רוֹקֵן (denom. of רֵיקָן; cmp. דַּאֲבָן denom. of דַּאֲבוֹנָא) to empty, drain. Lev. R. s. 24 (ref. to להצילך, Deut. XXIII, 15) לרוֹקֵן כל נכסי וכ׳ to drain all the stores of the nations and give them to thee.—V. רִיקִן.
Nithpa. - נִתְרוֹקֵן, נִיתְ׳ to be emptied, be transmitted. Gen. R. s. 84 (ref. to Gen. XXXVII, 24) נ׳ בורו של יעקב Jacob’s well was emptied (his children were bare of virtues). Ned. X, 2 מת האב לא נִתְרוֹקְנָה וכ׳ with the father’s death his authority (to interfere with the daughter’s vows) does not go over to her husband; ib. 68ᵇ; Tosef. ib. VI, 2, sq. Sifré Num. 153 שאין הרשות מִתְרוֹקֶנֶת וכ׳ to whom the father’s authority cannot be transferred; Yalk. ib. 785.