BDB7691
I. רַב429
adjective
much, many, great; — masculine singular absolute ׳
ר
Gen 24:25+,
רָ֑ב
Gen 33:9+, also
רָ֛ב
2Chr 20:2
ב֖
2Chr 28:8,
רָב֨
Ezra 10:13,
etc.; construct תַב
Exod 34:6 +;
feminine singular רַבָּה
Num 11:33 +;
construct רַבַּת
Ezek 22:5 +
רַבָּ֫תִי (Ges §90 k 1) Lam 1:1 (twice in verse); masculine
plural absolute רַבִּים
Exod 23:2 (twice in
verse)+, construct see II.
רַב
; feminine plural absolute רַבּוֺת
Gen 30:43 +; —
[often both as predicate and as attributive; as attributive preceding noun (influence of usage for numerals ?
KöSynt.§334 k
Ges«GKC:132b»§ 132b): רַב
Isa 63:7; Ps 145:7 (but
read probably רֹב, רָבֿ; in Isa 21:7
׳
ר is predicate), רַבּים
Jer 16:16;
Ps 32:10; Ps 89:51 (on
context BöNÄ
Bae, also Hup), Prov 7:26; 1Chr 28:5,
רַבּוֺת
Neh 9:28; Prov 31:29]; —
1. (often opposed to מְעַט)
a. (1)much:
of substances, gold
1Kgs 10:2;
Ps 19:11, silver (money) 2Kgs 12:11; 2Chr 24:11, bronze 1Chr 18:8, wine Esth 1:7 of other quantities, e.g.spoil
2Sam 3:22,
property 2Chr
32:29,
seed Deut 28:38
, etc.; רַב שֶׁיִּהְיוּ EC Deut 6:3b be it much that his days amount to
; (2) especially of collectives, numerous, עַםרַֿב
Josh 11:4; 2Sam 13:34
עֲבֻדָּה רַבָּךְ
Gen 26:14;
Job 1:3,
מִקְנֶה רַב
Deut 3:19+,etc.
b. plural many: person Exod 5:5; Judg 8:30; Judg 9:40; 1Kgs 4:20; 1Kgs 11:1+, things
Gen 30:48;
Amos 5:12;
Deut 31:17
+;
noun omitted רַבּוֺת
Dan 11:41
(that is, lands; read רִבּוֺת
myriads
Kmp
Bev
Behrm
Marti Prince); יָמִים רֵבִּים
many days (a long time) Gen 21:34; Gen 37:24+28 t.,שָׁנִים רַבּוֺת
Neh 9:30; Eccl 6:3a,
אִם
עוֺר רַבּוֺת בַּשָּׁנִים
Lev 25:51
רַבּוֺת
עִתִּים
Neh 9:28
many times (see above) =פְּעָמִים רַבּוֺת
Ps 106:43
;
Eccl 7:22
מַכָּה רַבָּה
Deut 25:3
many blows; מַיִם רִַ׃בּים
many waters
Num 20:11+27
t.,
compare Isa 8:7
etc.
c.
רַב as substantive collective person Exod 19:21, also (opposed to מְעַט)1Sam 14:6; Num 13:18;
Num 26:54;
Num 26:56;
Num 33:54;
Num 35:8 so
רַבַּת
(Ges«GKC:130a»§ 130a) 2Chr 30:17; 2Chr 30:18, and (thing; =
much) Ezek 24:12
רַב construct before abstract (= רֹב) Isa 21:7; Isa 63:7; Ps 145:7 especially plural רַבִּים
of person Exod 23:2
(twice in verse) +37 t. + בַּתרַֿבִּים
Song 7:5.
d. construct = abounding in, רַבבְּֿרֶכוֺת
Prov 28:20
,
רַבחֶֿסֶר (see I. חֶסֶד
3), רַבפֹּֿךְַ
Ps 147:5,
רַבמְֿאֵרוֺת
Prov 28:27
,
רַב
הַמְּהוּמָה
Ezek 22:5,
רַבנֿוֺצָךְ
Ezek 17:7,
רַבחֶֿעֲלִיָּה
Jer 32:19,
רֵבפְּֿעֶלִים
2Sam 23:20
=
1Chr 11:22
,
רַבפָּֿ֑שַׁע
Prov 29:22
רַבתְּֿבוּנָה
Prov 14:29
רַבַּת אוֺצָרֹת
Jer 51:13,
רַבַּת בָּנִים
1Sam 2:5
רַבָּ֫תִי עָם
Lam 1:1 (Ges«GKC:90l»§ 90l).
e. + מִן
compare = more numerous than
Exod 1:9; Num 22:15;
Josh 10:11;
Judg 16:30;
2Kgs 6:16;
Isa 54:1; 1Chr 24:4;
2Chr 32:7;
Dan 11:13
followed by infinitive, too many to
Gen 36:7; Judg 7:2 (compare v
Judg 7:4); see also
following
f.
רַב = abundant, enough
Gen 24:25;
Gen 33:9 as
exclamation enough!
Gen 45:28;
2Sam 24:16
;
1Chr 21:15
;
1Kgs 19:4, so
(+
מִן infinitive) Exod 9:28 (מִן
6.d.); רַבלָֿךְ (with implication of excess) Deut 3:26 (let
it)
suffice thee! so רַבלָֿכֶם
Ezek 45:9
, also Num 16:3
; Num 16:7
= ye assume too much ! + infinitive it is enough for you to
Deut 1:6; Deut 2:3 (i.e.
you have done it enough), so+ מִן infinitive 1Kgs 12:23, מִן
substantive
Ezek 44:6.
g. as adverb much, exceedingly (only
Psalms), רַב
Ps 123:3
, ָרב
Ps 18:15
(Hup
De
Che and others; HPS
2Sam 22:15
conjectures רָמָה omits || 2Sam 22:15); רַבָּה
Ps 62:3;
Ps 78:15
; Ps 89:8
(
ᵐ5
. Bae
רַב
הוּא ); רַבַּת (Aramaism, compare Syriac
[untranscribed source text 4928],
[untranscribed source text 4929], Nö§ 155
A&WSG 135) Ps 65:10; Ps 120:6 (=long
enough), Ps
123:4;
Ps 129:1; Ps 129:2
2. less often great:
a. of space 1Sam 26:13, the deep Amos 7:4; Gen 7:11; Isa 51:10; Ps 36:7(figurative), city Lam 1:1 (רַ֫בָּתִי
בַגּוֺיִם Ges§), — see also
צִירוֺן
חֲמַת; -plague Num 11:33, empire Esth 1:20 goodness Ps 31:20, wickedness Gen 6:5, etc.
b. specifically
strong (opposed to אֵין כֹּחַ) 2Chr 14:10
רַב לְהוֺשִׁיעַ
Isa 63:1 so
רַבִּים as substantive Isa 53:12 (|| עֲצוּמִים).
c.
major natu (i.e. older)
Gen 25:23
(opposed to צָעִיר); רַבּים as substantive grandoevi
,
Job 32:9.
d. + מִן compare greater than
Deut 7:1; Deut 7:17;
Deut 9:14;
Deut 20:1
too great for
Josh 19:9;
1Kgs 19:7
—
Prov 26:10
is hopelessly corrupt, see Toy.
BDB7692
II. רַב49
noun masculine
chief (Assyrian-Babylonian influence, compare
rab
DlHWB 609 b; Biblical Aramic רַב); — construct
׳
ר
Jer 39:9+; plural
construct רַבֵּי
Jer 39:13;
Jer 41:1 (but see
below); — especially רַבֿ
טַבָּחִים
chief of guardsmen (see
טַבָּח
), only as title of Babylonian officer Jer 30:9; Jer 30:10 + 15 t. Jeremiah, 7 t || 2Kgs 25 (compare ׳
שַׁר הַט in Gen [
J
E
]); also רַב הַחֹבֵל
Jonah 1:6
chief of the sailors, i.e. captain; in general כָּלרַֿב
בֵּיתוֺ
Esth 1:8,
רַבמָֿרִיסָיו
Dan 1:3 (see
סָרִיס
), and so רַבֵּי
מֶלֶךְ בָּבֶל
Jer 39:13,
רַבֵּי הַמֶּלֶךְ
Jer 41:1 (late
gloss; omitted by
ᵐ5
and ||
2Kgs 25:25, so Hi
Gf
Gie). The following titles of Assyrian -Babylonian officers are probably
loan-words in Hebrew: רַבמָֿ֑ג
Jer 39:3; Jer 39:13
usually chief soothsayer (see
מָ֑ג
), but =
rab-mugi
[? chief of princes] PinchesHast. DB. BAB-MAG;
רַבסָֿרִיס (compare Old Aramaic [Nineveh] רב סרס
Lzb386), 2Kgs 18:17 (Assyrian; not in || Isa 36:2), Jer 39:8; Jer 39:13 (Babylonian ), usually
chief eunuch, but =
rabû-ša-rêši
, chief of the heads (the principal men)
WklUnters. x.altor.Geschichte.1889, Excurs. v, p. 138 (actually found as
rubû-ša-ri-ešu
PinchesAcad June 25,1892, 618), PinchesHast.DB.RAB-SARIS;
רַבשָֿׁקֵה (van d. H.
רַבְשָׁקֵה) chief of the officers (?) (so probably Assyrian
rab-ŠA†
;
ša‡kû
= high one; COT
2Kgs 18:17
KBii.23
DlHWB 685 a
TieleBab.-As. Geschichte.497.513 PinchesHast.DB.iv
191),
2Kgs 18:17; 2Kgs 18:19; 2Kgs 18:26; 2Kgs 18:27; 2Kgs 18:37; 2Kgs 19:4; 2Kgs 19:8 = Isa 36:2; Isa 36:4; Isa 36:11; Isa 36:13 (twice in verse); Isa 36:22; Isa 37:4; Isa 37:8
BDB9879
רבב (√ of following; see Biblical Hebrew I. רבב, רַב,
רִבּוֺ).
