רָבַב
râbab · H7232 · Hebrew · 2 occurrences
Meanings
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to shoot
Causative action by which humans launch an arrow or a similar projectile
ExamplesGenesis 49:23 “The archers provoked him, And shot at him and were hostile toward him;
How it’s used In 2 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- Not stated: they 1
- Not stated: he, she or it 1
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- בָּרָקlightning 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Semantic domains 4 entries
- Quantity002001001046
- This domain is shared with the common word for "increase, multiply" (רָבַב (râbab, H7231)); it is not independently illustrated by this word's own sampled citations, which concern shooting arrows.
- Frequency002001003009
- This domain is shared with the same homograph; it is not independently illustrated by this word's own sampled citations.
- Intense002001003011
- This domain is shared with the same homograph; it is not independently illustrated by this word's own sampled citations.
- Move002002001012
- The word means to shoot, directly illustrated by the archers who "provoked him, and shot at him and were hostile toward him" in Jacob's blessing of Joseph (Genesis 49:23).
Word family 14 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H7232. rabab II. [רָבַב] verb shoot; — Qal Perfect3plural וָרֹ֑בוּ (Ges§ 67m) Gen 49:23…
II. [רָבַב] verb shoot; —
Qal Perfect3plural וָרֹ֑בוּ (Ges§ 67m) Gen 49:23 absolute (חִצִּים בַּעֲלֵי in || 1.; Samaritan וַיְרִיבֻהוּ, so perhaps ᵐ5 ἐλοιδόρουν). — רָֹב Psa 18:15 (חִצָּיו in || 1.), see I. רַב 1g.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Sources
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