אֲרֻבָּהʼărubbâh

lattice, window, sluice (Hosea 13:3; 2 Kings 7:2; Malachi 3:10; Genesis 7:11; Genesis 8:2)

Pronunciation: ar-oob-baw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H699

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 9 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 7:11 When Noah was 600 years old, on the seventeenth day of the second month, all the underground waters erupted from the earth, and the rain fell in mighty torrents from the sky.
  • Genesis 8:2 The underground waters stopped flowing, and the torrential rains from the sky were stopped.
  • 2 Kings 7:2 The officer assisting the king said to the man of God, “That couldn’t happen even if the Lord opened the windows of heaven!” But Elisha replied, “You will see it happen with your own eyes, but you won’t be able to eat any of it!”
  • 2 Kings 7:19 The king’s officer had replied, “That couldn’t happen even if the Lord opened the windows of heaven!” And the man of God had said, “You will see it happen with your own eyes, but you won’t be able to eat any of it!”
  • Ecclesiastes 12:3 Remember him before your legs—the guards of your house—start to tremble; and before your shoulders—the strong men—stoop. Remember him before your teeth—your few remaining servants—stop grinding; and before your eyes—the women looking through the windows—see dimly.
  • Isaiah 24:18 Those who flee in terror will fall into a trap, and those who escape the trap will be caught in a snare. Destruction falls like rain from the heavens; the foundations of the earth shake.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).