Rabbath Of The Children Of Ammon
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Smith's Bible Dictionary [1]
Rab'bath of the Children of Ammon. Rabbath of the Children of Ammon and Rabbath of the Ammonites. See Rabbah.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [2]
and OF THE AMMONITES. (The former is the more accurate, the Hebrew being in both cases; רִבִּת בְּנֵי עִמּוֹן; Sept. ἡ ἄκρα τῶν υἱῶν Ἀμμών, ῾Ραββὰθ υἱῶν Ἀμμών ; Vulg. Rabbath filiorum Ammon.) This is the full appellation of the place commonly given as RABBAH (See Rabbah) (q.v.). It occurs only in Deuteronomy 3:11 and Ezekiel 21:20. The th is merely the Hebrew "construct state," or mode of connecting a word ending in ah with one followving it. (See Gibeath); (See Kirjath); (See Ramath), etc.
