not take into consideration that the grain mmay have
been attacked by worms. Ib. שהרקיבו ומצא הלך if he
went (to examine) and found that it was ruined הרי
וכ׳ שתרקיב עד . . . זה he must take into consideration
(the possibility of having consumed untithed grain) from
the ttime that the grain may have begun to be attacked,
or the wine to become sour. Ib. IX (VII), 12 או נימוק
שהירקיב if the document is decayed or worm-eaten.
Y. Yomma VII, 44b bot. מרקיבין היו שם there they were
allowed to rot; a. fr. -- Esp. to turn into a lump of decayed
matter (רקב). Naz. 51b וה׳ וחזר טחנו if he powdered the
mass taken from the grround, and it turned again into a.
lump. -- 2) to cause to rot, to eat through. Deut. R. s. 2
ומרקיבן and eats them through, v. מסס.
Nif. נרקב to be worrm-eaten, rot. Gen. R. s. 91 . . . גוזר
ונרקבת he decrees concerning the grain, and it is worm-
eaten; (Yalk. ib. 148 ומרקבת, Hiff).
רקב ch. same; Ithpe. אירקיב to become רקב (v. preced. Hif.). Naz. 51a, sq.
דקב m. (b. h.; preced.) rottenness, esp. rakab, a mass of earth from a grave containing parts of a decayed human body, which causes uncleanness if of a certain quantity (חרווד). Nas. VII, 2 ר׳ תרווד מלא a spoonful of rakab. Tosef. Ohol. II, 2 וכ׳ שאמרו ר׳ תרווד מלא the spoon- ful of rakab of which they speak (as making unclean) means as much as is grabbed with the fingers from their roots and upwards. Ib. 3 ר׳ לו שיש מת ואיזהו what corpse is it to which the law of rakab applies?; Naz. 51a; Y. ib. VII, 56b bot.; a. fr.
רקבא, רי׳ m. (preced.) rot, rust. Targ. Is. XL, 20. - Nidd. 36b a brazen mortar ר׳ ביה שליט דלא over which rust has no power.
רקבא m. (preced.) wood-worm. Targ. Hos. V, 12. - V. רוקבא I..
רקבובית f. (preced.) decay. decayed matter. Y. Peah VII, 20b top, v. גרף. Y. Sabb. IV, beg. 6d רקבוביתן דבת אם if the decay in themm (from moths) is far advanced. Y oma. 38b (ref. to Prov. X, 7); וכ׳ בשמותן תעלה רקביבות rotten- ness enters their names, none name their children after them.
רקבובית, רקבוביתא ch. 1) same. Targ.Job XIII, 28. -- 2) earthworm. Ib. XXVII, 18 (hh. text עש).
רקבון m. (b. h.; preced. wds.) decayed matter. - Pl. רקבונות. Tosef. Ter. X, 3 (ed. Zuck. רקביביות, Var. רקבונית), v. ניצולת.
דקביבות, v. רקבובית. - Pl. יקביביות, v. preced.
רקד (b. h.), Pi. רקד 1) to dance. Bets. V, 2 מרקדין ולא nor dare you dance (on the Sabbath and Holy Days). Keth. 16b לפניה רקדו (or רקדו) iff there is evidence that they danced before her (at the wedding procession, which proves that she married a virgin). Ib. bot. מדקדין כיצד הכלה לפני what do we sing in her praise when dancing before a bride? Num. R. s. 20lI וכ׳ לו מרקד השטן . . . בשעה when a mman plans a sin, Satan dances tto him (cheering him), until he has done it; a. fr. -- V. ריקוד. -- 2) to sift, v. infra. Hif. הרקיד to shake (in the sieve), to sift. Y. Ber. IX, 13c top; Tosef. ib. VII (VI), 2. Y. Shebi. V, end, 36a עמו מרקידין. . . לא you must not winnow, or grind, or sift flour together with him. Sabb. VII, 2 (773a) המרקד he who sifts flour (on the Sabbath); a. fr.
דקד ch., Pa. רקד same, to dance. Targ. II Sam. VI, 16. - Y. Hag. II, 77b ומרקדין מטפחין שרון (not ומרקדקין) they began to clap and dance. Koh. R. to III, 2 דאת עד . לית וכ׳ מרקיד thou shalt not move from here, until thou dancest a little for us. Gen. R. s. 63; a. fr.
רקדא m. (preced.) dancer. Lam. R. introd. (R. Hin. 1) דר׳ באדניה . זמרא דזמר כל (not זמרא) whatever the singer may sing, it enters not the ear of the dancer (ref. to Prov. XXV, 20).
רקדנין, Targ. II Kings XI, 13 עמא דר׳ (ed. Lag. דרדנין, Var. דרכנין, v. Lagarde Prophetae I, p. XXIV) read; עמא דרהטין those who hurried the people (to the assem- bly; h. text העם הרצין).
רקדק, Y. Hag. II, 77b מרקדקין, v. דקד.
רקה, v. ריק, a. ריקא.
רקוב, pl. רקובות, v. רוקבא II.
רקוד, v. ריקוד.
רקודי, B. Mets. 84a; Sabb. 127a Ar., v. דקירא. רקוח, רקום, רקוע v. a רימ׳.
דקוע m. (רקע) [patched,] 1) spotted. Targ. O. Gen. XXX, 32 (h. text טלוא). - Pl. רקועין, רקועיא. Ib. 35; 39. - Peom. רקווגתא. B. Kam. 118b בר׳ in the case of the thert of a spotted sheep (the presence of which, if returned, must be noticed). - Pl. רקועתא. Targ. O.l. c. 35. -2) (trnsf, v. B. Kam. l. c.) well-known, distinguished. M. Kat. 28a רר מאן. . חשיב מאן Ar. (ed. רקיע) who is esteemed, who is regarded, who is distinguished (before the angel of death)?
דקח (b. h.) to pound spices; to spice, perfume. --Part. רוקח druggist, apothecary. Gen. R. s. 10, v. סם. Koh. Rt. to X, 1, v. נבע; a. e. Pi. רעח same. Gen. R. l. c. Y. Bets. I, 60d משם חייב מרקה (not מרקיה, מרקה) is guilty because it comes under the category of doing apothecary's work.
רקח m. (b. h.; preced.) apothecaryf's preparation. Cant. R. to VIII, 2, v. פטם.
רקיע, v. רקוע.
דקיע m. (b. h.; רקע) expanse, sky, esp. lHakia, name
