפו (Ges
l. c.) 
2 Kings 2:22, etc.; 
Infinitive construct הֵרָפֵא Jeremiah 15:18 +, 
הֵרָפֵה (Id
ib.) 
Jeremiah 19:11; — 
be healed: 
    1. literally, of person 
1 Samuel 6:3; + accusative of disease 
Deuteronomy 28:27, 
35; subject disease 
Leviticus 13:18, 
37; 
Leviticus 14:3, 
48; of (bad) water 
2 Kings 2:22, salt waters (prediction), i.e. be made fresh, 
Ezekiel 47:8, 
9, 
11; of (broken) pottery, i.e. be made whole, 
Jeremiah 19:11 (in simile).
 
    2. figurative, be healed:
    a. of national hurts, subject city 
Jeremiah 51:8, 
9; involving forgiveness and 
י׳'s blessing, impersonal with 
ל of people, 
נִרְפָּא־לָנוּ Isaiah 53:5 i.e. 
healing has come to us.
 
Pi. Perfect 1st person singular רִפִּאתִי 2 Kings 2:21; 
2nd person masculine plural רִפֵּאתֶם Ezekiel 34:4; 
1st person plural רִפִּאנוּ Jeremiah 51:9; 
Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יְרַפֵּא Exodus 21:19; 
Zechariah 11:16, 
וַיְרַפֵּא 1 Kings 18:30; 
3rd person masculine plural וַיְרַפְּאוּ Jeremiah 6:14, 
וַיְרַפּוּ (Ges
§ 75 qq) 
Jeremiah 8:11; 
Infinitive absolute רַפֹּא Exodus 21:19; — 
have healed, heal, usually human subject: 
Hithp. Infinitive construct of purpose, 
לְהִתְרַפֵּא, literally, 
in order to get healed, + 
מִן of wounds 
2 Kings 8:29 = 
2 Kings 9:15, so || 
2 Chronicles 22:6 (read with 
 מִן
 מִן for 
כִּי, compare Be Kau Benz).
														
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