רָפֶהrâpheh

slack (Numbers 13:18; 2 Samuel 17:2; Isaiah 35:3; Job 4:3)

Pronunciation: raw-feh' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7504

Same root

רָפָהrâphâh · H7503to slacken (in many applications, literal or figurative)

Where it appears

Appears 4 times in the Bible.

Numbers 13:18 See what the land is like, and find out whether the people living there are strong or weak, few or many.
2 Samuel 17:2 I will catch up with him while he is weary and discouraged. He and his troops will panic, and everyone will run away. Then I will kill only the king,
Job 4:3 “In the past you have encouraged many people; you have strengthened those who were weak.
Isaiah 35:3 With this news, strengthen those who have tired hands, and encourage those who have weak knees.

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).