Lexical Definition

‎רַהַב‎ rahab (rah'-hab) Rahab ^N:N--L
from ‎רָהַב‎,

proud, strength.

• bluster(-er)

1) pride, blusterer
1a) storm, arrogance (but only as names)
1a1) mythical sea monster
1a2) emblematic name of Egypt

See Greek: κῆτος · προσκόπτω · ὑπερήφανος

Extended Information

name of: מִצְרַיִם

• an emblematic name of Egypt
• Another name of mits.ra.yim (‎מ‎ִ‎צ‎ְ‎ר‎ַ֫‎י‎ִ‎ם‎ "Egypt" מִצְרַיִם)
• This name means pride, arrogance

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎רַ֫הַב‎ noun [masculine] literally storm, arrogance, but only as names, v, infr; — absolute ‎׳‎‎ר‎ Isa 30:7, ‎רָ֑הַב‎ Job 9:13 +; —

1. mythical sea monster (compare Barton^{JAOS xiv.1 (1891), 22 f.}): ‎׳‎‎עֹזְרֵי ר‎ Job 9:13 || ‎יָם‎ Job 26:12; Ps 89:11* || ‎תַּנִּין‎ Isa 51:9.

2. emblematic name of Egypt, ‎רַהַב וּבָבֶל‎ Ps 87:4 || ‎מצרים‎ Isa 30:7.

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