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Hebrew
Noun
רְבָבָה • (r'vavá) f (plural indefinite רְבָבוֹת, plural construct ריבבות / רִבְבוֹת־)
- ten thousand, myriad
בכיכר נאספו רבבות מפגינים.- Tens of thousands of protesters gathered in the square.
Tanach, 1 Samuel 18:7, with translation of the New International Version:וַֽתַּעֲנֶינָה הַנָּשִׁים הַֽמְשַׂחֲקֹות וַתֹּאמַרְן הִכָּה שָׁאוּל [בַּאֲלָפָיו] וְדָוִד בְּרִבְבֹתָיו׃- As they danced, they sang: “Saul has slain his thousands, and David his tens of thousands.”
References
- “רבבה” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language