רבקה

See also: רבֿקה

Hebrew

Etymology

Literally "connection". From Proto-Semitic *r-b-q (“to join, couple, tie”). Also see Arabic رَبَقَ (rabaqa, “he ties”).

Pronunciation

(Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʁivˈka/, [ʁifˈka], [ˈʁifka]
(Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /rivˈkɔ/, [rifˈkɔ], [ˈrifkɔ], [ʁifˈkɔ], [ˈʁifkɔ]
(Iraqi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ribˈqaː/
(Sephardi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /rivˈka(ː)/, [riβˈka(ː)], [ribˈka(ː)]
(Syrian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ribˈqa/, [ribˈʔa]
(Yemenite Hebrew) IPA^(key): /rivˈɡɔː/
(Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /rivˈqɔ/
(Biblical Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ribˈqaː/
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Proper noun

רִבְקָה • (rivká) f [pattern: קִטְלָה]

Rebecca (Biblical character)
a female given name, equivalent to English Rebecca

References

The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., Clarendon Press, 1989.
H7259 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

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