רָפָה

Biblical Hebrew

giant — used 5 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

giant tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

רָפָה³: n.pr.m. tree →

The whole BDB entry

II. רָפָא as n.pr.m., always c. art. Hā-Rāphā (perhaps der. from n.pr.gent. II. רְפָאִים, q.v.);—הָֽרָפָה 2 S 21:16, 18, c. prep. לְהָ׳ v 20:22 = לְהָרָפָא 1 Ch 20:6, 8;—only as parent, בִּילִידֵי הָר׳ 2 S 21:16, 18 (= מִילִידֵי הָֽרְפָאִים 1 Ch 20:4); יֻלַּד לְהָר׳ v 20, 22 ‖ I Ch 20:6, 8.—1. רָפָה v. sub רָפָא.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech differs, 4 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (7 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech differs, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (5 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: Raphah (3); the Raphah (2).

In the verses

1 Chronicles 8:37 · tree →

וּמוֹצָ֖א הוֹלִ֣יד אֶת־בִּנְעָ֑א רָפָ֥ה בְנ֛וֹ אֶלְעָשָׂ֥ה בְנ֖וֹ אָצֵ֥ל בְּנֽוֹ׃

Word for word: and Moza he.fathered (et) Binea Raphah son [was].his Eleasah son [was].his Azel son [was].his

JPS 1917: and Moza begot Binea; Raphah was his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son.

2 Samuel 21:22 · tree →

אֶת־אַרְבַּ֥עַת אֵ֛לֶּה יֻלְּד֥וּ לְהָרָפָ֖ה בְּגַ֑ת וַיִּפְּל֥וּ בְיַד־דָּוִ֖ד וּבְיַ֥ד עֲבָדָֽיו׃פ

Word for word: (et) four these they.were.born to the Raphah in Gath and they.fell by the.hand of.David and by the.hand his.servants his

JPS 1917: These four were born to the giant in Gath; and they fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.

On Mova

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Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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