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רָפָא verb heal (Late Hebrew in derivatives; Phoenician
רפא, Syriac
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; 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 for
כִּי, compare Be Kau Benz).
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