Lexical Definition

‎רָפַס‎ râphaç (raw-fas') to stamp ^H:V
a primitive root

humble self, submit self.

• to trample, i.e. prostrate

1) (Hithpael)
1c1) to stamp oneself down, humble oneself
1c2) stamping or tramping down (participle)

See Greek: ἐκκλείω

Extended Information

• Aramaic equivalent: re.phas (‎ר‎ְ‎פ‎ַ‎ס‎ "to tread" רְפַס)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

Aramaic form: רְפַס
‎רָפַס‎, ‎רָפַשׂ‎ verb stamp, tread, foul by stamping, treading (Late Hebrew ‎רָפַס‎ tread, Syriac ; compare Arabic kick); —

Qal Imperfect 2 masculine singular ‎וַתִּרְפֹּס‎ Ezek 32:2, with accusative rivers; 2 masculine plural ‎תִּרְפּשֹׁ֑וּן‎ Ezek 34:18. Niph`al Participle ‎מַעְיָן נִרְפָּשׂ‎ Prov 25:26 a fountain befouled. Hithpa`el (stamp oneself down, then figurative), Imperative masculine singular ‎הִתְרַפֵּס‎ Prov 6:3 humble thyself, become a suppliant (RVm Toy bestir thyself, as conjecture); Participle ‎מִתְרַפֵּס בְּרַצֵּי כָ֑סֶף‎ Ps 68:31* stamping, trampling, down pieces of silver (?), obscure and probably corrupt, see conjectures in Bae and others and ‎פַּתְרֹס‎ above, near the end

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