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title: רְפָאֵל — Rephael · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רְפָאֵל (7501), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: Rephael. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רְפָאֵל

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«רְפָאֵל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Rephael** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 7501 · **BDB:** רְפָאֵל

### Glosses

Rephael (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Rephael [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7501/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7501/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. Levite, 1 Ch 26:7, Ραφαηλ.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 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, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «רְפָאֵל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7501/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 26:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.26.7/)

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בְּנֵ֣י שְׁמַֽעְיָ֗ה עָ֠תְנִי וּרְפָאֵ֨ל וְעוֹבֵ֧ד אֶלְזָבָ֛ד אֶחָ֖יו בְּנֵי־חָ֑יִל אֱלִיה֖וּ וּסְמַכְיָֽהוּ׃

*Word for word:* the.sons of.Shemaiah \[were\].Othni and Rephael and Obed Elzabad relatives his \[were\].sons of.ability Elihu and Semakiah

*JPS 1917:* The sons of Shemaiah: Othni, and Rephael and Obed and Elzabad his brethren, valiant men; Elihu also, and Semachiah.

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