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title: רַהַב — storm · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רַהַב (7294), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 6 times: storm. BDB 1906: storm, arrogance. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רַהַב

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«רַהַב» in the Tanakh dictionary: **storm** — 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:** 6 times · **Key:** 7294 · **BDB:** רַ֫הַב

### Glosses

Rahab (5); (of).Rahab (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

storm [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7294/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

storm, arrogance [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7294/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] lit. storm, arrogance, but only as names, v. infr.;—abs. ר׳ Is 30:7, רָ֑הַב Jb 9:13 +;— mythical sea monster (cf. Barton JAOS xv. 1 (1891), 22 f.): עֹזְרֵי ר׳ Jb 9:13; ‖ יָם 26:12; ‖ תַּנִּין Is 51:9; ψ 89:11 emblemat. name of Egypt, רַהַב וּבָבֶל ψ 87:4; ‖ מצרים Is 30:7.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech differs, 6 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech differs, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «רַהַב» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7294/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 9:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.9.13/)

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אֱ֭לוֹהַּ לֹא־יָשִׁ֣יב אַפּ֑וֹ תַּחְתָּ֥יו שָׁ֝חֲח֗וּ עֹ֣זְרֵי רָֽהַב׃

*Word for word:* God not he.will.turn.back anger his under him they.lay.prostrate \[those.who\].help (of).Rahab

*JPS 1917:* God will not withdraw His anger; the helpers of Rahab did stoop under Him.

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[Job 26:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.26.12/)

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בְּ֭כֹחוֹ רָגַ֣ע הַיָּ֑ם וּ֝בִתְבוּנָת֗וֹ מָ֣חַץ רָֽהַב׃

*Word for word:* by power his he.stirred.up the sea and by understanding his he.smashed Rahab

*JPS 1917:* He stirreth up the sea with His power, and by His understanding He smiteth through Rahab.

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