Rahab

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专有名词
  1. A prostitute of Jericho who, in the Torah, helped Israelite spies.
    — And Joshua saved Rahab the harlot alive, and her father's household, and all that she had; and she dwelleth in Israel even unto this day; because she hid the messengers, which Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.
  2. A sea monster in Levantine mythology similar to Tannin and Leviathan
  3. A female given name from Hebrew. rare
    — Wycherly reflected that any woman raised by a clergyman who named her daughter Rahab was probably making something in the nature of a personal statement.

词源

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Hebrew רָחָב (racháv, “Rahab”).
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Hebrew רַהַב (ráhav, “Rahab”).
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