Thousands of ten thousands

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Thousands of ten thousands

Thousands of ten thousands

Figuratively: a very large number; countless. (Ribava means ten thousand.)

("And they blessed Rebekah and said to her, Our sister, may you become thousands of ten thousands, and may your offspring possess the gate of those who hate them" - Genesis 24:60 (Rebekah's family to Rebekah), and also: "As a drop in the sea, so was lost / Childless among thousands of ten thousands— / How vast, oh, how vast is the desolation / In the empty, wide land" - H.N. Bialik, and also: "Holding in his hands the 'covering kerchief' and his lips barely move / As he says to her: 'Our sister, may you be thousands of ten thousands!'" - Shaul Tchernichovsky, Mordechai HaPudovkai, Fifth Poem)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

אַלְפֵי רְבָבָה

Definition (Hebrew)

בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: הַרְבֵּה מְאוֹד. לְאֵין סְפוֹר (רְבָבָה פֵּרוּשׁוֹ עֲשֶׂרֶת אֲלָפִים).

("וַיְבָרֲכוּ אֶת רִבְקָה וַיֹּאמְרוּ לָהּ, אֲחֹתֵנוּ, אַתְּ הֲיִי לְאַלְפֵי רְבָבָה וְיִירַשׁ זַרְעֵךְ אֵת שַׁעַר שֹׂנְאָיו"- בְּרֵאשִׁית כַּד ס (מִשְׁפַּחַת רִבְקָה לְרִבְקָה), וְכֵן:"וכנטף בַּיָּם כֵּן נֶאֶבְדָה/ עֲרִירִים בֵּין אַלְפֵי רְבָבָה-/ מָה רַב, הֱוֵי, מָה רַב השיממון/ בְּאֶרֶץ הָרֵיקָה, הרחבה"- ח.נ. בְּיָאלִיק/ מָה רַב, אוֹי מָה רַב, וְכֵן:"אוֹחֵז בְּיָדָיו 'מטפחת הכיסוי ' ושפתיו אַךְ נעות/ בדברו לָהּ:"אחותנו, אֶת הַי לאלפי רְבָבָה!"- שָׁאוּל טְשֶׁרְנִיחוֹבְסְקִי/ מָרְדְּכַי הפודובקאי, שִׁיר חֲמִישִׁי)

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