רָפֶה (rāpeh) is a Hebrew adjective meaning slack. It appears 4 times in 4 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H7504).

Also rendered

• weak

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 2198a)

Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

רָפֶה adjective: slack

Strong's H7504 רָפֶה: slack (in body or mind)
KJV:weak. raphah, Raphah. See H7497, H7498. riphah. See H7383.

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: רָפָה rāpâ — 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

• רָפָה rāpâ — sink
• רְפָאִים rāpâ — Rephaim
• רְפָאִים rĕpāʾîm — shades
• רִפְיוֹן ripyôn — sinking

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