Rabbah

American  

[rab-uh] / ˈræb ə /

noun

1. the ancient Biblical capital of the Ammonite kingdom east of the Jordan River.

2. a city in Judah, near Jerusalem.

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Example Sentences

See also the previous quotation from the Midrash Rabbah.

From Hebraic Literature; Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and Kabbala by Various

Campaign followed upon campaign; the City of Waters, Rabbah, the "capital" of Ammon, was closely invested, and the Aramaic allies of Hanun were put to flight.

From Early Israel and the Surrounding Nations by Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry)

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 Hengstenberg, Ernst Wilhelm

Rabbah was not a city belonging to this giant king, nor was it one of the cities that Moses took.

From Writings of Thomas Paine — Volume 4 (1794-1796): the Age of Reason by Conway, Moncure Daniel

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 Patterson, Robert