BDB7915
רֵיקָם adverb emptily, vainly; —
1.
in empty condition, empty = with empty hands; with verb of sending Gen 31:42 (
E
), Deut
15:13; 1Sam 6:3
; Job 22:9
of going forth
Exod 3:21, returning Ruth 1:21; Ruth 3:17 = without an offering, ׳
לֹא יֵרָאוּ פָנַי ד
Exod 23:15
(
E
) = Exod
34:20 (
J
), more fully Deut 16:16 (compare [פָנֶה] II.
2.
ראה
Niph`al
1.b.).
2.
in vain, without effect: with שׁוּב
2Sam 1:22
(poem), Isa
55:11; Jer
14:3 (but see
רֵיק
1), Jer
50:9 probably also ׳
צוֺרֲרִי ר
Ps 7:5
those who were my adversaries in vain (without success); ׳
הַבּוֺגְדִים ר
Ps 25:3
that deal treacherously in vain <in both most without cause
).