רְחִיצָה, (רָחַץ) washing, bathing. Yoma VIII, 1. Ḥall. I, 9 רְחִיצַת ידים washing the hands. Y. Naz. VII, end, 56ᵈ על רחיצת גופו for omitting to bathe his body. Num. R. s. 14¹ שרפאתיו ע"י רחיצת הירדן whom I cured by bathing in the Jordan. Ib. שהסרתי … ע"י רחיצת וכ׳ whom I saved from drowning through the bathing of Pharaoh’s daughter. Ib. גחזי שלקה ע"י ר׳ Gehazi who was punished on the occasion of (Naaman’s) bathing; a. fr.