Zechariah 14:13:6Zech.14.13.W6TAB
רַבָּ֖ה
raba
“great”
- Transliteration
- ra-BA
- Extended
- rah-BAA
- IPA
- /rabˈbaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- 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-BA
- clause
ve-ha-YA ba-YOM ha-HU ti-he-YE me-hu-MAT-ye-ho-VAH ra-BA ba-HEM
- sentence
ve-ha-YA ba-YOM ha-HU ti-he-YE me-hu-MAT-ye-ho-VAH ra-BA ba-HEM ve-he-khe-ZI-ku ISH YAD re-E-HU ve-al-TA ya-DO al-YAD re-E-HU
Exegesis
The construct mehumat-YHWH rabbah {מְהוּמַת־יְהוָה רַבָּה | mə-hû-mat Yə-hō-wāh rab-bāh} ‘tumult of the LORD, great’ attributes the disturbance to divine agency.
Root and etymology
ʿ-r-bayin–resh–bet
“desert plain”
In context — Zechariah 14:13
And on that day there will be a great tumult from the LORD among them; each man will seize the hand of his neighbor and his hand will rise against the hand of his neighbor.
About this coordinate
Zechariah 14:13:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Zechariah 14:13, so the Hebrew word רַבָּ֖ה (raba) 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 Zech.14.13.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Zech.14.13.W6.S1) and character.