אַלְפֵי רְבָבָה

ביטוי (אנגלית)

Thousands of ten thousands

הגדרה (אנגלית)

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)