בַּת־רַבִּים H1337
Bath-rabbim - gate of Heshbon meaning 'daughter of multitudes,' describing a populous city
This composite place name means 'daughter of multitudes,' serving as an epithet for Heshbon or specifically for one of its gates. In Semitic idiom, 'daughter of' can denote a city's character or attribute—here, its large population. Heshbon was a significant Moabite/Amorite city that became Israelite. The name appears in love poetry comparing the beloved's eyes to pools, with the geographic reference adding specificity and grandeur to the image.
Sentidos
1. sense 1 — In Song of Songs 7:4, the lover praises: 'Your eyes are pools in Heshbon, by the gate of Bath-rabbim.' The reference to this populous gate evokes a busy, important location, adding to the beloved's stature. Most translations preserve the name (Bat-Rabbim, Bath-Rabbim), recognizing it as a technical designation for a specific architectural feature of Heshbon, with 'daughter of multitudes' capturing the city's teeming character. 1×
AR["بَاتِ-رَبِّيمَ"]·ben["-বাত-রব্বীমের"]·DE["[בתרבים]"]·EN["Bat-Rabbim"]·FR["de-Bath-Rabbim;"]·heb["בת-רבים"]·HI["बत-रब्बीम-के"]·ID["Bat-Rabim"]·IT["Bat-Rabbim"]·jav["Bath-Rabim"]·KO["밧랍빔-의"]·PT["Bat-Rabim"]·RU["Бат-Раббим"]·ES["Bat-Rabbim"]·SW["la-Bathi-Rabimu"]·TR["Bat-Rabbim'in"]·urd["بت-ربیم-کے"]
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Referencia BDB / Léxico
בַּת־רַבִּים n.pr.loc. (daughter of multitudes) appellation of populous city of Heshbon, or of its gate, Ct 7:5 (‖ חֶשְׁבּוֹן).