Dripping with Kindness
The Meaning of rebîbîm
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21408231 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Raanan Eichler (0000-0002-2634-806X, Bar-Ilan University Ramat-GanZalman Shamir Bible DepartementRamat-Gan 5290002Israel, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 132 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 449-457 |
| Publication date | 2020-09-10 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Zeitschrift für die Alttestamentliche Wissenschaft (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0044-2526 • E-ISSN: 1613-0103 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1515/zaw-2020-3002 |
| OpenAlex | W3085424052 |
| Language | EN |
The common noun רְבִיבִים occurs six times in the Hebrew Bible (Deut 32:2; Jer 3:3; 14:22; Mic 5:6; Pss 65:10[10]; 72:6). Its contexts clearly suggest that it belongs to the semantic domain of rain and dew, and that it denotes something desirable. But further precision has eluded interpreters, and the much-discussed Ugaritic words rbb and rb are of little help in this regard. The apparent Akkadian cognate rabbu A, unmentioned in the standard Biblical Hebrew lexica, is considered here, and it is argued on that basis that the word means “gentle rain” or “drizzle.”
Akkadian · Biblical Hebrew · Biblical studies · Cognate · Dew · Epistemology · Hebrew · Hebrew Bible · Linguistics · Meaning (existential) · Meteorology · Noun · Physics · Theology · Ancient Near East History · Biblical Studies and Interpretation · Historical and Linguistic Studies · Philosophy
| Highly cited | No |
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