Lexical Definition

‎רִיפַת‎ Rîyphath (ree-fath') Riphath ^N:N-M-P
or (probably by orthographical error) דִּיפַת Dîyphath (dee-fath'); of foreign origin

Riphath.

• § Riphath = "spoken"
• Riphath, a grandson of Japheth and his descendants

1) the 2nd son of Gomer

Extended Information

• A man of the Gomerians living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.10.3
• son of: Gomer (גֹּמֶר)
• brother of: Ashkenaz (אַשְׁכְּנַז) and Togarmah (תּוֹגַרְמָה)
• Also named: ri.phat (‎ר‎ִ‎יפ‎ַ‎ת‎ "Riphath" רִיפַת)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎דִּיפַת‎ proper name, masculine a son of Gomer son of Japhet 1Chr 1:6 but read probably ‎רִיפַת‎ (q. v.); ᵐ5 Ἐρειφαθ, Ῥιφαε; ᵐ5^L Ῥιφαθ; || Gen 10:3 ‎רִיפַת‎ ᵐ5 Ῥιφαθ, Ἐριφαθ. ‎דָּיֵק‎ see below ‎דוק‎. ‎דִּישׁ‎, ‎דַּיִשׁ‎, ‎דִּישֹׁן‎, ‎דִּישָׁן‎ see ‎דושׁ‎.

‎רִיפַת‎ proper name, of a people 'son' of Gomer (of Japhet); — Gen 10:2 (P; > || 1Chr 1:6 ‎דִּיפַת‎ q. v.); Joseph. makes = Paphlagonians; Bo Lag^{Ges. Abh. 255} compare river Ῥήβας (Arrian^{Perlpl. 12, 3}) = ***Rhebas (Plin^{NH vl. 4}), on Thracian Bosphorus, but see Di ***

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