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רָחָב

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Rahab

A woman living before Israel's Monarchy, first mentioned at Jos.2.1; mother of: Boaz (H1162)(?) § Rahab = "wide" a harlot of Jericho who aided the spies to escape; saved from the destruction of Jericho; married Salmon, an ancestor of David and of Christ; commended for her faith in the book of James