רָפֶה, preced.) lax, loose. Gen. R. s. 100 מיד היא ר׳ it (the threatening sword of death) becomes at once loose (in the hands of the angel); a. e.—שפה ר׳, v. שָׂפָה.—Pl. רָפִים, רָפִין; רָפוֹת. Lev. R. s. 19 (ref. to Is. XXXV, 3) ידים … כאילו ר׳ the hands (of God) which appear as if they were lax; a. e.