1. ten thousand / myriad — The numeral ten thousand or myriad, a later Aramaizing synonym of רְבָבָה used for large round numbers. All forms (singular רִבּוֹ/רִבּוֹא, plural רִבֹּאוֹת/רִבּוֹת, dual רִבֹּתַיִם, construct רֻבֵּי) express the same basic numeric concept of a very large quantity in units of ten thousand. Attested in census/inventory contexts (1 Chr 29:7; Ezra 2:64; Neh 7:66-72), in Daniel's apocalyptic thousands (Dan 11:12), in Hosea's condemnation of multiplied altars (Hos 8:12), and in the psalmist's praise of God's chariots (Ps 68:17). Arabic عَشْرَةَ آلَافٍ/رَبْوَاتٍ (ten thousand/myriads), Korean 만 (ten thousand), Spanish diez mil/miríadas, Hindi दस हज़ार (ten thousand), French dix mille. The dual form רִבֹּתַיִם in Ps 68:17 means 'twice ten thousand' (= 20,000). The Hos 8:12 textual variant [רבו]/(רֻבֵּי) is the same lexeme with a construct plural meaning 'myriads of.' 12×
AR["أَلْفاً","رَبْوَاتٍ","رُبواتِ","رِبْواتانِ","رِبْواتٍ","رِبْوَاتٍ","رِبْوَةِ","عَشْرَةَ-آلَافٍ"]·ben["অনেকের","অনেকের-","দশ-হাজার","বিশ-হাজার","মিরিয়দ","লক্ষ","হাজার"]·DE["[(רבי)]","[[רבו]]","[רבאות]","[רבו]","[רבוא]","[רבות]","sind-twice-zehn-tausend","zehntausend"]·EN["(myriads-of)","[many]","are-twice-ten-thousand","myriads","ten-thousand","ten-thousands","thousand","thousands"]·FR["dix-mille","myriade"]·heb["רבאות","רבבות","רבו","רבוא","רבות","רובי","ריבו","ריבותיים"]·HI["दस-हज़ार","दस-हजार","बहुतेरी","हज़ार","हज़ारों-को"]·ID["K","delapan-belas","puluh-ribu","puluhan-ribu","ribu","sepuluh-ribu"]·IT["[רבתים]","diecimila"]·jav["angger-angger-Kawula","ewon","kados-manca","laksa","puluh-ewu","puluhan-èwu","sedasa-èwu"]·KO["[신명기]","만","만들을","많음을","수만-이도다"]·PT["[miríades]","dez-mil","dez-milhares","dezenas-de-milhares","dezoito-mil","miríade","miríades","miríades-de","vinte-mil"]·RU["(множество)","[множество]","десятка-тысяч","десятки-тысяч","десять-тысяч","мириад","мириады"]·ES["(multitudes-de)","[multitudes]","decenas-de-miles","diez-mil","miradas","miríadas"]·SW["arobaini","elfu","elfu-kumi","maelfu-ya","makumi-elfu","ni-makumi-elfu","sitini"]·TR["(on-binlerini)","[on-binlerini]","bin","on-bin","on-binlerce"]·urd["بیشمار","دس-ہزار","دسیوں-ہزار","لاکھوں","ہزار"]
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BDB / Lexicon Reference
† רִבּוֹ, רִבּוֹא n.f. Ezr 2:64 ten thousand, myriad (later (Aramaizing) synonym of foregoing; perhaps for Aramaic רִבּוּ(ת), Köii. 1, 221 f., but Palm. רבו Lzb 367);—abs. רִבּוֹ 1 Ch 29:7(×2); Jon 4:11 (? cstr.), + cstr. Ho 8:12 Kt (v. infr.); רִבּוֹא Ezr 2:64 = Ne 7:66; Ne 7:71 (van d. H. v 72); du. רִבֹּתַיִם ψ 68:18; pl. רִבּוֹת Ne 7:70 (van d. H. v 71), רִבֹּאוֹת Ezr 2:69; Dn 11:12;—ten…