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# רַהַב

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H7294

**storm** — used 6 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

storm [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7294/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

רַ֫הַב: storm, arrogance [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7294/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] lit. storm, arrogance, but only as names, v. infr.;—abs. ר׳ Is 30:7, רָ֑הַב Jb 9:13 +;— mythical sea monster (cf. Barton JAOS xv. 1 (1891), 22 f.): עֹזְרֵי ר׳ Jb 9:13; ‖ יָם 26:12; ‖ תַּנִּין Is 51:9; ψ 89:11 emblemat. name of Egypt, רַהַב וּבָבֶל ψ 87:4; ‖ מצרים Is 30:7.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech differs, 6 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech differs, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (5 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: Rahab (5); (of) Rahab (1).

## In the verses

[Job 9:13](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.9.13/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.9.13/#tree)

אֱ֭לוֹהַּ לֹא־יָשִׁ֣יב אַפּ֑וֹ תַּחְתָּ֥יו שָׁ֝חֲח֗וּ עֹ֣זְרֵי רָֽהַב׃

*Word for word:* God not he.will.turn.back anger his under him they.lay.prostrate \[those.who\].help (of).Rahab

*JPS 1917:* God will not withdraw His anger; the helpers of Rahab did stoop under Him.

[Job 26:12](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.26.12/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.26.12/#tree)

בְּ֭כֹחוֹ רָגַ֣ע הַיָּ֑ם וּ֝בִתְבוּנָת֗וֹ מָ֣חַץ רָֽהַב׃

*Word for word:* by power his he.stirred.up the sea and by understanding his he.smashed Rahab

*JPS 1917:* He stirreth up the sea with His power, and by His understanding He smiteth through Rahab.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/7294.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7294/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).