רְפָאִים

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).