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title: רִיבַי — Ribai · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רִיבַי (7380), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: Ribai. BDB 1906: pr. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רִיבַי

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«רִיבַי» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Ribai** — 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:** 7380 · **BDB:** רִיבַי

### Glosses

of.Ribai (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Ribai [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7380/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

pr. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7380/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n. pr. m. in Benj., 2 S 23:29 (Ρειβα, Εριβα) = 1 Ch 11:31 (Ρεβιε, Ρηβαι, Ριβατ, etc.); cf. יְרִיבַי.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (18 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (13 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «רִיבַי» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7380/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 11:31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.11.31/)

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אִיתַ֣י בֶּן־רִיבַ֗י מִגִּבְעַת֙ בְּנֵ֣י בִנְיָמִ֔ןס בְּנָיָ֖ה הַפִּרְעָתֹנִֽי׃

*Word for word:* Ithai the.son of.Ribai from Gibeah of.the.descendants of.Benjamin Benaiah the Pirathonite

*JPS 1917:* Ithai the son of Ribai of Gibeah of the children of Benjamin, Benaiah the Pirathonite;

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[2 Samuel 23:29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.23.29/)

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חֵ֥לֶב בֶּֽן־בַּעֲנָ֖ה הַנְּטֹפָתִ֑יס אִתַּי֙ בֶּן־רִיבַ֔י מִגִּבְעַ֖ת בְּנֵ֥י בִנְיָמִֽן׃ס

*Word for word:* Heleb the.son of.Baanah the Netophathite Ittai the.son of.Ribai from Gibeah of.the.descendants of.Benjamin

*JPS 1917:* Heleb the son of Baanah the Netophathite, Ittai the son of Ribai of Gibeah of the children of Benjamin;

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