רך II

רַךְII m. (b. h.; רָכַךְ) soft, tender. Men.66b, a. e. רך (ו)מל, v. כַּרְמֶל. Ex. R. s. 1, a. e. (play on פרך, Ex. 1:13) בפה רך with soft (persuasive) speech. Gen. R. s. 90 (expl. א̇ב̇ר̇ך̇, Gen. 41:43) א̇ב̇ … ור̇ך̇ בשנים as a father in wisdom, but tender of years. Keth.46a (ref. to רכיל, Lev. 19:16) שלא יהא רך לזה וקשה לזה that the court should not be soft (lenient) to one and hard to another; Sifra Kdosh. Par. 2, ch. IV שלא תהיה רך דבריםוכ׳ that thou be not soft of speech ; a. fr.Pl. רַכִּים, רַכִּין Tosef.Shebi.II, 11; a. fr.Fem. רַכָּה; pl. רַכּוֹת. Gen. R. s. 70 (ref. to Gen. 29:17) ר׳ מבכיה her eyes had grown tender (sore) from weeping, v. רַכִּיךְ.