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title: רָפוּא — Raphu · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רָפוּא (7505), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: Raphu. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רָפוּא

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«רָפוּא» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Raphu** — 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:** 7505 · **BDB:** רָפוּא

### Glosses

of.Raphu (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Raphu [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7505/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7505/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. in Benj., Nu 13:9, Ραφου\[αυ\].

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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 (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «רָפוּא» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7505/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Numbers 13:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.13.9/)

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לְמַטֵּ֣ה בִנְיָמִ֔ן פַּלְטִ֖י בֶּן־רָפֽוּא׃

*Word for word:* for the.tribe of.Benjamin Palti the.son of.Raphu

*JPS 1917:* Of the tribe of Benjamin, Palti the son of Raphu.

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