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title: רְפָאִים — Rephaim · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רְפָאִים (7497), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 11 times: Rephaim. BDB 1906: n.pr.gent. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רְפָאִים

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«רְפָאִים» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Rephaim** — 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:** 11 times · **Key:** 7497 · **BDB:** רְפָאִים³

### Glosses

the.Rephaites (4); Rephaites (3); \[the\].Rephaites (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Rephaim [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7497/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.gent. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7497/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.gent. old race of giants (perhaps = I. ר׳, as extinct and powerless; v. especially WRS in Dr Dt 2:11; or as shadowy, vaguely known, SchwallyZAW xviii (1896), 127 ff. v. also Stal.c.);—ancient inhab. of Canaan \[W. of Jordan?\], Gn 15:20; Jos 17:15 (JE), cf. 1 Ch 20:4 (v. II. רָפָה supr.); hence עֵמֶק ר׳, plain S. of Jerus. 2 S 5:18, 22; 23:13; 1 Ch 11:15; 14:9; Is 17:5; Jos 15:8; 18:16 (P); ר׳ E. of Jordan Dt 2:11 (‖ עֲנָקִים; tall, cf. v 10), v 20 (‖ id.; tall; = Zamzummim); in Bashan, Gn 14:5, Og the last of them Dt 3:11 (of huge size), Jos 12:4; 13:12 (D); אֶרֶץ ר׳ Dt 2:20; 3:13. 𝔊 Ραφαειν\[μ\]; οἱ γίγαντες Gn 14:5 + 4 times; τῶν Τιτάνων 2 S 5:18, 22 + (𝔊L) 23:13.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 10 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «רְפָאִים» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7497/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 15:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.15.20/)

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וְאֶת־הַחִתִּ֥י וְאֶת־הַפְּרִזִּ֖י וְאֶת־הָרְפָאִֽים׃

*Word for word:* and (et) the Hittite\[s\] and (et) the Perizzite\[s\] and (et) the Rephaites

*JPS 1917:* and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Rephaim,

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[Deuteronomy 2:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.2.11/)

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רְפָאִ֛ים יֵחָשְׁב֥וּ אַף־הֵ֖ם כָּעֲנָקִ֑ים וְהַמֹּ֣אָבִ֔ים יִקְרְא֥וּ לָהֶ֖ם אֵמִֽים׃

*Word for word:* Rephaites they.were.regarded also they like the Anakites and the Moabites they.called (to) them Emites

*JPS 1917:* these also are accounted Rephaim, as the Anakim; but the Moabites call them Emim.

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