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title: רֶבַע — Reba · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רֶבַע (7254), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: Reba. BDB 1906: n.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רֶבַע

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«רֶבַע» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Reba** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 7254 · **BDB:** רֶ֫בַע²

### Glosses

Reba (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Reba [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7254/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7254/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. a king of Midian Nu 31:8; Jos 13:21; Ροβοκ, Ροβε(κ).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech differs, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (8 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech differs, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (8 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «רֶבַע» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7254/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Numbers 31:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.31.8/)

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וְאֶת־מַלְכֵ֨י מִדְיָ֜ן הָרְג֣וּ עַל־חַלְלֵיהֶ֗ם אֶת־אֱוִ֤י וְאֶת־רֶ֙קֶם֙ וְאֶת־צ֤וּר וְאֶת־חוּר֙ וְאֶת־רֶ֔בַע חֲמֵ֖שֶׁת מַלְכֵ֣י מִדְיָ֑ן וְאֵת֙ בִּלְעָ֣ם בֶּן־בְּע֔וֹר הָרְג֖וּ בֶּחָֽרֶב׃

*Word for word:* and (et) the.kings of.Midian they.killed with their.slain \[ones\] (et) Evi and (et) Rekem and (et) Zur and (et) Hur and (et) Reba the.five the.kings of.Midian and (et) Balaam the.son of.Beor they.killed with the sword

*JPS 1917:* And they slew the kings of Midian with the rest of their slain: Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, the five kings of Midian; Balaam also the son of Beor they slew with the sword.

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[Joshua 13:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.13.21/)

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וְכֹל֙ עָרֵ֣י הַמִּישֹׁ֔ר וְכָֽל־מַמְלְכ֗וּת סִיחוֹן֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ הָאֱמֹרִ֔י אֲשֶׁ֥ר מָלַ֖ךְ בְּחֶשְׁבּ֑וֹן אֲשֶׁר֩ הִכָּ֨ה מֹשֶׁ֜ה אֹת֣וֹ ׀ וְאֶת־נְשִׂיאֵ֣י מִדְיָ֗ן אֶת־אֱוִ֤י וְאֶת־רֶ֙קֶם֙ וְאֶת־צ֤וּר וְאֶת־חוּר֙ וְאֶת־רֶ֔בַע נְסִיכֵ֣י סִיח֔וֹן יֹשְׁבֵ֖י הָאָֽרֶץ׃

*Word for word:* and all the.cities of the.plain and all the.kingdom of.Sihon the.king of the.Amorite\[s\] who he.reigned in Heshbon whom he.had.defeated Moses him and (et) the.leaders of.Midian (et) Evi and (et) Rekem and (et) Zur and (et) Hur and (et) Reba the.princes of.Sihon \[who.were\].dwelling of the.land

*JPS 1917:* and all the cities of the table-land, and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses smote with the chiefs of Midian, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, the princes of Sihon, that dwelt in the land.

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