Hiff. הדחי 1) same, to wash, cleanse. Ib. 10 משפשף
ומרהין he rubs and washes (hands and feet). Ber. . c.
(ref. to Ps. XXVI, 6) ארחיין ולא ארתן דכתיב (v. Ms. M.,
Rabb. D. S. a. l.) it is written erhats (I bathe), and not
arhits (I cleanse), i. e. washing of hands as a symbolical
act is equal to immersion. Y. Keth. V, 30a bot. ומרתצת
וכ׳ לו she must bathe his feet (personally attend to his
foot-bath). Yalk. Cant. 988 וכ׳ ישראל את שמרחיצין who
cleanse Israel from sins; a. e. - 2) to cause to bathe. Num.
R. s. 13 חלב בנחלי ולהרחיצצם . . עתיד the Lord shall
cause themm to drink . ., and to bathe in rivers of millkk.
Sabb. l. c.; Makhsh. l. c. בשבת המרחצת מרחן a bath-
house that allows bathing (is heated and open) on the
Sabbath. Y. Ber. II, 4a bot. מרחצת שאינה פaמרחןואע a bath--
house, even if it is not in use.
Pi. ריחן to cleanse. - Part. pass. מרוחן; pl. מרוחעין.
Oant. R. tto IV, 4 העונות מן מר׳ כולן שהיו they were all
cleansed of their sins.
Nif. נרחן to be cleansed. Yalk. Cant. . c. . . . שזהטיף
מעונותיהם ונרהצו the Lord dropped dew upon them, and
they were cleansed of their sins.
רחן רחיש (4lthעלoorב־) tto lean n; to rust; to be safe.
Targ. Ps. CXVIII, 8, sq. Ib. 10,so. Targ. Y. IGon. XXVII,
40. Targ. Job XII, 6; a. fr. -- Y. Ber. II, 5a אנן רחיציא we
are sure (cmp. מובטח, v. בטח). Snh. 7a עליה דרחיצנא גברא
וכ׳ the man in whom Itrusted lifted up his club &c.; a. .
thpa. אתרחי, thpe. אתרחין, אתרחן same. Targ.
II Kings XVIII, 19, sq. Targ. Ps. XXV, 2. 1b. XXXVI, 8
Ms. (v. רוחען). Targ. Jer. XLIX, 4; a. fr. -- B. Bath. 91b
וכ׳ עליהון דמתרחיץ . . . דמודי he who assents to them
(pretends to share their errors) falls into their hand; he
who confides in them, -wwhat is his is theirs. Y. Sabb. II, 5b
צלותי על ןaתתרח לא rely not on my prayer. Cant. R. to
VII, 2 ביה דאיתרחיצו בגין because they trusted in him; a. e.
Af. ארחין to cause to trust. Targ. Is. XXXVI, 15; Targ.
II Kings XVIII, 30. Targ. Jer. XXIX, 31.
רחצן, v. דויצן.
דחק (b. h.) to be distant, far, removed. Ylamd. to Num. X, 29, quot. inn Ar. (ref. to Ps. LXXIII, 27) שרוחק מי וכ׳ הקבה (ed. Koh. שמתרחק) he who keeps away from the Lord, so as not to repent. Sifre Num. 131 מזרח כרחוק וכ׳ as far as the east is removed from the west; a. e. Pi. רחק, ריחק to remove; to alienate; to reyect, epe; to loathe. B. Kam. 24a top, a. e. נגיחותיו ר׳ if the ox did his gorings in intervals (of three days), opp. קירב. Ib. ראיותיה ריחקה, v. ראיה. Yalk. Ps. 809 (ref. to Ps. l. c.) הקץ את שרחקו . . . זה this alludes to Balaam and his associates, who put far off the end (the day of judgment, Num. XXIV, 17), opp. קרבו. Ber. 60b וכ׳ רע מאדם ורחקני keep me far from a bad man and a bad associate. Eduy. V, 7 ירחקוך ומעשיך יקרבוך מעשיך thy own doings will bring thee near (win thee friends), and thy own doings will alienate thee. Ib. VIII, 7 לרחק, vv. קרב; a. fr. -- Part. pass. מרוהק; pl. מרוחקים, מרוחקין. Ib. בזרוע המר׳, v. קרב. Ber. 63b וב׳ מר׳ היה שלא which was only twelve miles off. Hif. הרחיק same. Sifre Num. 94 מרתיקים, v. קרב. B. Bath. II, 5 וכ׳ הסולם את מרחיקין (neighbors) must keep a ladderremoved rom the (neighbor's) dove-cote four cubits. Ib. 4 וכ׳ ממנו ה׳ כן אם אלא unless he places (the wall) at a distance of four cubits. Ib. 18b את להרחיק המזיק כל עצמו it is the duty of him who causes the damage to remove himself; (oth. opin.) וכ׳ להרחיק הניזק על he who is injured must remove himself. Ber. I, 1 וכ׳ הרחיקs עדו in order to keep mmen away (prevent them) from sin. Snh. 103b וכ׳ שהרחיקה, v. לגימה. Ib. וכ׳ מרחקת estranges those who are near (related) &c.; a. fr. -- 2) to keep aloof, stay aaway. Ab. I, 7 רע משכן הרחק keep aloof from a bad neighbor; a. e. - [Y. Ber. I, 2a bot. וכ׳ פתחו על והרחיק, readl והרתיק, v. רתק.] Hithpa. התיחק, Nithpa. נתרחק to remove onefs selת; to become a stranger. Yeb. 109a ויתרחק . . . ידבק לעולם וכ׳ man should always cling to three things, and keep aloof from three things. Snh. III, 4 ונ׳ קרוב, v. קרוב. Ber. 34b (ref. to Is. LVII, 19) וכ׳ ו׳ . . . קרוב שהיה who came near committing a sin, and withdrew himself from it. Y'lamd. l. c., v. supra; a. e.
רחק, רחיק ch. same. Targ. Prov. XIX, 7. Targ. Ps. CIII, 12. 1b. LIII, 2. Targ. Job XXI, 16; a. fr. Af. ארחיק 1) to remmove; to reect, loathe. Targ. Ps. OIII, 12. Targ. Ex. XXXIII, 7. Targ. Is. VI, 12. Targ. Job XXXIII, 20 (Ms. Pa.); a. fr. -- 2) to be removed. Gitt. 58a וכ׳ מרחיקנא כמה how far am I (in my studies) from that place (the pasage quoted)? Pa. רחק, רחיק to remove, keep of; to loathe, abomin- ate; to make abominable. Targ. Job XI, 14. Targ. Am. VI, 3 יום מר׳ (ed. Lag. מיום, corr. acc..; h. text מנדים). Targ. Jer. II, 37 (h. text מאס). Targ. Deut. VII, 26 (h. text תעב). Targ. Job IX, 31; a. fr. - Part. pass. מרחק. Targ. Mal. I, 7 (h. text מגאל). -- Sabb. 128b ואי וולדא מרחקא לא טמאה וכ׳ מרחקא an unclean animatk (after giving birth) does not keep its young of, and if it does, it does not allow them tto come near again (stimulation of the maternal instinct does not avail, v. רחם). Snh. 29a דמרחקא משום דעתיה (an enemy cannot be witness,) because his mind is estranged (hostile), opp. מקרבא; Yalk. Num. 788; a. e. - V. מרחק, מרהקתא.
רחש (b. h.) 1) to move, vibrate. Y. Ber. II, 4b bot. בקבר עמו רותשות שפתותיו . . . האומר if one reports a. tradition in the name of its author, his (the author's) lips move in the grave with him (the reporter); Y. M. Kat. III, 83c bot.; Y. Shek. II, end, 47a. Ib. מרחשות (i., v. דבב). Men. V, 8 (63a) רוחשין ומעשיה . . . מרחשת (Bab. ed. רכין רוחשין; Ms. M. only רכין, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) a marhesheth is deep, and the pastry made in it vibrates (ike jlelly), opp. קשין; Sifra Vayikra, N'dab., Par. 10, ch. XII; Lev. R. s. 3,end; Yalk. ib. 45 1. -2) to swarm. - Part. pass. רחוש; f רחושה crowded. Lev. R. s. 30; Pesik. IIka.,. p. 184a sq., v. דחס. - 3) with לב, to be moved, to feel, think. Midr. Till. to Ps. XLV, 2 לבם שר׳ כיון אלא . יכלו לא וכ׳ בתשובה they could not confess with their lips, but when their heart was moved in repentance, the Lord received them. Ib. וכ׳ דחשנו בלבו אם if we only have been thinking in our hearts, we have already told our deeds to the Lord; a. e. Pi. דיחשש same, to move. Pes. 88b וריחשה . . הטילו 185
