Jastrow: רֵיק

רֵיק, רֵק m. (b. h.; רוּק) empty, void; worthless man. Y. Peah I, 15ᵇ bot., a. e. (ref. to Deut. XXXII, 47) ואם הוא ר׳ מכם וכ׳ and if it (a word of the Law) appear void (of meaning), it is your fault, because you do not toil to study it. Num. R. s. 420 (ref. to II Sam. VI, 20) הר׳ שבריקים זה וכ׳ the lowest of the low is the dancer, for there is none more void of all merits than he is; a. e.—Pl. רֵיקִים, רֵיקִין, רֵקִ׳. Ib.; Y. Succ. V, 55ᶜ top; Y. Snh. II, 20ᵇ bot.; a. e.—[Gen. R. s. 32, end הריקין, read: הרֵיקָן.]—Fem. רֵיקָה. Num. R. s. 2021 (ref. to Deut. l. c.) אפי׳ מצוה … ר׳ וקלה בה חיים וכ׳ even if there be a command which thou considerest empty and unimportant, there is in it life and length of days.