רָקַד (b. h.), Pi. רִקֵּד 1) to dance. Bets. V, 2 ולא מְרַקְּדִין nor dare you dance (on the Sabbath and Holy Days). Keth. 16ᵇ רִקְּדוּ לפניה (or רָקְדוּ) if there is evidence that they danced before her (at the wedding procession, which proves that she married a virgin). Ib. bot. כיצד מְרַקְּדִין לפני הכלה what do we sing in her praise when dancing before a bride? Num. R. s. 2011 בשעה … השטן מְרַקֵּד לו וכ׳ when a man plans a sin, Satan dances to him (cheering him), until he has done it; a. fr.—V. רִיקּוּד. —2) to sift, v. infra.
Hif. - הִרְקִיד to shake (in the sieve), to sift. Y. Ber. IX, 13ᶜ top; Tosef. Ber. VII (VI), 2. Y. Shebi. V, end, 36ᵃ לא … מַרְקִידִין עמו you must not winnow, or grind, or sift flour together with him. Sabb. VII, 2 (73ᵃ) המְרַקֵּד he who sifts flour (on the Sabbath); a. fr.