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PWS
*rpy - to relax
(Kogan 2015: 121)
*rpˀ
‘to heal, to protect’ is probably connected perhaps also Arb.
rfh
- ‘to be easy, soft, delicate’ and Soq.
bə-rέfɛy/bə-rέfɛš
- ‘slowly, gently’
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Hebrew
rpy
- to grow slack
(HALOT 1276)
Syriac
rpy
- to be lax, slack
(LSyr. 740, SL 1483)