Rabbah

American

[rab-uh] / ˈræb ə /

noun

the ancient Biblical capital of the Ammonite kingdom east of the Jordan River.
a city in Judah, near Jerusalem.

Example Sentences

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And David gathered all the people together, and went to Rabbah, and fought against it, and took it.

From God and my Neighbour by Blatchford, Robert

I quote from the twelfth chapter of the Second Book of Samuel: And Joab sent messengers to David, and said, I have fought against Rabbah, and have taken the city of waters.

From God and my Neighbour by Blatchford, Robert

The same voice which called camels and flocks to the palaces of Rabbah, summoned a very different class of tenants for the palaces of Babylon.

From Fables of Infidelity and Facts of Faith Being an Examination of the Evidences of Infidelity by Patterson, Robert

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

And I will make Rabbah a stable for camels, and the Ammonites a couching place for flocks: and ye shall know that I am the Lord.

From The Prophet Ezekiel An Analytical Exposition by Gaebelein, Arno C.

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