רבקה
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See also: רבֿקה
Hebrew[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Literally "connection". From Proto-Semitic *r-b-q (“to join, couple, tie”). Also see Arabic رَبَقَ (rabaqa, “he ties”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /ʁivˈka/, [ʁifˈka], [ˈʁifka]
- (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA(key): /rivˈkɔ/, [rifˈkɔ], [ˈrifkɔ], [ʁifˈkɔ], [ˈʁifkɔ]
- (Iraqi Hebrew) IPA(key): /ribˈqaː/
- (Sephardi Hebrew) IPA(key): /rivˈka(ː)/, [riβˈka(ː)], [ribˈka(ː)]
- (Syrian Hebrew) IPA(key): /ribˈqa/, [ribˈʔa]
- (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA(key): /rivˈɡɔː/
- (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA(key): /rivˈqɔ/
- (Biblical Hebrew) IPA(key): /ribˈqaː/
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Proper noun[edit]
רִבְקָה • (rivká) f [pattern: קִטְלָה]
- Rebecca (Biblical character)
- a female given name, equivalent to English Rebecca
References[edit]
- The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., Clarendon Press, 1989.
- H7259 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible