Joshua 19:28:7Josh.19.28.W7TAB
רַבָּֽה׃
rabah
“the Great”
- Transliteration
- ra-BAH
- Extended
- rah-BAA
- IPA
- /rabˈbaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the Great
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ra-BAH
- phraseyour reading level
tsi-DON ra-BAH
- clause
AD tsi-DON ra-BAH
- sentence
ve-ev-RON u-re-KHOV ve-kham-MON ve-ka-NA AD tsi-DON ra-BAH
Exegesis
The construct chain tsidon rabbah {צִיד֥וֹן רַבָּֽה | tsī-dōn rabbāh}, featuring a postpositive adjective, emphasizes Sidon’s prominence. Hebrew’s repeated use of vav-conjunctions and nominative proper nouns creates a cumulative demarcation of tribal territory, and the inversion of noun and adjective in English restores natural syntax.
Root and etymology
r-b-br-b-b
“to be great”
In context — Joshua 19:28
And Ebron, Rechov , Hammon, and Kanah , as far as the Greater Sidon.
About this coordinate
Joshua 19:28:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Joshua 19:28, so the Hebrew word רַבָּֽה׃ (rabah) 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 Josh.19.28.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.19.28.W7.S1) and character.