Hebrew

Noun

רְבָבָה • ‎(r'vavá) f ‎(plural indefinite רְבָבוֹת, plural construct ריבבות \ רִבְבוֹת־)

1. ten thousand, myriad

   בכיכר נאספו רבבות מפגינים.‎

   Tens of thousands of protesters gathered in the square.

   • 1 Samuel 18:7, with translation of the New International Version:

     וַֽתַּעֲנֶינָה הַנָּשִׁים הַֽמְשַׂחֲקֹות וַתֹּאמַרְן הִכָּה שָׁאוּל [בַּאֲלָפָיו] וְדָוִד בְּרִבְבֹתָיו׃‎

     As they danced, they sang: “Saul has slain his thousands, and David his tens of thousands.”