רִבְלָה
Riblâh · rib-law'
Riblah, a place in Syria
Lexicon
Derivation: from an unused root meaning to be fruitful; fertile;
Riblah, a place in Syria
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Riblah.
Letters
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the head, the highest › the house, what is within › authority, the one who leads › to reveal, behold
The head, the highest of the house, what is within of authority, the one who leads that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of רִבְלָה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
11 occurrences · 11 OT · 0 NT · 7 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- to riblah6 · 55%
- in riblah3 · 27%
- at riblah1 · 9%
- them at riblah1 · 9%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.