Lexical Definition

‎רָבַע‎ râbaʻ (raw-bah') to mate ^H:V
a primitive root

let gender, lie down.

• to squat or lie out flat, i.e. (specifically) in copulation

1) to lie stretched out, lie down
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to lie down
1a1a) for repose
1a1b) for copulation (of woman with beast)
1b) (Hiphil) to cause to lay down (of cattle breeding)

See Greek: τετράγωνος

Extended Information

• Also means: re.va (‎ר‎ֶ‎ב‎ַ‎ע‎ "to lie down" רֶבַע)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎רָבַע‎] verb lie stretched out, lie down (Aramaic form of ‎רָבַץ‎ (q. v.); Late Hebrew ‎רבע‎ usually of copulation, chiefly unnatural; yet compare also Sabean ‎רבע‎ abide, encamp, settle, DHM^{ZMG xxix (1875), 593}, Arabic abide, dwell) —

Qal only Infinitive: suffix ‎רִבְעִי‎ Ps 139:3 my lying down (for repose, opposed to ‎אָרְחִי‎); elsewhere (H) for copulation (woman with beast) ‎לְרִבְעָה אֹתָהּ‎ Lev 20:16, but read ‎אִתָּהּ‎ (suffix of beast) Dr-Wh Kö^{Synt. 226 e}, compare Bae Berthol (and Dr^{2Sam 13:14}); ‎לְרִבְעָהּ‎ 2Sam 18:23, read ‎לְרִבְעָה‎ (compl. omitted; see id.). Hiph`il Imperfect 2 masculine singular ‎בְּהֶמְתְּךָ לֹא תַרְבִּיעַ‎ ‎כִּלְאַיִם‎ Lev 19:19 (H) thy cattle thou shalt not cause to (let) lie down (i.e. breed) in two kinds.

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