רֵיכָא, רֵכָא m. (רְכַךְ) [delicate; cmp. פנק a. derivatives,] nobleman, freeman. B. Bath. 4ᵃ את לא ר׳ ולא בר ר׳ (Ms. M., v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) thou (Herod) art neither a noble nor the son of a noble; ומנלן דהאי ר׳ לישנא דמלכותא הוא Ms. M. (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) and whence can we prove that rekha has the meaning of royalty (aristocracy)? Answ. ref. to רך (II Sam. III, 39); to אברך (Gen. XLI, 43); Yalk. Deut. 913.
רֵיכָא
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רֵיכָא , רֵכָא m. ( רְכַךְ ) [ delicate ; cmp. פנק a. derivatives,] nobleman, freeman . B. Bath. 4ᵃ את לא ר׳ ולא בר ר׳ (Ms. M., v. Rabb. D. S. a. l.…
References
- Jastrow, רְכַךְ 1
- Bava Batra 4a:4
- Jastrow, רַךְ I 1
- II Samuel 3:39
- Jastrow, אַבְרֵךְ 1
- Genesis 41:43
- Yalkut Shimoni on Torah 913:3