2 Chronicles 20:2:82 Chr.20.2.W8TAB
רָ֛ב
rav
“great or many”
- Transliteration
- RAV
- Extended
- RAAV
- IPA
- /ˈrɔːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- great or many
Alphabet Analysis
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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Word in context
- word
RAV
- phraseyour reading level
ha-MON RAV
- clause
va-ya-VO-u va-ya-GI-du li-ye-ho-sha-FAT le-MOR BA a-LE-kha ha-MON RAV me-E-ver la-YAM me-a-RAM
- sentence
va-ya-VO-u va-ya-GI-du li-ye-ho-sha-FAT le-MOR BA a-LE-kha ha-MON RAV me-E-ver la-YAM me-a-RAM ve-hin-NAM be-kha-tsi-TSON ta-MAR HI EN ge-DI
Exegesis
The noun phrase hamon rav {הָמוֹן רָב | hā-môn rāḇ} ‘a great multitude’ conveys threat magnitude.
In context — 2 Chronicles 20:2
And they came and told Jehoshaphat, saying, “A great multitude has come against you from beyond the sea, from Aram, and behold, they have reached Hazezon Tamar —that is, En Gedi.”
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 20:2:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 2 Chronicles 20:2, so the Hebrew word רָ֛ב (rav) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 2 Chr.20.2.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.20.2.W8.S1) and character.