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title: רָפָא — Rapha · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רָפָא (7498), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: Rapha. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רָפָא

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«רָפָא» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Rapha** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 7498 · **BDB:** רָפָא²

### Glosses

Rapha (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Rapha [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7498/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7498/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. in Benj., 1 Ch 8:2, Ραφη\[α\].—II. רָפָא v. רפה.—Vid. also בֵּית ר׳ p. 112.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech differs, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech differs, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «רָפָא» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7498/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 8:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.8.2/)

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נוֹחָה֙ הָֽרְבִיעִ֔י וְרָפָ֖א הַחֲמִישִֽׁי׃ס

*Word for word:* Nohah the fourth and Rapha the fifth

*JPS 1917:* Nohah the fourth, and Rapha the fifth.

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[1 Chronicles 20:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.20.8/)

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אֵ֛ל נוּלְּד֥וּ לְהָרָפָ֖א בְּגַ֑ת וַיִּפְּל֥וּ בְיַד־דָּוִ֖יד וּבְיַד־עֲבָדָֽיו׃פ

*Word for word:* these they.were.born to the Rapha in Gath and they.fell by the.hand of.David and by the.hand his.servants his

*JPS 1917:* These were born unto the giant in Gath; and they fell by the hand of David and by the hand of his servants.

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