Lexical Definition

‎רִיפָה‎ rîyphâh (ree-faw') grain ^H:N-F
or רִפָה riphâh (ree-faw'); from ‎רוּף‎

ground corn, wheat.

• (only plural), grits (as pounded)

1) a grain or fruit (for grinding)
1a) meaning dubious

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎רִיפָה‎] noun [feminine] dubious; some grain or fruit (such as was spread out to dry (2 Samuel), and also pounded (Proverbs); ‎ᵑ9‎^{2 Samuel} as if drying barley groats, ᵐ5^L παλάθας cakes of preserved fruit, compare preparation of 'apricot-cheese' Wetzst^{ZPV xiv. 2} Nes^Marg.18, who cites also Almkvist^{Kl. Beltr. zur Lexicogr. des Vulgar Arabic Actes. 419}); — plural absolute ‎רִפוֺת‎ 2Sam 17:19, ‎רִיפוֺת‎ Prov 27:22.

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