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Rahab
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English
Etymology 1
en he רָחָב racháv Rahab Hebr.
Proper noun
en Q1135632en biblical character A prostitute of Jericho who, in the Torah, helped Israelite spies.
Joshua 6 25 And Joshua saved Rahab the harlot alive, and her father's household, and all that she had; and she dwelleth in Israel even unto this day; because she hid the messengers, which Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.
en rare en female Hebrew.
en 1997 w:Marion Zimmer Bradley Gravelight 0312865031 173 Wycherly reflected that any woman raised by a clergyman who named her daughter Rahab was probably making something in the nature of a personal statement.
Translations
biblical character
Cherokee: chr ᎴᎭᏫ
Hawaiian: haw Rahaba
Hebrew: he רָחָב racháv
Portuguese: pt Raabe
Russian: ru Раа́в f
female given name
Greenlandic: kl Laannguaq
Hawaiian: haw Lahapa
Etymology 2
en he רַהַב ráhav Rahab Hebr.
Proper noun
A sea monster in Levantine mythology similar to Tannin and Leviathan
Anagrams
en aabhr Rabha bahar