H7233 H7233
A myriad or ten thousand; used both as a specific numeral and as an expression of innumerable multitude.
This feminine noun straddles the line between precise arithmetic and rhetorical grandeur. When Rebekah's family blesses her to become 'thousands of myriads' (Gen 24:60), the word evokes uncountable abundance. When Leviticus 26:8 says five shall chase a hundred and a hundred put ten thousand to flight, the number is exact and comparative. Spanish miríadas de preserves the indefinite-vast sense, while French dix milliers and German zehn-thousands lean toward the numeric. The word appears in some of Scripture's most triumphant poetry, from Moses' blessing (Deut 33:2, 17) to David's victory songs (1 Sam 18:7-8).
Senses
1. myriads (innumerable multitude) — An innumerable multitude or countless host, used in the plural construct form to convey overwhelmingly large numbers that resist exact counting. Rebekah is blessed to become 'thousands of myriads' (Gen 24:60), Moses invokes God arriving 'from myriads of holy ones' (Deut 33:2), and the Song of Songs describes the beloved as 'distinguished among ten thousand' in a hyperbolic sense (Song 5:10). Spanish miríadas de and French multitude capture this rhetorical-superlative force, which transcends mere arithmetic. 9×
AR["بِ-رِبْوَاتِ","بِـ-رَبَوَاتِهِ","رَبَوَاتٍ","رَبْوَةً","رِبْوَاتُ","رِبْوَاتِ","مِنْ-رِبْوَاتِ"]·ben["অযুত","অযুত-অযুত-","অযুত-গুণ","তার-অযুতে","থেকে-অযুত","লক্ষ-লক্ষের","লক্ষ-লক্ষের-থেকে"]·DE["[ברבבות]","[רבבה]","in-zehn-thousands-sein","myriads-von","von-Zehntausenden","von-myriads-von","zehn-thousands"]·EN["from-myriads-of","in-ten-thousands-his","myriad","myriads-of","ten-thousands","with-myriads-of"]·FR["dans-dix-milliers","dans-dix-milliers-son","de-multitude","de-myriads-de","dix-mille","dix-milliers","myriads-de"]·heb["ב-רבבות","ב-רבבותי-ו","מ-רבבות","רבבה","רבבות"]·HI["अपनि-लखहोम-मेइन","दस-हज़ारों","में-दस-हज़ारों","लखहोम","लाखों","लाखों-को","लाखों-में","लाखों-से"]·ID["Sepuluh-ribu","dalam-puluhan-ribu","dari-puluhan-ribu","dengan-puluhan-ribu","puluh-ribuan","puluhan-ribu","terhadap-puluhan-ribu"]·IT["[ברבבות]","[רבבה]","da-myriads-di","dieci-migliaia","in-dieci-migliaia-suo","moltitudine","myriads-di"]·jav["ewon","kalayan-laksa-laksa","leksa","mawi-puluh-èwu-nipun","puluh-èwu","puluhan-èwu","saking-ewon","saking-sedasa-èwuning","sedasa-èwuning"]·KO["그의-만들로","만-번을","만들(접)","만만들-의","만을","만의","수만-에게서","에-무수한","에서-수만들(접)"]·PT["a-dez-milhares","de-miríades-de","dezenas-de-milhares","miríades","miríades-de","nas-suas-dezenas-de-milhares"]·RU["десятками-тысяч-своими","десятки-тысяч","к-десяткам-тысяч","мириады","с-мириадами","тьм","тьм-","тьмы"]·ES["Diez-mil","con-miríadas-de","de-miríadas-de","desde-miríadas-de","en-miríadas-suyas","miradas","miríadas","miríadas-de","son-las-miríadas-de"]·SW["kumi-elfu","kutoka-miongoni-mwa-makumi-elfu","kwa-makumi-elfu-yake","kwa-makumi-ya-maelfu-ya","maelfu-elfu","makumi-elfu","makumi-elfu-ya","ya-watu"]·TR["on-binler","on-binlercesinde-o","on-binlercesinden","on-binleri","on-binlerinden-","on-binlerine","on-binlerini","sayısız"]·urd["-ہزاروں-سے","دس-ہزار","لاکھوں","لاکھوں-کے","لاکھوں۔","ہزاروں","ہزاروں-سے"]
2. ten thousand (specific number) — The specific numeral ten thousand, functioning as an exact quantity in comparisons, military counts, or proportional statements. Leviticus 26:8 uses it in a precise ratio: a hundred shall put ten thousand to flight. Judges 20:10 selects ten thousand men for a military operation. Deuteronomy 32:30 contrasts one chasing a thousand with two routing ten thousand. Spanish Diez mil ('ten thousand') and the counting context distinguish this usage from the indefinite-multitude sense. 9×
AR["(بِـ-رِبْوَاتِهِ)","[بِـ-رِبْوَاتِهِ]","[كتيب]","بِربَواتِهِ","رِبْوَةً","لِ-الرِّبْوَةِ","مِ-رِبَبَه","وَرِبْوَةٌ"]·ben["(তার-অযুতগুলিতে)","-দশ-হাজারের-মধ্যে।","[তার-অযুতে]","অযুত","এবং-দশ-হাজার","তার-অযুতে","দশ-হাজার","দশ-হাজারে-জন্য"]·DE["[by-sein-zehn-thousands]","[with-sein-zehn-thousands]","[מרבבה]","und-zehn-tausend","zehn-tausend","zehntausend","zu-der-zehntausend"]·EN["[by-his-ten-thousands]","[with-his-ten-thousands]","among-ten-thousand","and-ten-thousand","by-his-ten-thousands","ten-thousand","to-the-ten-thousand","with-his-ten-thousands"]·FR["[by-son-dix-thousands]","[with-son-dix-thousands]","avec-son-dix-milliers","dix-mille","entre-dix-mille.","et-multitude","par-son-dix-milliers","à-le-dix-mille"]·heb["(ב-רבבות-יו)","(ב-רבבותי-ו)","[ברבבתו]","ו-רבבה","ל-רבבה","מ-רבבה","רבבה"]·HI["(अपनि-लखहोम-मेइन)","(अपने-दस-हज़अरोन)","[अपने-दस-हज़अरोन]","[लखहोम]","और-दस-हजार","दस-हज़ार","दस-हज़ार-को","दस-हज़ार-में-से","दस-हज़ारों-में"]·ID["(berpuluh-ribunya)","berpuluh-ribunya","dalam-puluhan-ribu","dan-sepuluh-ribu","dari-sepuluh-ribu","di-antara-beribu-ribu","sepuluh-ribu"]·IT["[by-suo-dieci-thousands]","[with-suo-dieci-thousands]","a-il-dieci-mille","con-suo-dieci-migliaia","da-diecimila","da-suo-dieci-migliaia","dieci-mille","e-moltitudine"]·jav["(ing-puluhan-èwu-nipun)","[ing-puluhan-èwu-nipun]","lan-sedasa-èwu","puluhan-èwu","puluhan-éwonipun","saking-sedasa-èwu","sapuluh-ewu","sedasa-èwu","tinimbang-sedasa-èwu"]·KO["(에-그의-만들)","[그의만들로]","그리고-만-이","그의-만으로","만명-중에서","만에","만을"]·PT["[em-suas-miríades]","[pelas-miríades-dele]","dez-mil","e-dez-mil","em-suas-miríades","entre-dez-mil","para-dez-mil","pelas-miríades-dele"]·RU["(десятками-тысяч-своими)","[десятками-тысяч-своих]","[кетив]","десятки-тысяч-свои","десять-тысяч","и-десять-тысяч","из-мириады.","на-десять-тысяч"]·ES["(Qeré)","K(en-sus-diez-miles)","Q[en-sus-diez-miles]","a-diez-mil","diez-mil","en-sus-diez-miles","entre-diez-mil","para-la-diez-mil","y-diez-mil"]·SW["elfu-kumi","kuliko-elfu-kumi","kwa-elfu-kumi","kwa-makumi-elfu-yake","na-elfu-kumi"]·TR["(on-binlerini)","(on-binlerle)","[on-binlerini]","[on-binlerle]","on-bin","on-binden","on-bine","on-bini","ve-on-bin"]·urd["(لاکھوں-اپنے-میں)","(لاکھوں-سے)۔","[لاکھوں-اپنے-میں]","[لاکھوں-سے]","اور-دس-ہزار","دس-ہزار","دس-ہزار-سے","دس-ہزار-میں-سے","دس-ہزار-کو"]
Related Senses
H5921a 1. upon, on, over (spatial) (5443×)H0413 1. directional: to, toward (5366×)H3605 1. all, every, whole (5352×)H1121a 1. son, male offspring, descendant (4914×)H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)H4428 1. king, human ruler (2518×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)H6440 1. before, in front of (spatial) (1870×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H3027 1. physical hand (body part) (1596×)H1697 1. word, speech, utterance (1235×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H0259 1. one (cardinal numeral) (940×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† רְבָבָה n. f. multitude, myriad, ten thousand (Köii. 1, 221);—abs. ר׳ Gn 24:60 +; sf. רִבְבָתוֹ Kt 1 S 18:7 + 2 times (Qr רִבְבֹתָיו); pl. abs. רְבָבוֹת 1 S 18:8; cstr. רִֽבְבוֹת Mi 6:7 +, רִֽבֲבוֹת Dt 33:17; sf. v. supr. Qr;—myriad, 10,000: of great number of pers., indef. Gn 24:60 (J; אַלְפֵי רְבָבָה thousands of myriads), Dt 33:2 (poem; מֵרִבְבוֹת קֹדֶשׁ, but v. קֹדֶשׁ, ad fin.), ψ 3:7 Ct…