ra.pah identifies an ancestral figure whose descendants are named in accounts of warriors at Gath.

The attested use identifies Rapha as an ancestral figure: individuals are described as descended from or born to him, including warriors in conflicts at Gath.

1. Ancestral figure named for descendants · dominant

   All six occurrences are Gentilic masculine singular absolute forms in clauses identifying people by descent or birth. In 2 Samuel 21:16 and 2 Samuel 21:18, the APB renders the men as "among the descendants of Rapha"; in 1 Chronicles 20:8 and 2 Samuel 21:22, it renders the group as "born to the Rapha."

   1 Chronicles 20:61 Chronicles 20:82 Samuel 21:162 Samuel 21:182 Samuel 21:202 Samuel 21:22

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term as "Rapha" or "the Rapha" in descent and birth clauses, including "descendants of Rapha" and "born to Rapha." These phrases reflect the clauses' presentation rather than a separate lexical rendering in each verse.