Lexical Definition

‎רָפָא‎ râphâʼ (raw-faw') shade ^H:N-M
from ‎רָפָא‎ in the sense of ‎רָפָה‎

dead, deceased.

• properly, lax, i.e. (figuratively) a ghost (as dead
• in plural only)

1) ghosts of the dead, shades, spirits

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Also see: רָפָא

I, II. ‎רְפָאִים‎ see below ‎רפה‎.

I. ‎רְפָאִים‎ noun masculine^{Job 26:5} plural shades, ghosts (by most connected with above √, as sunken, powerless, ones, Sta^{G. i.420}; Phoenician ‎רפאם‎); — Wisdom Literature and late, name of dead in She'ôl, with article ‎׳‎‎הָר‎ Job 26:5, elsewhere nearly = proper name: ‎׳‎‎ר‎ Isa 14:9 (in Sh®°ôl), Isa 26:4 (|| ‎מֵתִים‎), Ps 88:11* (|| id.), Prov 2:18 (|| ‎מָוֶת‎), Prov 9:18 (in ‎עִמְקֵי שְׁאוֺל‎), ‎קְהַל רְפָאִים‎ Prov 21:16 of righteous Israel Isa 26:19 earth shall cast forth ‎׳‎‎ר‎ (|| ‎מֵתֶיךָ‎).

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