Lexical Definition

‎רֵיקָם‎ rêyqâm (ray-kawm') emptily ^H:Adv
from ‎רֵיק‎

without cause, empty, in vain, void.

• emptily
• figuratively (objective) ineffectually, (subjective) undeservedly

1) vainly, emptily
1a) in empty condition, empty, emptily
1b) in vain, without effect, vainly

See Greek: κενός

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎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).

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