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rebekah

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.98 in modern English

Syllables
re-bekah
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The sister of Laban; Isaac's wife; the mother of Jacob and Esau.

name

A female given name from Hebrew, a less-common variant of Rebecca.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Hebrew רִבְקָה (Riḇqāh, “enchantingly beautiful, captivating, snare”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: רִבְקָה

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in People.

Questions

What does rebekah mean?
The sister of Laban; Isaac's wife; the mother of Jacob and Esau.
Where does rebekah come from?
It is traced to Hebrew.

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