Numbers 22:15:6Num.22.15.W6TAB
רַבִּ֥ים
rabim
“many”
- Transliteration
- ra-BIM
- Extended
- rah-BEEM
- IPA
- /raˈbim/
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
ra-BIM ve-nikh-ba-DIM
- clause
she-LO-akh sa-RIM ra-BIM ve-nikh-ba-DIM me-E-leh
- sentence
va-YO-sef OD ba-LAK she-LO-akh sa-RIM ra-BIM ve-nikh-ba-DIM me-E-leh
Exegesis
The paired modifiers rabbîm {רַבִּ֥ים | rabbîm} ‘many’ and wə-nīḵbaḏîm {וְנִכְבָּדִ֖ים | wə-nīḵbaḏîm} ‘and were honored’ intensify the description, linked by the comparative preposition mīn {מִן | mīn} plus mēʾēle {מֵאֵֽלֶּה | mēʾēle} ‘than these’. English reflects this Hebraic pattern with “more numerous and more distinguished” to preserve the rising emphasis.
Root and etymology
r-b-bresh-bet-bet
“many”
In context — Numbers 22:15
And Balak again sent officials, more numerous and more distinguished than these.
About this coordinate
Numbers 22:15:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Numbers 22:15, so the Hebrew word רַבִּ֥ים (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 Num.22.15.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.22.15.W6.S1) and character.