rᵊfāʾīm רְפָאִים ‘shade’ (Hebrew)

Etymology^?: from rāfāʾ רָפָא ‘to heal’ in the sense of rāfā רָפָה ‘to slacken’
Roots: רפא רפה רפה

rᵊfāʾīm n, m
1) ghosts of the dead, shades, spirits