רַקַּת

רַקַּת(b. h.) pr. n. pl. Rakkath, a fortified town of Naftali. Meg.6a ר׳ זר ציפורי … כרקתאוכ׳ R. is Sepphoris, and its name was Rakkath, because it lies high like the banks of a river. Ib. ר׳ זו טבריא R. is Tiberias. Ib. איכא …ר׳ לאו טבריא היאוכ׳ is there any one that can say, R. is not Tiberias? when one dies here (in Babylonia), do they not eulogize him there in (Tiberias): גרול הוא בששך ושם לו בר׳ he was great in Sheshakh (Babylonia), and had a name in Rakkath? Ib. יושביר׳ צאווכ׳ citizens of R., go forth and receive the dead of the valley (Babylonia); a. e.