רְבִיעוּת f. (preced.) fructification, copulation.—Pl. רְבִיעִיּוֹת. Num. R. s. 20 (ref. to רֹבַע, Num. XXIII, 10) הר׳ שלהן … אוכלוסין שיצאו וכ׳ (ed. Wil. הרביעית, corr. acc.) who can count their fructifications, that is, the masses that came forth from those (women) who anxiously seized the opportunity of, and loved noble deeds &c.; Nidd. 31ᵃ הקב"ה … רְבִיעִיּוֹתֵיהֶם וכ׳ the Lord counts Israel’s fructifications, ‘when will the sperm come of which the righteous shall be created’?
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רְבִיעוּת f. ( preced. ) fructification, copulation .—Pl. רְבִיעִיּוֹת . Num. R. s. 20 (ref. to רֹבַע , Num. XXIII, 10 ) הר׳ שלהן … אוכלוסין שיצאו…
References
- Jastrow, רְבִיעָה 1
- Bamidbar Rabbah 20
- Jastrow, רָבַע 1
- Numbers 23:10
- Niddah 31a:26-69