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title: רָחָב — Rahab · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רָחָב (7343), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: Rahab. BDB 1906: n.pr.f. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רָחָב

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«רָחָב» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Rahab** — 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:** 5 times · **Key:** 7343 · **BDB:** רָחָב²

### Glosses

Rahab (4); \[was\].Rahab (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Rahab [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7343/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.f. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7343/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.f. harlot in Jericho;—Jos 2:1, 3; 6:17, 23, 25 (all JE); Ρααβ (so Heb 3:11; Jas 2:25, but Mt 1:5 Ραχαβ).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (7 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (7 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «רָחָב» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7343/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Joshua 2:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.2.3/)

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וַיִּשְׁלַח֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ יְרִיח֔וֹ אֶל־רָחָ֖ב לֵאמֹ֑ר ה֠וֹצִיאִי הָאֲנָשִׁ֨ים הַבָּאִ֤ים אֵלַ֙יִךְ֙ אֲשֶׁר־בָּ֣אוּ לְבֵיתֵ֔ךְ כִּ֛י לַחְפֹּ֥ר אֶת־כָּל־הָאָ֖רֶץ בָּֽאוּ׃

*Word for word:* and he.sent the.king of.Jericho to Rahab (cmp) bring.out the men \[who\] came to you who they.came to house your (dm) to spy.out (et) all the land they.have.come

*JPS 1917:* And the king of Jericho sent unto Rahab, saying: 'Bring forth the men that are come to thee, that are entered into thy house; for they are come to search out all the land.'

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[Joshua 6:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.6.17/)

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וְהָיְתָ֨ה הָעִ֥יר חֵ֛רֶם הִ֥יא וְכָל־אֲשֶׁר־בָּ֖הּ לַֽיהוָ֑ה רַק֩ רָחָ֨ב הַזּוֹנָ֜ה תִּֽחְיֶ֗ה הִ֚יא וְכָל־אֲשֶׁ֣ר אִתָּ֣הּ בַּבַּ֔יִת כִּ֣י הֶחְבְּאַ֔תָה אֶת־הַמַּלְאָכִ֖ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר שָׁלָֽחְנוּ׃

*Word for word:* and it.will.be the city a.devoted.thing it and all that \[is\].in it to Yahweh only Rahab the prostitute she.will.live she and every \[one\].who \[is\].with her in the house (dm) she.hid (et) the messengers whom we.sent

*JPS 1917:* And the city shall be devoted, even it and all that is therein, to the LORD; only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all that are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent.

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