- רפס
- רָפַס(b. h.) to stamp, beat. Men.37a מקום שמוחו … רוֹפֵס (Ag. Hatt. רוֹפֵף, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 1) the place on the head where the childs brain pulsates; (Yalk. Ex. 222 רופף). Lev. R. s. 16, beg. היתה רוֹפֶסֶת עליה she stamped upon it; (Sabb.62b בועט׳). Lam. R. introd. (R. Ḥan. 2) (ref. to Prov. 25:19) ולמה שן רועה … ורגל רופסתוכ׳ and why does the feeding tooth eat us and the foot tread upon us?; a. e. Nif. נִרְפַּס to be trodden, stamped upon. Lev. R. s. 36 מה גפן זו … נִרְפֶּסֶתוכ׳ as the fruit of the vine is first trodden with the foot and then offered at kings tables, so Israel ; Midr. Sam. ch. 16. Gen. R. s. 75, beg. (ref. to Prov. 25:26) כשם … להֵרָפֵסוכ׳ as it is impossible for a spring to be stamped out and for a well to be corrupted, so is it impossible that the righteous sink before the wicked; Yalk. ib. 130.Y.Erub.V, 22d top מיתַּרְפֵּס, מִתַּ׳, v. חָּפַס a. טָפס. Hif. הִרְפִּיס to cause to be trodden upon, to humiliate. Midr. Sam. ch. 2, end (expl. 1 Sam. 1:16) אל תַּרְפִּיסֵנִי קַמָּהּ do not humiliate me before her (Peninah).V. רָפַשׂ.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.
