rpʾ

West Semitic, to heal, mend.

1. Hammurabi, from Akkadian ḫammurāpi, from Amorite *ʿammu-rāpiʾ, the (divine) kinsman (is) a healer, from *rāpiʾ, participle of *rapaʾa, to heal (*ʿammu, kinsman; see ʿmm).

2. Raphael, from Hebrew rəpāʾēl, God has healed, from rəpāʾ, he has healed, reduced form of rāpāʾ, to heal (ʾēl, God; see ʾl).

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