Lexical Summary raba: to lie stretched out, lie down Original Word: רָבַעTransliteration: raba Phonetic Spelling: (raw-bah') Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to lie stretched out, lie down Meaning: to squat, lie out flat, in copulation Strong's Concordance let gender, lie down A primitive root; to squat or lie out flat, i.e. (specifically) in copulation -- let gender, lie down. Brown-Driver-Briggs H7250. raba [רָבַע] verb lie stretched out, lie down (Aramaic form of רָבַץ (q. v.); Late Hebrew רבע usually of copulation, chiefly unnatural; yet compare also Sabean רבע abide, encamp, settle, DHMZMG xxix (1875), 593, Arabic abide, dwell) — Qal only Infinitive: suffix רִבְעִי Psalm 139:3 my lying down (for repose, opposed to אָרְחִי); elsewhere (H) for copulation (woman with beast) אֹתָהּ לְרִבְעָה Leviticus 20:16, but read אִתָּהּ (suffix of beast) Dr-Wh KöSynt. 226 e, compare Bae Berthol (and Dr2 Samuel 13:14); לְרִבְעָהּ 18:23, read לְרִבְעָה (compl. omitted; see id.). Hiph`il Imperfect2masculine singular כִּלְאַיִם תַרְבִּיעַ לֹא בְּהֶמְתְּךָ Leviticus 19:19 (H) thy cattle thou shalt not cause to (let) lie down (i.e. breed) in two kinds. |
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