רָפָא

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 Es 14,9 (in Sh®°ôl), Es 26,4 (|| מֵתִים), Sl 88,11 (|| id.), Ord 2,18 (|| מָוֶת), Ord 9,18 (in עִמְקֵי שְׁאוֺל), קְהַל רְפָאִים Ord 21,16 of righteous Israel Es 26,19 earth shall cast forth ׳ר (|| מֵתֶיךָ).