Original Language Studio
Genesis 27:6
“And Rebekah spake unto Jacob her son, saying, Behold, I heard thy father speak unto Esau thy brother, saying,” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
רִבְקָהRibqâh · rib-kaw'
H7259 · Hebrew
H7259 · Hebrew
- Definition
- Ribkah, the wife of Isaac
- Derivation
- from an unused root probably meaning to clog by tying up the fetlock; fettering (by beauty);
- KJV renderings
- Rebekah.
- Grammar
- וְ — conjunction
- רִבְקָה֙ — proper noun
- Usage
- Occurs 30 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 22:23Genesis 24:15Genesis 24:29Genesis 24:30Genesis 24:45
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read רִבְקָה here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.