Rahab (Egypt)

Rahab m.n. ( is used in the Hebrew Bible to indicate rage, fierceness, insolence, pride. Rahab is the emblematic name of Egypt and is also spoken of with the sea. In Jewish folklore, Rahab is a mythical sea monster.
==Biblical usage==
===Egypt===
Rahab is a poetical name for Egypt. It might have Egyptian origins that were accommodated to the Hebrew language. However, there is nothing revealing in the Coptic language.
I mention Rahab (Egypt) and Babel to those knowing Me, Lo, Philistia, and Tyre, with Cush! This [one] was born there. (Psalm )YLT
Thou [Jehovah] art ruler over the pride of the sea, In the lifting up of its billows Thou dost restrain them. Thou hast bruised Rahab (Egypt), as one wounded. With the arm of Thy strength Thou hast scattered Thine enemies. ()YLT
Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of Jehovah, Awake, as [in] days of old, generations of the ages, Art not Thou it that is hewing down Rahab (Egypt), Piercing a dragon! ()YLT
===Insolence===
In Isaiah 30:7, rāḥāḇ (insolence, strength) becomes a proverbial expression that gives an allusion to the Hebrew etymology insolence.
Yea, Egyptians [are] vanity, and in vain do help, Therefore I have cried concerning this: `Their strength (rāḥāḇ) [is] to sit still. ()YLT
===Pride===
In the Book of Job, rāḥāḇ (pride, blusterer) occurs in the Hebrew text and is translated as "proud".
[If] God will not withdraw his anger, the proud (rāḥāḇ) helpers do stoop under him. ()KJV
He divideth the sea with his power, and by his understanding he smiteth through the proud (rāḥāḇ). ()KJV
==Jewish folklore and Psalms==
In Jewish folklore, Rahab (noise, tumult, arrogance) is a mythical sea monster, a dragon of the waters, the "demonic angel of the sea". Rahab represents the primordial abyss, the water-dragon of darkness and chaos, comparable to Leviathan and Tiamat. Rahab later became a particular demon, inhabitant of the sea, especially associated with the Red Sea.
This tradition is reflected in .
==Influence==
Military
* The fifth Israeli Navy Dolphin class submarine is to be named Rahab.
;Video-games
* Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver for the PlayStation, Rahab is one of Kain's vampire generals that evolved over millennia into a large swimming monster.
* Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow for the Nintendo DS, features an underwater boss named Rahab.
* In Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow and in Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin, a weapon called Rahab's Frost (Rahab's Sword in Aria of Sorrow), which is "a dagger made from the fang of the water dragon Rahab" is found.
* In the arcade shooter, The Ocean Hunter, Rahab is also the final boss and main villain.
==See also==
*Lotan
*Tannin (demon)
*Yam (god)
==References==
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==External links==
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Category:Demons in Judaism
Category:Deities in the Hebrew Bible
Category:Mythical aquatic creatures
Category:Dragons