- רפק
- רְפַקto loosen the ground, hoe, plough. B. Mets. 103a למִרְפַּק … רָפֵיק v. פַּרְדֵּס ch. Men.87a רפיק ליה טפי תרי ריפקי Ms. M. (strike out טפי) he hoed it twice (ed. דר׳ ביה טפי ריפקא to which he gave an additional hoeing). Taan.23a bot. דהוה קא רפיק ריפקא Ms. M. 2, a. Ar. (ed. only רפיק, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 20) when he was hoeing; a. e.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.
