Word Study · Strong's H699 · Hebrew
אֲרֻבָּה
arubbah
ar-oob-baw'
Strong's 1890 spelling: ʼărubbâh
“a lattice”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a lattice; (by implication) a window, dovecot (because of the pigeon-holes), chimney (with its apertures for smoke), sluice (with openings for water)
Rendered in the KJV as
chimney, window.
- 9occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 6 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 8inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 9 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 8
- אֲרֻבּוֹת֙2
- אֲרֻבּ֤וֹת1
- אֲרֻבּ֣וֹת1
- אֲרֻבֹּתֵיהֶֽם׃1
- בָּאֲרֻבּֽוֹת׃1
- וַאֲרֻבֹּ֥ת1
- וַֽאֲרֻבֹּ֖ת1
- מֵאֲרֻבָּֽה׃1
How it is rendered · 6
- windows3
- and [the] floodgates of2
- [the] windows of1
- from a window1
- in the windows1
- openings their1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 6
- noun · feminine plural3
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)2
- noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)1
- noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural1
- preposition + noun · feminine singular1
- preposition with the article + noun · feminine plural1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcfpa · 3
- HC/Ncfpc · 2
- HNcfpc · 1
- HNcfpc/Sp3mp · 1
- HR/Ncfsa · 1
- HRd/Ncfpa · 1
All 9, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Genesis carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Genesis2 occurrences
- Genesis 7:11וַאֲרֻבֹּ֥תvaarubotconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, on the seventeenth day of the second month, all the fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens were opened.here: and [the] floodgates of
- Genesis 8:2וַֽאֲרֻבֹּ֖תvaarubotconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)The springs of the deep and the floodgates of the heavens were closed, and the rain from the sky was restrained.here: and [the] floodgates of
2 Kings2 occurrences
- 2 Kings 7:2אֲרֻבּוֹת֙ʾarubotnoun · feminine pluralBut the officer on whose arm the king leaned answered the man of God, “Look, even if the LORD were to make windows in heaven, could this really happen?” “You will see it with your own eyes,” replied Elisha, “but you will not eat any of it.”here: windows
- 2 Kings 7:19אֲרֻבּוֹת֙ʾarubotnoun · feminine pluralAnd the officer had answered the man of God, “Look, even if the LORD were to make windows in heaven, could this really happen?” So Elisha had replied, “You will see it with your own eyes, but you will not eat any of it!”here: windows
Isaiah2 occurrences
- Isaiah 24:18אֲרֻבּ֤וֹתʾarubotnoun · feminine pluralWhoever flees the sound of panic will fall into the pit, and whoever climbs from the pit will be caught in the snare. For the windows of heaven are open, and the foundations of the earth are shaken.here: windows
- Isaiah 60:8אֲרֻבֹּתֵיהֶֽם׃ʾaruboteihemnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralWho are these who fly like clouds, like doves to their shelters?here: openings their