- רפק
- רָפַק(b. h.; cmp. רבק in רִבְקָה 1) to join.Denom. מַרְפֵּק. Hithpa. הִתְרַפֵּק to join ones self; (with על, cmp. חָבִיב) to endear ones self. Gen. R. s. 45 (they were childless for some time) כדי שיהיו מִתְרַפְּקוֹת … בנויין (Ar. מתפרקות, corr. acc.) in order that they might endear themselves to their husbands through their beauty; Yalk. Cant. 986 (some ed. מתפרקות, corr. acc.); Cant. R. to II, 14 כדי שלא יהווכ׳ (corr. acc.).(Num. R. s. 9 מתרפקת, read: מִתְפָּרֶקֶת, v. פָּרַק.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.