BDB8041
רָפָא verb heal (Late Hebrew in derivatives; Phoenician רפא, Syriac [untranscribed source text 5138] heal; on Aramaic proper name compounded with רפא see NöZMG xi (1886), 723 Lzb369; Sabean proper name אלרפא Langer1, 1 DHMZMG xxxvii (1883), 326; Arabic [untranscribed source text 5139] (and [untranscribed source text 5140]) darn, mend, repair, pacify; Ethiopic [untranscribed source text 5141] stitch together, mend; compare KüchenmeisterZWiss. Th. xxx (1887), 257 ff.); —
Qal
Perfect 3 masculine singular consecutive ׳
וְר
Isa 6:10, suffix
וּרְפָאָם
Isa 19:22, 1
singular suffix consecutive וּרְפָאתִיו
Isa 57:19,
etc.; Imperfect 3 masculine singular יִרְפָּא
2Kgs 20:8 +,
suffix יִרְפָּאֵנוּ
Hos 6:1, 1 singular
אֶרְפָּא
Hos 14:5 +,
אֶרְפָּה (Ges«GKC:75pp»§ 75pp) Jer 3:22 3 feminine
plural תִּרְפֶּינָה (Idib. qq) Job 5:18, etc.; Imperative masculine singular
רְפָא
Num 12:13,
רְפָה (Idib. pp) Ps 60:4, רְפָאָ֫ה
Ps 41:5, etc.;
Infinitive absolute
רָפוֺא
Isa 19:22
construct
לִרְפֹּא
Hos 5:13, etc.;
Participle
רֹפֵא
2Kgs 20:5 +,
etc.; — heal:
1. literally,
a. of God, with accusative of person Gen 20:17 (
E
), Ps
107:20 (suffix), with ל person Num 12:13 (
J
E
) 2Kgs
20:5
; 2Kgs
20:8
.
b. of men, absolute Eccl 3:3 (opposed to הרג); participle as substantive
healer, physician, Gen 50:2 (twice in verse) (
J
)
2Chr
16:12.
2.
figurative, heal hurts of nation, involving ׳
י's (restored) favour (and, often, forgiveness):
a. subject ׳
י, with suffix person, Hos 6:1; Hos 11:3 (yet compare We
Now), Exod 15:26 (
J
),
Isa
19:22b Isa
57:18; Isa
57:19; Jer
33:6;
Ps 30:3
, compare Ps
6:3
with accusative עַם
2Chr 30:20
,
with accusative אֶרֶץ
2Chr 7:14
with
ל of nation Hos 7:1, and (indefinite subject) Isa 6:10 (lest) one heal them
(= passive,
they be healed); with accusative of hurt, מִחַץ מַכָּתוֺ
Isa 30:26
,
שְׁבָרִים (of land) Ps 60:4, so מְשׁוּבָה
Hos 14:5;
Jer 3:22
(including
the consequences of backsliding); with ל of hurt Ps 103:3 accusative
nation
(personified) + מִן of hurt Jer 30:17
I will heal thee of thy wounds (|| אֶרְפָּאֵךְ); absolute Isa 19:22
a
(opposed to נגף), Deut 32:39 (opposed to מחץ); participle as substantive
healer, physician
Jer 8:22.
b. human subject, with ל of nation, Hos 5:13, compare Lam 2:13.
3.
a. figurative, heal individual distresses, with suffix person
Jer 17:14
, with
accusative נַפְשִׁי = me
Jer 41:5,
with
ל person, לִשְׁבוּרֵי לֵב
Ps 147:3
(i.e.
longing exiles, compare
Isa 61:3); absolute Job 5:18 (opposed to מחץ); participle as substantive Job 13:4.
Niph`al
Perfect 3 masculine singular נִרְפָּא
Lev 13:37 +,
3
feminine singular נִרְפָּ֑תָה (Ges«GKC:75qq»§
75qq) Jer
51:9
3 plural וְנִרְפּאו consecutive Ezek 47:8
Imperfect 2 masculine singular תֵּרָפֵא
Jer 51:8 3
masculine plural יֵרָֽפְאוּ
Ezek 47:9;
Ezek 47:11
,
וַיֵּרָפו (Gesl.c.) 2Kgs 2:22, etc.;
Infinitive
construct
הֵרָפֵא
Jer 15:18
+,
הֵרָפֵה (Idib.) Jer 19:11 — be healed:
1. literally, of person
1Sam 6:3 +
accusative
of disease
Deut 28:27
; Deut
28:35
subject disease Lev 13:18; Lev 13:37; Lev 14:3; Lev 14:48 of (bad) water 2Kgs 2:22,
salt waters (prediction), i.e. be made fresh, Ezek 47:8; Ezek 47:9; Ezek 47:11 of
(broken) pottery, i.e. be made whole, Jer 19:11 (in simile).
2.
figurative, be healed:
a. of national hurts, subject city Jer 51:8; Jer 51:9 involving
forgiveness and ׳
י's blessing, impersonal with ל of people, נִרְפָּאלָֿנוּ
Isa 53:5
i.e.
healing has come to us.
b. of personal distress, subject person Jer 17:14, subject the distress Jer 15:18
.
Pi`el
Perfect 1 singular רִפִּאתִי
2Kgs 2:21
2
masculine plural רְפֵּאתֶם
Ezek 34:4
1
plural רִפִּאנוּ
Jer 51:9
Imperfect 3 masculine singular יְרַפֵּא
Exod 21:19
;
Zech 11:16
,
וַיְרַפֵּא
1Kgs 18:30
3
masculine plural וַיְרַפְּאוּ
Jer 6:14,
וַיְרַפּוּ (Ges«GKC:75qq»§ 75qq) Jer 8:11
Infinitive absolute
רַפֹּא
Exod 21:19
—
have healed, heal, usually human subject:
1. literal, רַפּאֹ יְרַפֵּא
Exod 21:19
he shall have (him) well healed; with
accusative of altar, = repair, 1Kgs 18:30 with ל of water (subject
׳
י)
2Kgs 2:21.
2.
figurative of healing national defects and hurts, accusative of person, Ezek 34:14; Zech 11:16
work at healing, treat (accusative of hurt) Jer 6:14; Jer 8:11 (both
עַלנְֿקַלָּה, see [
קָלַל
]
Niph`al
2),
Jer 51:9.
Hithpa`el
Infinitive construct of purpose, לְהִתְרַפֵּא, literally, in
order to
get healed, + מִן of wounds 2Kgs 8:29 = 2Kgs 9:15, so || 2Chr 22:6
(read with
ᵐ5
מִן for כִּי, compare Be
Kau
Benz).