Rabbah
Americannoun
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the ancient Biblical capital of the Ammonite kingdom east of the Jordan River.
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a city in Judah, near Jerusalem.
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I have fought against Rabbah, and have taken the city of waters, πολιν των ‛υδατων in the Septuagint version.
From The Tragedies of Euripides, Volume I. by Euripides
To the Messiah this passage is referred by the Chaldean Paraphrast, by the Commentary on Genesis known by the name Breshith Rabbah in the exposition of Genesis xli.
From Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions. Vol. 2 by Ernst Wilhelm Hengstenberg
See also the previous quotation from the Midrash Rabbah.
From Hebraic Literature; Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and Kabbala by Various
Rabbah was to be a sheepfold, Babylon a menagerie of wild beasts; a very specific difference, and very improbable.
From Fables of Infidelity and Facts of Faith Being an Examination of the Evidences of Infidelity by Robert Patterson
Rav Chasda, moreover, had sixty weddings in his family during his lifetime, whereas Rabbah had sixty serious illnesses in his during the short period of his life.
From Hebraic Literature; Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and Kabbala by Various
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