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רָבָה
ra.vah
H7235B
H:V Hebrew

to shoot

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ra.vah describes the youth becoming an archer in Genesis 21:20.

Its sole attested use describes the youth becoming an archer in Genesis 21:20.

Senses in use

  1. Becoming an archer · dominant

    In Genesis 21:20, the Qal active participle occurs in the clause about the youth living in the wilderness; the APB renders the verse, “God was with the youth, and he grew and lived in the wilderness and became an archer.”

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Genesis 21:20, the APB presents the clause as the youth “became an archer.” Its precise correspondence to the Hebrew form cannot be isolated beyond the clause context.

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