Original Language Studio
Nehemiah 13:25
“And I contended with them, and cursed them, and smote certain of them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God, saying, Ye shall not give your daughters unto their sons, nor take their daughters unto your sons, or for yourselves.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H7378 · Hebrew
- Definition
- properly, to toss, i.e. grapple; mostly figuratively, to wrangle, i.e. hold a controversy; (by implication) to defend
- Derivation
- or רוּב; a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- adversary, chide, complain, contend, debate, [idiom] ever, [idiom] lay wait, plead, rebuke, strive, [idiom] thoroughly.
- Grammar
- וָ — conjunction
- אָרִ֤יב — verb Qal, sequential imperfect, 1st person, common, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 70 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 26:20Genesis 26:21Genesis 26:22Genesis 31:36Exodus 17:2
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 רִיב 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.