*rahab-: 'Rahab (primordial chaos-monster; cosmic serpent of the sea)'

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Field	Value
Reconstruction	*rahab-
Meaning	'Rahab (primordial chaos-monster; cosmic serpent of the sea)'
Basis	project

Reflexes

Language	Form	Sources	Note
Hebrew	rahab (Isa 51:9; Ps 87:4, 89:11; Job 9:13, 26:12; HALOT 1193)	HALOT 1193	gloss withheld

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Notes

HALOT 1193 s.v. רַהַב lists no cognate. Related verb rāhab 'to storm, assault, press' (HALOT 1192; Akkadian raʔābu(m), Syrian Aramaic rǝhĕb, Mandaic RHB, Arabic rahiba).

Updated 22 October 2026

*rahab-: 'Rahab (primordial chaos-monster; cosmic serpent of the sea)'

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