רפי

רפי, רָפָא(b. h.) (to be or make loose, soft, to be healed, relieved; to heal. Ber.60a ותִרְפָּאֵנִי and do thou heal me, v. רְפוּאָה. Tanḥ. Bshall. 23 וכשרְפָאָהוּ בסערה רְפָאוֹ and when he came to heal him (Job), he healed him in a windstorm; Yalk. Ex. 235. Ber.55b ואם צריכים רפואה רְפָאֵםוכ׳ and if they (my dreams) need remedy, remedy them as thou didst the waters of Marah ; a. fr.Part. pass. רָפוּי. Sifra Mtsorʿa, Neg. ch. IV, Par. 7; a. e. Pi. רִיפֵּא same. Yalk. Ex. l. c. הוא רי׳וכ׳ he healed Job in a windstorm. Ber. l. c. לפי שאין דרכן … לרַפְּאוֹתוכ׳ because it is not for man to cure, but it is the custom (to employ physicians). Ib. שניתנה … לרפאות, v. רוֹפֵא. Ned.IV, 4 (38b) ומְרַפְּאֵהוּ רפואתוכ׳ (Bab. ed. ומרַפְּאוֹ) and he may attend to him as a physician to his body , v. רִיפּוּי. Pesik. R. s. 29-30-30 כל מה דאמר ירמיה ופרע אתא ישעיהו ור׳ whatever Jeremiah spoke and tore (prophesied evil), Isaiah came and healed (restored) it; a. fr. Hithpa. הִתְרַפֵּא, Nithpa. נִתְרַפֵּא to be cured, be treated; to get well. Sabb.XXII, 6. Pes.25a בכל מִתְרַפְּאִין חוץ מעציוכ׳ you may apply anything (otherwise forbidden) as a remedy, except wood of an ăsherah. Ib. בכל מתרפאין חוץ מעבודתוכ׳ you may employ any remedy except idolatrous objects, lawless gratification, and bloodshed. Keth.105a ספק מִתְרַפֵּאוכ׳ it is doubtful whether or not he will get well. Ab. Zar. II, 2, v. רִיפּוּי; a. fr. Hif. הִרְפָּא (v. next w.) to loosen (the bowels). Sabb.147b מַרְפֵּאת (not מרפא), v. עָמֵל.