H7294

רַ֫הַב

ra.havN:N-M-T

Rahab monster

Rahab = "breadth" mythical sea monster, lit. "storm", "arrogance", but only as names

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

רַ֫הַב noun [masculine] literally storm, arrogance, but only as names, v, infr; — absolute ׳ר Isa 30:7, רָ֑הַב Job 9:13 +; —

1. mythical sea monster (compare Barton^{JAOS xiv.1 (1891), 22 f.}): ׳עֹזְרֵי ר Job 9:13 || יָם Job 26:12; Ps 89:11 || תַּנִּין Isa 51:9.

2. emblematic name of Egypt, רַהַב וּבָבֶל Ps 87:4 || מצרים Isa 30:7.

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