רָקַק

רָקַק, רוּק(b. h.) to spit. B. Kam.VIII, 6 ר׳ והגיע בו רוקו if a person spat (at his neighbor), and his spittle touched him. Snh.101a וברוֹקֵק בה … על הרקיקה that is when he spits at it (while reciting a Bible verse as a charm for a wound), for the name of God must not be pronounced in connection with spitting. Y.Ber.III, 6d bot. הרוקק … כרוקקוכ׳ he that spits in the synogogue is considered as if spitting at the pupil of his eye (euphem. for God). Yeb.105a שרָקְקָה דם who (in spitting before the yabam) spat blood; Y. ib. XII, end, 13a רַקָּה (or רָקָה, fr. רוּק). Ḥag.5a (ref. to Koh. 12:14) זה הרָק בפני חבירווכ׳ this refers to one who spits in his neighbors presence and becomes disgusting (v. מָאַס). Tosef.B. Kam. IX, 31, v. טוּש h.; a. fr. Pi. רִקֵּק same. Yalk. Is. 339 (ref. to Ps. 4:3) עד מתי … מְרַקְּקִין בווכ׳ how long will you put to shame the honor of the (ruined) Temple, spitting in it, committing nuisance in it ? Nif. נָרוֹק (cmp. רָקָק) to be miry. Mikv. VII, 1 חטיט הנ׳ soft, miry clay (in the bath reservoir); Zeb.22a Ms. M. (ed. הנדוק); Succ.19b (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 40).