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title: רִבְקָה — Rebekah · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רִבְקָה (7259), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 30 times: Rebekah. BDB 1906: n.pr.f. Rebekah. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רִבְקָה

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«רִבְקָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Rebekah** — 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:** 30 times · **Key:** 7259 · **BDB:** רִבְקָה

### Glosses

Rebekah (26); of.Rebekah (4)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Rebekah [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7259/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.f. Rebekah [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7259/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.f. Rebekah, daughter of Bethuel and wife of Isaac, Gn 22:23; 24:15 + 24 times 24, 25, 26, 27; 28:5; 29:12; 35:8; 49:31;—𝔊 Ρεβεκκα.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «רִבְקָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7259/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 26:35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.26.35/)

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וַתִּהְיֶ֖יןָ מֹ֣רַת ר֑וּחַ לְיִצְחָ֖ק וּלְרִבְקָֽה׃ס

*Word for word:* and they.were bitterness of.spirit to Isaac and to Rebekah

*JPS 1917:* And they were a bitterness of spirit unto Isaac and to Rebekah.

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[Genesis 22:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.22.23/)

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וּבְתוּאֵ֖ל יָלַ֣ד אֶת־רִבְקָ֑ה שְׁמֹנָ֥ה אֵ֙לֶּה֙ יָלְדָ֣ה מִלְכָּ֔ה לְנָח֖וֹר אֲחִ֥י אַבְרָהָֽם׃

*Word for word:* and Bethuel he.fathered (et) Rebekah eight.\[sons\] these she.bore Milcah to Nahor the.brother of.Abraham

*JPS 1917:* And Bethuel begot Rebekah; these eight did Milcah bear to Nahor, Abraham's brother.

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