H7240 H7240
myriad, ten thousand (Aramaic)
This Aramaic term for 'myriad' or 'ten thousand' appears in Daniel's throne vision describing the countless heavenly attendants. The text actually uses it three times in a single phrase, with both Ketiv and Qere readings attempting to express the incomprehensible magnitude: 'a thousand thousands served Him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before Him.' The repetition and variant forms convey innumerable multitudes beyond calculation.
Senses
1. sense 1 — The word designates the number ten thousand, though used hyperbolically for uncountable multitudes. Daniel 7:10 employs it in both Ketiv and Qere forms—'ribbo' (Ketiv), 'ribbewan' (Qere), and again 'ribbewan'—to describe the myriads of myriads attending the Ancient of Days at His throne. The multiplication of vast numbers ('ten thousand times ten thousand') creates a literary effect of infinite hosts, emphasizing the incomprehensible glory and power surrounding God's throne room. The textual variation reflects scribal attempts to properly express such magnitude. 3×
AR["(رِبْوَاتٍ)", "رِبْوَاتٍ", "وَ-رِبْوَةُ"]·ben["(অযুত)", "[অযুত]", "এবং-অযুত"]·DE["[ורבו]", "[רבבן]", "[רבון]"]·EN["(qere:myriads)", "[ketiv:myriads]", "and-myriad"]·FR["[ורבו]", "[רבבן]", "[רבון]"]·heb["[רבבות]", "ו-רבבה", "רבבות"]·HI["(लाखों)", "[लाखों]", "और-लाख"]·ID["[puluh-ribu]", "dan-sepuluh-ribu", "puluh-ribu"]·IT["[ורבו]", "[רבבן]", "[רבון]"]·jav["(pinten-pinten-ewu)", "[pinten-pinten-ewu]", "lan-sèwu-pinten-pinten"]·KO["(만들이)", "[만들이]", "그리고-만의"]·PT["(miríades)", "[miríades]", "e-miríade-de"]·RU["(тем)", "[тем]", "и-тьма"]·ES["[diez-miles]", "diez-miles", "y-diez-mil"]·SW["(elfu-kumi)", "[elfu-kumi]", "na-mara-elfu-kumi"]·TR["(on-binler)", "[on-binler]", "ve-on-binler"]·urd["اور-لاکھوں", "لاکھوں"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)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×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† רִבּוֹ (K§ 65, 4) n.f. myriad (𝔗 Syriac);—cstr. ר׳ + pl. רבון Kt (read רִבְּוָן Kl.c.), רִבְבָן Qr Dn 7:10 a myriad myriads.