Rahab (term)

Rahab (Biblical Hebrew: רַהַב, romanized: Rahaḇ, lit. 'blusterer') is used in the Hebrew Bible to indicate pride or arrogance, a mystical sea monster, as an emblematic or poetic name for Egypt, and for the sea.

Raḥab or Rachav (Hebrew: רָחָב‎, romanized: raḥaḇ, lit. 'spacious place') is a term for the Abyss.

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