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mērāv מֵרָב ‘Merab’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from rāvav רָבַב ‘to multiply’
Roots: רבב

mērāv pr n f pers
Merab = "increase"
1) the eldest daughter of king Saul; promised to David but given instead to Adriel the Meholathite; mother of 5 children

Mentioned in 1 Samuel 18:17, 18:19, 14:49

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