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title: רְפָיָה — Rephaiah · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רְפָיָה (7509), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: Rephaiah. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רְפָיָה

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«רְפָיָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Rephaiah** — 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:** 5 times · **Key:** 7509 · **BDB:** רְפָיָה

### Glosses

Rephaiah (4); of.Rephaiah (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Rephaiah [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7509/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7509/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. in David’s family 1 Ch 3:21, Ραφαλ, A 𝔊L Ραφαια. in Simeon, 4:42, Ραφαια(ς). in Issachar, 7:2, Ραφαρα, A 𝔊L Ραφαια. descendant of Saul 9:43, Ραφαια, 𝔊L Αραχα (= רָפָה 8:37). post-ex. name Ne 3:9, Ραφαια(ς).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (7 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «רְפָיָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7509/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Nehemiah 3:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.3.9/)

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וְעַל־יָדָ֤ם הֶחֱזִיק֙ רְפָיָ֣ה בֶן־ח֔וּר שַׂ֕ר חֲצִ֖י פֶּ֥לֶךְ יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ס

*Word for word:* and on hand their he.repaired Rephaiah the.son of.Hur the.official of.(the).half of.the.district of.Jerusalem

*JPS 1917:* And next unto them repaired Rephaiah the son of Hur, the ruler of half the district of Jerusalem.

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[1 Chronicles 3:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.3.21/)

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וּבֶן־חֲנַנְיָ֖ה פְּלַטְיָ֣ה וִישַֽׁעְיָ֑ה בְּנֵ֤י רְפָיָה֙ בְּנֵ֣י אַרְנָ֔ן בְּנֵ֥י עֹבַדְיָ֖ה בְּנֵ֥י שְׁכַנְיָֽה׃ס

*Word for word:* and the.son of.Hananiah \[was\].Pelatiah and Jeshaiah the.sons of.Rephaiah the.sons of.Arnan the.sons of.Obadiah the.sons of.Shecaniah

*JPS 1917:* And the sons of Hananiah: Pelatiah, and Jeshaiah; the sons of Jeshaiah: Rephaiah; the sons of Rephaiah: Arnan; the sons of Arnan: Obadiah; the sons of Obadiah: Shecaniah.

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