Senses
1. the Raphah (giant clan ancestor) — A proper noun with the article (הָרָפָה) designating a progenitor of the Rephaim giants, used as a clan identifier for warriors descended from this figure in Philistine contexts (2 Samuel, 1 Chronicles). The two clusters differ only in prepositional attachment and minor transliteration: eng the-Raphah/to-the-Rapha, spa el-Rafa/para-el-rafa, hin रापा-से/रपाह-से, arb לִלרָּפָא/לִלרָּפָא, kor 그-라파/에게-그-르바, swa na-Rafa/kwa-Harafa. All 6 occurrences refer to the same ancestral giant figure. 6×
AR["الرَّفَا","لِلرَّفَا"]·ben["রফার","রফার-কাছে","রফার-থেকে"]·DE["[להרפא]","der-Raphah","zu-der-Raphah"]·EN["the-Raphah","to-the-Rapha","to-the-Raphah"]·FR["[להרפא]","le-Raphah","à-le-Raphah"]·heb["ה-רפה","ל-ה-רפא","ל-ה-רפה"]·HI["रपाह-से","रापा-के","रापा-से"]·ID["-orang-Rafa","bagi-orang-Rafa","bagi-orang-Refa"]·IT["[להרפא]","a-il-Raphah","il-Raphah"]·jav["Rafa","dhateng-Rafa"]·KO["-에게-그-라파","그-라파","에게-그-르바"]·PT["a-ha-Rafah","ha-Rafah","para-o-refaíta"]·RU["Рефаимов","для-·-Рефая","у-Рефаима"]·ES["al-Rafa","el-Rafa","para-el-rafa"]·SW["Rafa","kwa-Harafa","na-Rafa"]·TR["Rafa'nın","Rafa'ya"]·urd["رفائیم-سے","رفاہ-کے","رفاہ-کے-لیے"]
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† II. רָפָה II. רָפָא as n.pr.m., always c. art. Hā-Rāphā (perhaps der. from n.pr.gent. II. רְפָאִים, q.v.);—הָֽרָפָה 2 S 21:16, 18, c. prep. לְהָ׳ v 20:22 = לְהָרָפָא 1 Ch 20:6, 8;—only as parent, בִּילִידֵי הָר׳ 2 S 21:16, 18 (= מִילִידֵי הָֽרְפָאִים 1 Ch 20:4); יֻלַּד לְהָר׳ v 20, 22 ‖ I Ch 20:6, 8.—1. רָפָה v. sub רָפָא.