Psalm 3/Notes/Grammar.v. 7.37285

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  • The word רִבְבֹות in v. 7 is the fourth instantiation of the root רבב in this psalm (see vv. 2-3). The singular noun רְבָבָה means, literally, a "state in which a countable entity is ten thousand in number," but it is used imprecisely for "excessively high numbers by which the exact number is relatively unimportant" (SDBH).