רַהַב Rahav
Every verse in which this word stands as the creature — 3 places, in canonical order, first appearance to last. The word's lexicon entry carries more than the creature, so these are the creature's own verses — the row's note says what the other places are.
'The helpers of Rahav stoop beneath Him'; 'by His understanding He smote Rahav'; 'was it not You who hewed Rahav, who pierced the tannin?' The Gemara in Bava Batra speaks of the prince of the sea. The same name stands as a byname for Egypt in Yeshayahu 30:7 and twice in Tehillim; those places are not counted here, and Rachav of Yericho is another name entirely.
עוּרִי עוּרִי לִבְשִׁי־עֹז זְרוֹעַ יְהוָה עוּרִי כִּימֵי קֶדֶם דֹּרוֹת עוֹלָמִים הֲלוֹא אַתְּ־הִיא הַמַּחְצֶבֶת רַהַב מְחוֹלֶלֶת תַּנִּֽין
Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD; Awake, as in the days of old, The generations of ancient times. Art thou not it that hewed Rahab in pieces, That pierced the dragon?
אֱלוֹהַּ לֹא־יָשִׁיב אַפּוֹ תחתו שָׁחֲחוּ עֹזְרֵי רָֽהַב
God will not withdraw His anger; The helpers of Rahab did stoop under Him.
בְּכֹחוֹ רָגַע הַיָּם ובתובנתו מָחַץ רָֽהַב
He stirreth up the sea with His power, And by His understanding He smiteth through Rahab.
Quick answers
What is the Hebrew word for rahav?
Rahav in Hebrew is רהב, with a gematria of 207 in the standard method.
How many times is the rahav mentioned in the Tanakh?
The word stands 3 times as the creature, first at Isaiah 51:9.
A spelling is not a word. The bare letters רהב stand 6 times in the corpus, which is a different question and often a different number: the same letters can spell a name or another word entirely, and the creature written with a particle attached is a spelling that search never returns. It is here, as itself.
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