רָפַס (b. h.) to stamp, beat. Men. 37ᵃ מקום שמוחו … רוֹפֵס (Ag. Hatt. רוֹפֵף, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 1) the place on the head where the child’s brain pulsates; (Yalk. Ex. 222 רופף). Lev. R. s. 16, beg. היתה רוֹפֶסֶת עליה she stamped upon it; (Sabb. 62ᵇ בועט׳). Lam. R. introd. (R. Ḥan. 2) (ref. to Prov. XXV, 19) ולמה שן רועה … ורגל רופסת וכ׳ and why does the feeding tooth eat us and the foot tread upon us?; a. e.
Nif. - נִרְפַּס to be trodden, stamped upon. Lev. R. s. 36 מה גפן זו … נִרְפֶּסֶת וכ׳ as the fruit of the vine is first trodden with the foot and then offered at kings’ tables, so Israel &c.; Midr. Sam. ch. XVI. Gen. R. s. 75, beg. (ref. to Prov. XXV, 26) כשם … להֵרָפֵס וכ׳ as it is impossible for a spring to be stamped out and for a well to be corrupted, so is it impossible that the righteous sink before the wicked; Yalk. ib. 130.—[Y. Erub. V, 22ᵈ top מִיתַּרְפֵּס, מִתַּ׳, v. חָּפַס a. טָפס.]
Hif. - הִרְפִּיס to cause to be trodden upon, to humiliate. Midr. Sam. ch. II, end (expl. I Sam. I, 16) אל תַּרְפִּיסֵנִי קַמָּהּ do not humiliate me before her (Peninah).—V. רָפַשׂ.