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title: רַבָּה — Rabbah · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רַבָּה (7237), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 15 times: Rabbah. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. Rabba. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רַבָּה

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«רַבָּה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Rabbah** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 15 times · **Key:** 7237 · **BDB:** רַבָּה

### Glosses

Rabbah (11); of.Rabbah (3); to (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Rabbah [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7237/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. Rabba [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7237/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. Rabba (proposes great or populous, sc. city);— capital of Ammonites: explicitly, רַבַּת בְּנֵי עַמּוֹן 2 S 12:26, 27; 17:27; Dt 3:11; Je 49:2; Ez 21:25; רַבָּה alone 2 S 11:1 ‖ 1 Ch 20:1(×2), Am 1:14; Je 49:3; Ez 25:5; Jos 13:25 (P); c. ה loc. רַבָּ֑תָה 2 S 12:29; in Gk. period Philadelphia, LagOnom. 215, 94; 219, 82 (but Ραββαταμανα Polyb v. 71:4), mod. ʿAmmân, 13½ m. NE. from Heshbon, 28½ m. E. of Jordan; cf. BuhlGeogr. 260;—𝔊 Ραββαθ, Ραββα. הָרַבָּה, city in Judah Jos 15:60 (P), site unknown;—𝔊 Σωθηβα, A 𝔊L Αρεββα.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 14 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «רַבָּה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7237/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Samuel 12:26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.12.26/)

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וַיִּלָּ֣חֶם יוֹאָ֔ב בְּרַבַּ֖ת בְּנֵ֣י עַמּ֑וֹן וַיִּלְכֹּ֖ד אֶת־עִ֥יר הַמְּלוּכָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and he.fought Joab against Rabbah of.the.people of.Ammon and he.captured (et) the.city of.(the) royalty

*JPS 1917:* Now Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and took the royal city.

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[Joshua 15:60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.15.60/)

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קִרְיַת־בַּ֗עַלקִרְיַת־בַּ֗עַל הִ֛יא קִרְיַ֥ת יְעָרִ֖ים קִרְיַ֥ת יְעָרִ֖ים וְהָֽרַבָּ֑ה עָרִ֥ים שְׁתַּ֖יִם וְחַצְרֵיהֶֽן׃ס

*Word for word:* Kiriath Baal that \[is\].Kiriath Jearim and (the) Rabbah cities two and villages their

*JPS 1917:* Kiriath-baal — the same is Kiriath-jearim, and Rabbah; two cities with their villages.

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