Lexical Definition

‎רָפָא‎ Râphâʼ (raw-faw') Raphah ^N:N-M-P
or רָפָה Râphâh (raw-faw'); probably the same as ‎רָפָא‎; giant

Rapha.

• § Rapha = "tall"
• Rapha or Raphah, the name of two Israelites

1) son of Binea and a descendant of Saul
2) son of Benjamin

Extended Information

name of: רֹאשׁ

• A man of the tribe of Benjamin living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Gen.46.21
• son of: Benjamin (בִּנְיָמִין)
• brother of: Bela (בֶּלַע), Becher (בֶכֶר), Ashbel (אַשְׁבֵּל), Gera (גֵּרָא), Naaman (נַעֲמָן), Ehi (אֵחִי), Muppim (מֻפִּים), Huppim (חֻפִּים), Ard (אַרְדְּ), Ahiram (אֲחִירָם) and Jediael (יְדִיעֲאֵל); also called Rapha at 1Ch.8.2
• Another name of rosh (‎ר‎ֹ‎אש‎ׁ "Rosh" רֹאשׁ)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

Also see: בֵּית רָפָא

I. ‎רָפָא‎ proper name, masculine in Benjamin, 1Chr 8:2, Ραφη[α]. —

I. ‎רָפָה‎ proper name, masculine in Saul's line 1Chr 8:37, Ραφαι(α), ᵐ5^L Αραχα; see ‎רְפָיָה‎. — II. ‎׳‎‎ר‎ see ‎רפה‎.

II. ‎רָפָה‎, II. ‎רָפָא‎ as proper name, masculine, always with article H¹-R¹ph¹ (perhaps derived from proper name, of a people II. ‎רְפָאִים‎, q. v.); — ‎הָֽרפָה‎ 2Sam 21:16; 2Sam 21:18, with preposition ‎׳‎‎לְהָ‎ v2Sam 21:20. 22 = ‎לְהָרָפָא‎ 1Chr 20:6; 1Chr 20:8 — only as parent, ‎׳‎‎בִּילִידֵי הָר‎ 2Sam 21:16; 2Sam 21:18 (= ‎מִילִירֵי הָֽרְפָאִים‎ 1Chr 20:4); ‎׳‎‎יֻלַּד לְהָר‎ v1Chr 20:20. 22 || 1Chr 20:6; 1Chr 20:8. — I. ‎רָפָה‎ see below ‎רפָא‎.

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