רְפָאִים (rĕpāʾîm) is
a Hebrew noun
meaning shades. It appears
8 times
in 4 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H7496).
Also rendered
shade
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 2198c)
Range of meaning (TWOT 2198c)shades, ghosts; lax, dead; deceased
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
רְפָאִיםnoun, masculine: shades, ghosts
Strong's H7496רָפָא: properly, lax, i.e. (figuratively) a ghost (as dead; in plural only) KJV:dead, deceased.
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.
Root family 2198: רָפָהrāpâ — sink, relax; sink down, drop, abate, withdraw; idle; let; let drop, let go, refrain; slacken; cease, consume, draw, fail, faint, be feeble, forsake, leave, let alone, slack, stay, be still, be slothful, weak, weaken