רָכַן II (preced.) to bend.
Hif. - הִרְכִּין 1) to bend (act. a. neut. verb); to yield. B. Bath. V, 8, a. e. הִרְכִּינָהּ וכ׳, v. מָצָה. Num. R. s. 147 הוא לא ה׳ צוארו לעבירה וכ׳ he (Joseph) bent not his neck (did not yield) to temptation, therefore a golden chain was put on his neck; Tanḥ. B’resh. 12 צואר שלא ה׳ וכ׳ the neck which did not bend &c.; Lev. R. s. 23 שלא הִרִכִּינוֹ which he did not bend. Num. R. s. 107 והִרְכַּנְתִּי את ראשי I bent my head (nodding approval); Y. Ned. I, 36ᵈ bot. והרכנתיו בראשי (read והרכנתי); Sifré Num. 22 (not גלחתי); (Tosef. Naz. IV, 7 הֵימַכְתִּי). Y. Ter. I, 40ᵇ top ה׳ בראשו if he nodded consent; ib. עד שיַרְכִּין וכ׳ until he nods three times. Gitt. VII, 1; a. e. —2) to sink, be faint. Gen. R. s. 65 (ref. to Gen. XXVII, 22) בשעה שיעקב מַרְכִּין בקולו וכ׳ when Jacob is faint with his voice (in prayer), Esau’s hands have power over him, opp. מצפצף.