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

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«רָפָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **giant** — 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:** lemma:רָפָה · **BDB:** רָפָה³

### Glosses

Raphah (3); the.Raphah (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

giant [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/lemma_3a_5e8_5b8_5e4_5b8_5d4/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/lemma_3a_5e8_5b8_5e4_5b8_5d4/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** II. רָפָא as n.pr.m., always c. art. Hā-Rāphā (perhaps der. from n.pr.gent. II. רְפָאִים, q.v.);—הָֽרָפָה 2 S 21:16, 18, c. prep. לְהָ׳ v 20:22 = לְהָרָפָא 1 Ch 20:6, 8;—only as parent, בִּילִידֵי הָר׳ 2 S 21:16, 18 (= מִילִידֵי הָֽרְפָאִים 1 Ch 20:4); יֻלַּד לְהָר׳ v 20, 22 ‖ I Ch 20:6, 8.—1. רָפָה v. sub רָפָא.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech differs, 4 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (7 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech differs, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «רָפָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/lemma_3a_5e8_5b8_5e4_5b8_5d4/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 8:37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.8.37/)

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וּמוֹצָ֖א הוֹלִ֣יד אֶת־בִּנְעָ֑א רָפָ֥ה בְנ֛וֹ אֶלְעָשָׂ֥ה בְנ֖וֹ אָצֵ֥ל בְּנֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* and Moza he.fathered (et) Binea Raphah son \[was\].his Eleasah son \[was\].his Azel son \[was\].his

*JPS 1917:* and Moza begot Binea; Raphah was his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son.

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[2 Samuel 21:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.21.22/)

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אֶת־אַרְבַּ֥עַת אֵ֛לֶּה יֻלְּד֥וּ לְהָרָפָ֖ה בְּגַ֑ת וַיִּפְּל֥וּ בְיַד־דָּוִ֖ד וּבְיַ֥ד עֲבָדָֽיו׃פ

*Word for word:* (et) four these they.were.born to the Raphah in Gath and they.fell by the.hand of.David and by the.hand his.servants his

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

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