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title: רָהַב — act stormily · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רָהַב (7292), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: act stormily. BDB 1906: vb. act stormily, boisterously, arrogantly. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רָהַב

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«רָהַב» in the Tanakh dictionary: **act stormily** — 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:** 4 times · **Key:** 7292 · **BDB:** רָהַב

### Glosses

importune (1); they (1); they.will.act.insolently (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

act stormily [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7292/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. act stormily, boisterously, arrogantly [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7292/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. act stormily, boisterously, arrogantly (Ecclus 13:8, NH id., Hiph. make proud (rare), 𝔗 רְהֵב be arrogant; Assyrian raʾâbu, storm at (angrily); Arabic رَهِبَ be alarmed, frightened; Syriac ܪܗܶܒ, Pe. Pt. trembling, hastening, Aph. terrify, hasten);— Impf. 3 mpl. יִרְהֲבוּ הַנַּעַר בַּוָּקֵן Is 3:5 (‖ וְנִגַּשׂ) storm against (𝔊 προσκόψει); Imv. רְהַב רֵעֶ(י)ךָ Pr 6:3 beset, importune, thy friend (PerlesAnal. 61 conj. רְהַן give surety, cf. NH הרהין). Pf. 3 mpl. sf. הִרְהִיבֻ֑נִי Ct 6:5, of eyes, dub.: alarm me Hi Ew Bu, awe me Gi, disturb, confuse me, Oettli DrIntr. 419 (446) Buhl; Impf. 2 ms. sf. תַּרְהִבֵנִי ψ 138:3 (subj. י׳), Buhl Bae Dr thou makest me proud, bold (Thes De Che denom. of רֹהַב).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «רָהַב» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7292/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 138:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.138.3/)

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בְּי֣וֹם קָ֭רָֽאתִי וַֽתַּעֲנֵ֑נִי תַּרְהִבֵ֖נִי בְנַפְשִׁ֣י עֹֽז׃

*Word for word:* on.\[the\] day \[when\].I.called.out and you answered.me you made.me.bold in soul my strength

*JPS 1917:* In the day that I called, Thou didst answer me; Thou didst encourage me in my soul with strength.

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[Proverbs 6:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.6.3/)

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עֲשֵׂ֨ה זֹ֥את אֵפ֪וֹא ׀ בְּנִ֡י וְֽהִנָּצֵ֗ל כִּ֘י בָ֤אתָ בְכַף־רֵעֶ֑ךָ לֵ֥ךְ הִ֝תְרַפֵּ֗ס וּרְהַ֥ב רֵעֶֽיךָ׃

*Word for word:* do this then my.son my and deliver.yourself (dm) you.have.come in the.palm your.neighbor your go humble.yourself and importune neighbors your

*JPS 1917:* Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, seeing thou art come into the hand of thy neighbour; go, humble thyself, and urge thy neighbour.

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