רֹֽבַע ᴵᴵ m.n. (a hapax legomenon in the Bible, occurring Num. 23:10; prob. meaning ‘dust, sand, ashes’; lit.: ‘that which sinks down or settles down’, and derived from רבע ᴵᴵ.) [cp. Samaritan Targum, Gen. 18:27, rendering וֽאָנֹכִי עָפָר וָאֵפֶר (= I am but dust and ashes), with ואנא קטם ורבוע; whence רבוע means ‘ashes’. cp. also Arab. ghubār, ghubra (= dust).]