- רצא
- רְצֵי, רְצָאch. sam( Hithp. הִתְרַצָּה, Nithpa. נִתְרַצָּה to be reconciled, be satisfied; to comply with); v. next w. Pa. רַצֵּי to appease, to effect atonement. Ber.33b כמה ידע … לרַצּוּיֵי למריה how well that scholar knows how to appease his Master! Yoma 7a למה לי לרצויי what need would there be for the atoning power of the priests plate?; a. e.Erub.100b; Yalk. Gen. 31, v. infra. Af. אַרְצֵי 1) to be pleasant. Erub.100b דמַדְצְיָא אַרְצוּיֵי קמיה (Ms. M. דמרצי רַצּוּיֵי, read: דמְרַצְּיָא, Pa.) she makes herself pleasant (attractive) to him; Yalk. Gen. 31 דמְרַצְּיָיא רַצּוּיֵיה she tries to please him. 2) as preced. Hif. 3. Ḥag.14b דא׳ זאַרְצוּ קמיהוכ׳ he mentions only such a one as discoursed (on theosophy), and before whom others discoursed. Ib. דא׳ מיהא קמיה מאן דא׳ he at least discoursed before one who again discoursed before others. Ithpe. אִיתְרְצֵי, אִירְצֵי to be appeased. Taan.23b אפשר דמִירְצֵיהקב״הוכ׳ (Ms. M. 2 דמִתְרְצֵי, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 90) peradventure the Lord will be appeased and send rain.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.