- רְפַס
- רְפַסch. sam(רפסto stamp, beat). Targ. Y. II Gen. 44:19. Targ. Ez. 25:6 (h. text רקע). Targ. 2 Sam. 22:43; a. e. Pa. רַפֵּס to shake, shatter. Kidd.63b הני שמעתתא דידי מְרַפְּסָן איגרי these my traditions are apt to shatter roofs (are hard to understand). Ithpa. אִתְרַפֵּס to tremble. Targ. Koh. 12:4 ויִתְרַפְּסוּן (Levita ויתרפשון).V. רְפַשׂ.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.