Q q

qahal — assembly, company, congregation, multitude

qehelathah — (alt. kehelathah) convocation; a place in the desert

qoheleth — (alt. koheleth) a (female) assembler (i.e. lecturer); abstractly, preaching — preacher

R r

ra’a; ra’ah; rah — evil

ra’am gadol — loud thunder

ra’av — famine

ra’im — evil; evil ones

rabbi — a Jewish teacher or religious authority (pl. rabanim)

rabbim — many

rachamanut — compassion; mercy

rachamim — mercy

Rachatzah — (alt. Rochtzah) washing — “celebrant washes,” one of the fifteen phases of the Seder ceremony — the phase of the Seder ceremony in which hands are washed for the meal. (See Ur’chatz.)

rachmanim — mercy

ragel hayemanit — right foot

raglayim — feet

Rahab — (alt. Rachav) proud, harlot, broad. The word “Rahab” means a wall or broad place. This is where we get the term “broad” for a woman … False messianic kingdom

rakham — vulture

Ramah — Seat of Idolatry

raot — evil

rasha — (alt. rashah, resha) — an evildoer; the wholly wicked … iniquitous (pl. rashim, rasha’im)

Rashei HaKohanim — Chief Priests

rashei hamoshavot — chief seats

rashuyot — authorities

ratzchaniyot — murderers

ratzon — will

Rav — a Sage of the Talmud; shortened for of Rabbi

ravrevan — braggart

ravrevanut — boastfulness

raz — mystery; secret (pl. razim)

re’a — neighbor

Re’eh — a portion in the Book of Deuteronomy

rechilus — gossip

redifah — persecution (pl. redifot)

Refa’enu — “Heal us …”, one of the eighteen benedictions of the Amidah prayer

refuah — healing (pl. refuot)

regel — foot

rehkov — street (pl. rehkovot)

reim — friends

remez — alluding to

remiyah — guile; deceit

resha — (alt. rasha) wicked, -ness , unrighteous, evildoer (pl. resha’im)

reshet — net

reshit — first

reshus — authorization

retzach — murder (pl. retzichot)

retzinut — earnestness

revach — gain; profit

revachah — relief

reyka — good for nothing! … spiritually bankrupt, completely without moral value (transliterated in the N.T. as rakah)

richtik — correct

riezige — sizable

rishonim — first ones

ro’eh — shepherd

Rochtzah — (alt. Rachatzah; Ur’chatz) one of the fifteen phases of the Seder ceremony; the phase in which hands are washed for the meal

rofeh — physician

rogez — anger

roiv — the larger portion

rosh — head

Rosh Chodesh — (alt. Hodesh) New Month. The head/beginning of the month.

Rosh HaShanah — lit. head of the year; Jewish New Year. Feast of Trumpets (Yom Teruah). Head/start of the Civil Year

Rosh Hodesh — (alt. Chodesh) New Month. The head/beginning of the month.

rotzeach — murderer

rotzeachim — murderers

ruach — wind; spirit

ruach anavah — humble spirit

Ruach HaKodesh — Holy Spirit; the Spirit of Mashiach

Ruchanit — Spiritual; of the Ruach HaKodesh

ruchaniyut — spirituality in Rebbe Melech HaMashiach

ruchot hatemeiot — unclean spirits

ruchot raot — evil spirits

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