STRONGS H7495:
Abbreviations
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רָפָא verb heal (Late Hebrew in derivatives; Phoenician
רפא, Syriac
heal; on Aramaic proper name compounded with
רפא see Nö
ZMG xi (1886), 723 Lzb
369; 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 3rd person masculine singular consecutive
וְר׳ Isaiah 6:10, suffix
וּרְפָאָם Isaiah 19:22,
1st person singular suffix consecutive
וּרְפָאתִיו Isaiah 57:19, etc.;
Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִרְפָּא 2 Kings 20:8 +, suffix
יִרְפָּאֵנוּ Hosea 6:1,
1st person singular אֶרְפָּא Hosea 14:5 +,
אֶרְפָּה (Ges
§ 75 pp)
Jeremiah 3:22;
3rd person feminine plural תִּרְפֶּינָה (Id
ib. qq)
Job 5:18, etc.;
Imperative masculine singular רְפָא Numbers 12:13,
רְפָה (Id
ib. pp)
Psalm 60:4,
רְפָאָ֫ה Psalm 41:5, etc.;
Infinitive absolute רָפוֺא Isaiah 19:22;
construct לִרְפֹּא Hosea 5:13, etc.;
Participle רֹפֵא 2 Kings 20:5 +, etc.; —
heal:
1. literally,
a. of God, with accusative of person Genesis 20:17 (E), Psalm 107:20 (suffix), with ל person Numbers 12:13 (JE) 2 Kings 20:5, 8.
b. of men, absolute Ecclesiastes 3:3 (opposed to הרג); participle as substantive healer, physician, Genesis 50:2 (twice in verse) (J) 2 Chronicles 16:12.
2. figurative, heal hurts of nation, involving י׳'s (restored) favour (and, often, forgiveness):
a. subject י׳, with suffix person, Hosea 6:1; Hosea 11:3 (yet compare We Now), Exodus 15:26 (J), Isaiah 19:22b Isaiah 57:18, 19; Jeremiah 33:6; Psalm 30:3, compare Psalm 6:3; with accusative עַם 2 Chronicles 30:20, with accusative אֶרֶץ 2 Chronicles 7:14; with ל of nation Hosea 7:1, and (indefinite subject) Isaiah 6:10 (lest) one heal them (= passive, they be healed); with accusative of hurt, מִחַץ מַכָּתוֺ Isaiah 30:26, שְׁבָרִים (of land) Psalm 60:4, so מְשׁוּבָה Hosea 14:5; Jeremiah 3:22 (including the consequences of backsliding); with ל of hurt Psalm 103:3; accusative nation (personified) + מִן of hurt Jeremiah 30:17 I will heal thee of thy wounds (|| אֶרְמָּאֵךְ); absolute Isaiah 19:22a (opposed to נגף), Deuteronomy 32:39 (opposed to מחץ); participle as substantive healer, physician Jeremiah 8:22.
b. human subject, with ל of nation, Hosea 5:13, compare Lamentations 2:13.
3.
a. figurative, heal individual distresses, with suffix person Jeremiah 17:14, with accusative נַפְשִׁי = me Jeremiah 41:5, with ל person, לִשְׁבוּרֵי לֵב Psalm 147:3 (i.e. longing exiles, compare Isaiah 61:3); absolute Job 5:18 (opposed to מחץ); participle as substantive Job 13:4.
Niph. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular נּרְפָּא Leviticus 13:37 +,
3rd person feminine singular נִרְפָּ֑תָה (Ges
§ 75 qq)
Jeremiah 51:9;
3rd person plural וְנִרְפּאוּ consecutive
Ezekiel 47:8;
Imperfect 2nd person masculine singular תֵּרָפֵא Jeremiah 51:8;
3rd person masculine plural יֵרָֽפְאוּ Ezekiel 47:9,
11,
וַיֵּרָפו (Ges
l. c.)
2 Kings 2:22, etc.;
Infinitive construct הֵרָפֵא Jeremiah 15:18 +,
הֵרָפֵה (Id
ib.)
Jeremiah 19:11; —
be healed:
1. literally, of person 1 Samuel 6:3; + accusative of disease Deuteronomy 28:27, 35; subject disease Leviticus 13:18, 37; Leviticus 14:3, 48; of (bad) water 2 Kings 2:22, salt waters (prediction), i.e. be made fresh, Ezekiel 47:8, 9, 11; of (broken) pottery, i.e. be made whole, Jeremiah 19:11 (in simile).
2. figurative, be healed:
a. of national hurts, subject city Jeremiah 51:8, 9; involving forgiveness and י׳'s blessing, impersonal with ל of people, נִרְפָּא־לָנוּ Isaiah 53:5 i.e. healing has come to us.
b. of personal distress, subject person Jeremiah 17:14, subject the distress Jeremiah 15:18.
Pi. Perfect 1st person singular רִפִּאתִי 2 Kings 2:21;
2nd person masculine plural רִפֵּאתֶם Ezekiel 34:4;
1st person plural רִפִּאנוּ Jeremiah 51:9;
Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יְרַפֵּא Exodus 21:19;
Zechariah 11:16,
וַיְרַפֵּא 1 Kings 18:30;
3rd person masculine plural וַיְרַפְּאוּ Jeremiah 6:14,
וַיְרַפּוּ (Ges
§ 75 qq)
Jeremiah 8:11;
Infinitive absolute רַפֹּא Exodus 21:19; —
have healed, heal, usually human subject:
1. literal, יְרַפֵּא רַפֹּא Exodus 21:19 he shall have (him) well healed; with accusative of altar, = repair, 1 Kings 18:30; with ל of water (subject י׳) 2 Kings 2:21.
2. figurative of healing national defects and hurts, accusative of person, Ezekiel 34:14; Zechariah 11:16; work at healing, treat (accusative of hurt) Jeremiah 6:14; Jeremiah 8:11 (both עַלנְֿקַלָּה, see [קָלַל] Niph. 2), Jeremiah 51:9.
Hithp. Infinitive construct of purpose,
לְהִתְרַפֵּא, literally,
in order to get healed, +
מִן of wounds
2 Kings 8:29 =
2 Kings 9:15, so ||
2 Chronicles 22:6 (read with
מִן for
כִּי, compare Be Kau Benz).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs
Genesis
20:17; 50:2
Exodus
15:26; 21:19; 21:19; 21:19
Leviticus
13:18; 13:37; 13:37; 14:3; 14:48
Numbers
12:13; 12:13
Deuteronomy
28:27; 28:35; 32:39
1 Samuel
6:3
1 Kings
18:30; 18:30
2 Kings
2:21; 2:21; 2:22; 2:22; 8:29; 9:15; 20:5; 20:5; 20:8; 20:8
2 Chronicles
7:14; 16:12; 22:6; 30:20
Job
5:18; 5:18; 13:4
Psalms
6:3; 30:3; 41:5; 60:4; 60:4; 103:3; 107:20; 147:3
Ecclesiastes
3:3
Isaiah
6:10; 6:10; 19:22; 19:22; 19:22; 19:22; 30:26; 53:5; 57:18; 57:19; 57:19; 61:3
Jeremiah
3:22; 3:22; 6:14; 6:14; 8:11; 8:11; 8:22; 15:18; 15:18; 17:14; 17:14; 19:11; 19:11; 30:17; 33:6; 41:5; 51:8; 51:8; 51:9; 51:9; 51:9; 51:9
Lamentations
2:13
Ezekiel
34:4; 34:14; 47:8; 47:8; 47:9; 47:9; 47:11; 47:11
Hosea
5:13; 5:13; 6:1; 6:1; 7:1; 11:3; 14:5; 14:5
Zechariah
11:16; 11:16