Lexical Definition

‎רָפָא‎ râphâʼ (raw-faw') to heal ^H:V
or רָפָה râphâh (raw-faw'); a primitive root

cure, (cause to) heal, physician, repair, [idiom] thoroughly, make whole. See ‎רָפָה‎.

• properly, to mend (by stitching), i.e. (figuratively) to cure

1) to heal, make healthful
1a) (Qal) to heal
1a1) of God
1a2) healer, physician (of men)
1a3) of hurts of nations involving restored favour (fig)
1a4) of individual distresses (fig)
1b) (Niphal) to be healed
1b1) literal (of persons)
1b2) of water, pottery
1b3) of national hurts (fig)
1b4) of personal distress (fig)
1c) (Piel) to heal
1c1) literal
1c2) of national defects or hurts (fig)
1d) (Hithpael) in order to get healed (infinitive)

See Greek: ἰάομαι

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎רָפָא‎ verb heal (Late Hebrew in derivatives; Phoenician ‎רפא‎, Syriac heal; on Aramaic proper name compounded with ‎רפא‎ see Nö^{ZMG xi (1886), 723} Lzb³⁶⁹; Sabean proper name ‎אלרפא‎ Langer^{1, 1} DHM^{ZMG xxxvii (1883), 326}; Arabic (and ) darn, mend, repair, pacify; Ethiopic stitch together, mend; compare Küchenmeister^{ZWiss. 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 (Id^{ib. qq}) Job 5:18, etc.; Imperative masculine singular ‎רְפָא‎ Num 12:13, ‎רְפָה‎ (Id^{ib. 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 (JE) 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 19:22a (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 (Ges^l.c.) 2Kgs 2:22, etc.; Infinitive construct ‎הֵרָפֵא‎ Jer 15:18 +, ‎הֵרָפֵה‎ (Id^ib.) 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).

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