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רְאוּמָה
re.u.mah
H7208
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Reumah

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re.u.mah is the proper name of a concubine named in a birth notice.

The attested use is a proper name identifying the concubine in a birth notice: Genesis 22:24 names her before listing the children she bore.

Senses in use

  1. Personal name in a birth notice · dominant

    The form is tagged as a proper noun in Genesis 22:24, where it identifies the concubine whose children are then listed. In Genesis 22:24 the APB renders the clause, "And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, also bore Tebah, and Gaham, and Tahash, and Maacah."

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Genesis 22:24, the APB presents the term as "Reumah" in the phrase "whose name was Reumah." The verse is read as a whole, but the clause identifies it as the concubine's name.

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