רִיפָה
rifa · grain, grits
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H7383 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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rifa (רִיפָה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “grain, grits”.
Crushed or pounded grain, like that spread out to dry (2 Samuel 17:19; Proverbs 27:22). It appears only twice and its exact sense is not certain.
How to say it
ri·fa
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- Crushed or threshed kernels spread to dry; the sense is uncertain.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
Where it appears
- 2 Samuel 17:19
The woman took and spread the covering over the mouth of the well and scattered grain on it, and nothing was known.
- Proverbs 27:22
If you pound the fool in the mortar among the grain with the pestle, his folly will not depart from him.