ריקא

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Aramaic

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Compare Biblical Hebrew רֵיק (rêq, “empty”), Akkadian riāqum (“to be empty”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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רֵיקָא • (rēqā) m (plural)

  1. empty, void
  2. vain
  3. worthless

Noun

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רֵיקָא • (rēqā or transliteration needed) m (plural רֵיקֵא (rēqē), singular feminine counterpart רֵיקְתָּא)

  1. a vain or worthless person

Usage notes

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Occurs in rabbinic writings as a term of personal abuse, and differs little from "fool".[1]

Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ France R. T. (2007) The Gospel of Matthew‎[1], Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, page 953

Further reading

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  • “ryq”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature, London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons, page 1476
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press
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