Joshua 23:1:3Josh.23.1.W3TAB
רַבִּ֔ים
rabim
“many”
- Transliteration
- ra-BIM
- Extended
- rah-BEEM
- IPA
- /raˈbiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- many
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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ra-BIM
- phraseyour reading level
mi-ya-MIM ra-BIM
- clause
va-ye-HI mi-ya-MIM ra-BIM a-kha-REI a-SHER-he-NI-akh Ye-ho-VAH le-yis-ra-EL mi-KAL-oi-ve-HEM mi-sa-VIV
- sentence
va-ye-HI mi-ya-MIM ra-BIM a-kha-REI a-SHER-he-NI-akh Ye-ho-VAH le-yis-ra-EL mi-KAL-oi-ve-HEM mi-sa-VIV vi-ye-ho-SHU-a za-KEN BA ba-ya-MIM
Exegesis
The idiom miyyamim rabbim {מִיָּמִ֣ים רַבִּ֔ים | miyyāmîm rabbîm} ‘from many days’ frames a long interval.
Root and etymology
y-myod–mem
“sea, large body of water”
In context — Joshua 23:1
And it came to pass, after many days, after the LORD had given rest to Israel from all their enemies all around, that Joshua was old , advanced in days.
About this coordinate
Joshua 23:1:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Joshua 23:1, so the Hebrew word רַבִּ֔ים (rabim) 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.23.1.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.23.1.W3.S1) and character.