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רֵיקָנוּ‏ n.f. vanity

worthlessness, vanity JLAtg, CPA, Syr. TgJ Is30:7 : וֻמִצרָאֵי לָמָא וְרֵיקָנוּ סְעָדְהוֹן‏ but the Egyptians are nothing and their help is worthless. abs. as adv. : in vain LJLA. PJ Lev26:16 : ותידרעון לריקנו זרעכון‏ you shall sow your seed in vain. TgEsth¹08:8 : לא יתיב ריקנו‏ it will not return nothing (i.e., is not ineffective). lryqnw : in vain, for nought JLAtg, CPA. TgJ Jer51:58 : וְיַהֲלוֹן עַמְמַיָא לְרֵיקָנוּ‏ the nations shall tire themselves out for nought .

Page refs. in other dictionaries: Jastrow: 1477; Levy Ch-W: 2:422;

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Derivatives:

lryqnw (lərēqānū) adv. for naught, in vain