Rebecca – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
Rebecca
n.
female first name; one of the four Biblical matriarchs; wife of Isaac and mother of Jacob and Esau (Biblical)
Rebecca
Rebecca (also spelled
Rebekah) (
ISO 259-3 Ribqa,(
AssyrianːܪܲܦܩܵܐːRapqa) from the
Hebrew ribhqeh (lit., "connection"), from Semitic root r-b-q, "to tie, couple or join", "to secure", or "to snare") appears in the
Hebrew Bible as the wife of
Isaac and the mother of
Jacob and
Esau. Rebecca and Isaac were one of the four couples believed to be buried in the
Cave of the Patriarchs, the other three being
Adam and
Eve,
Abraham and
Sarah, and
Jacob and
Leah.
Rebecca
Noun
1. (Old Testament) wife of Isaac and mother of Jacob and Esau
(synonym) Rebekah
(hypernym) wife, married woman
(classification) Old Testament
Rébecca
nf.
Rebecca, Rebekah, female first name; one of the four Biblical matriarchs, wife of Isaac and mother of Jacob and Esau (Biblical)
Rebecca
Rebecca, Rebekah Ribeqah (Hebrew) In the Bible the wife of Isaac, mother of Esau and Jacob. When Rebecca was about to become a mother, she felt that the children were struggling within her, so she inquired of the Lord as to the meaning of this, and received the answer: "Two nations are in thy womb, and two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels; and the one people shall be stronger than the other people; and the elder shall serve the younger" (Genesis 25:23). Rebecca gave birth to twins, "and the first came out red, all over like an hairy garment; and they called his name Esau" (25:25); and the other was called Jacob.
Genesis 25:24-34 contains "the allegorical history of the birth of the Fifth Race," as explained in Jewish allegorical fashion; and "Esau represents in the Bible the race which stands between the Fourth and the Fifth, the Atlantean and the Aryan" (SD 2:705).
