אֲרֻבָּה
a.rub.bahwindowHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentNoun · feminine9 occurrences6 books9 verses
Definition
feminine participle passive of H693 (as if for lurking); a lattice; (by implication) a window, dovecot (because of the pigeon-holes), chimney (with its apertures for smoke), sluice (with openings for water)
Traditional renderings: chimney, window.
Traditional renderings: chimney, window.
Usage patterns
Occurrences
9 total
- Genesis 7:11וַאֲרֻבֹּ֥ת · and the floodgatesIn the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, on the seventeenth day of the second month, all the fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens were opened.
- Genesis 8:2וַֽאֲרֻבֹּ֖ת · and the floodgatesThe springs of the deep and the floodgates of the heavens were closed, and the rain from the sky was restrained.
- 2 Kings 7:2אֲרֻבּוֹת֙ · windowsBut the officer on whose arm the king leaned answered the man of God, “Look, even if the LORD were to make windows in heaven, could this really happen?” “You will see it with your own eyes,” replied Elisha, “but you will not eat any of it.”
- 2 Kings 7:19אֲרֻבּוֹת֙ · windowsAnd the officer had answered the man of God, “Look, even if the LORD were to make windows in heaven, could this really happen?” So Elisha had replied, “You will see it with your own eyes, but you will not eat any of it!”
- Ecclesiastes 12:3בָּאֲרֻבּֽוֹת׃ · through windows…on the day the keepers of the house tremble and the strong men stoop, when those grinding cease because they are few and those watching through windows see dimly,
- Isaiah 24:18אֲרֻבּ֤וֹת · the windowsWhoever flees the sound of panic will fall into the pit, and whoever climbs from the pit will be caught in the snare. For the windows of heaven are open, and the foundations of the earth are shaken.
- Isaiah 60:8אֲרֻבֹּתֵיהֶֽם׃ · their sheltersWho are these who fly like clouds, like doves to their shelters?
- Hosea 13:3מֵאֲרֻבָּֽה׃ · through an open windowTherefore they will be like the morning mist, like the early dew that vanishes, like chaff blown from a threshing floor, like smoke through an open window.
- Malachi 3:10אֲרֻבּ֣וֹת · the windowsBring the full tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house. Test Me in this,” says the LORD of Hosts. “See if I will not open the windows of heaven and pour out for you blessing without measure.