BDB7690
I. [רָבַב] verb
be or become, many, much (Late Hebrew רַב especially lord, master
, רַבִּי
my master teacher;
MI5
adjective plural רבן; Ph רב feminine רבת; Assyrian [
rabâbu
], rabbu; Arabic
[untranscribed source text 4923]
rear, increase (active;
[untranscribed source text 4924]
thick juice, compare Late Hebrew רְבָב
grease is thought by Buhl and others to indicate
original meaning be thick),
[untranscribed source text 4925]
lord, owner, master; Sabean רב especially in proper names, רבאל
, רבבם
רבשמסם, etc., CISiv,nos-285, 3; 286,1; 287,12, etc.
; Lihyanian רבה
its lord
DHMEpigr.Denkm.Arabic 232; Eth
[untranscribed source text 4926]
expund, spread (intransitive); Aramaic רַב
[untranscribed source text 4927]
great, chief, so Old Aramaic, Nabataean, Palmyrene רב, Lzb366
Cook107); —
Qal
Perfect 3 feminine singular consecutive
וְרַבָּה
Exod 23:29;
Isa 6:12,
רָ֑בָּה
Gen 18:20 (
Hos 9:7 read
וְרֹב הַמּשְׂטֵמָה [for
ᵑ0
׳
וְרַבָּה מ]
ᵐ5
.
We
Now); elsewhere only 3 plural
רַבּוּ
1Sam 25:10+,
רָ֑בּוּ
Jer 46:23+2 t.
[other forms supplied by
רבה
q. v.];
Infinitive construct
רֹב
Gen 6:1;
Josh 9:13;
Lev 25:16 (||
מְעֹט), suffix
רֻבְּכֶם
Deut 7:7, and perhaps
רֻבָּם
Hos 4:7 (compare
רֹב below); —
1.
be (become) many, person Gen 6:1 (
J
)
Exod 23:29 (
E
; see above), 1Sam 25:10; Hos 4:7 (perhaps), Isa 66:16; Ps 3:2; Ps 25:19; Ps 38:20; Eccl 5:10+
מִן compare Jer 46:23; Deut 7:7; Ps 69:5 of things Isa 22:9; Ps 4:8; Ps 104:24, years Lev 25:16
(
P
), sins Jer
5:6;
Jer 14:7; Isa 59:12; Job 35:6 .
2.
become great, Gen 18:20 (
J
) Isa
6:12
be long, of journey, Josh 9:13 —
Pu`al see [רָבַב] denominative
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רב151
noun masculine
Job 11:2
multitude, abundance, greatness; — absolute ׳
ר
Gen 16:10 +,
רוֺב
1Chr 4:38; 2Chr 31:10 +
Job 33:19
Qr
(
Kt
ריב); construct רֹב
Exod 15:7 + (
רֹבֿ
Job 37:23
Baer
Gi), רָבֿ
Job 23:6 +; 2Kgs 19:23 and
plural construct רֻבֵּי
Hos 8:12 see
below;
1.
multitude (c. 125 t.): of person Hos 10:13; Prov 14:28; Prov 20:6; Esth 10:3 +; of things Isa 1:11; Isa 47:12;
Ezek 27:18
; Lev 27:16
; Prov
10:19; Job
11:2 +; = great quantity, abundance
Gen 27:28;
Hos 9:7 + often (
2Kgs 19:23
Qr
[= Isa
37:24
Kt
], >
Kt
רכב; 2Chr 24:27
Kt
ורב >
Qr
יִרֶב), + (of time) רֹב שָׁנִים
Job 32:8 (
Gi; Job 32:7
van d. H., Baer),
בְּרֹב
יָמִים
Eccl 11:1 =
whole number (of bones) Job 4:14; Job 33:19 (
Qr
;
Kt
ריב); especially לָרֹב
in respect of, for, multitude, in simile, like sand, stars, etc., Josh 11:4 (
J
E
), 1Sam 13:5
; 2Sam
17:11 +10 t.; = abundantly, with verb (= הַרְבֵּה) Gen 30:30 (
J
), Gen
48:16 (
E
), 1Kgs
1:19;
1Kgs 1:25; 1Kgs 10:10 usually late Neh 9:25; Job 26:3; Zech 14:14; 1Chr 4:30; 2Chr 9:9 (|| הַרְבֵּה
1Kgs 10:10
) + 23 t. Chronicles; as predicate with הָיָה
1Chr 22:14
= in great numbers, 2Chr 30:5; 2Chr 30:24 nearly = adjective (c.substantive; =
רַב) 2Chr
9:1 (|| רַב
1Kgs 10:2),
1Kgs 16:8;
1Kgs 24:24
;
1Kgs 30:13
מֵרֹב
from multitude of, Deut 7:7; Deut 28:47 + 14 t.; absolute from (for
) mult.
1Kgs 7:47;
Gen 16:10;
Gen 32:13 (
J
), 1Kgs 3:8
; 1Kgs 8:5
= 2Chr 5:6.
2.
greatness (c. 26 t.): שִׂיחִי
׳
מֵר
1Sam 1:16,
רֹב חַסְרֶּ֑ךָ
Neh 13:22;
Ps 5:8; Ps 69:14,
compare Ps
106:45, כֹּחַ
׳
ר
Isa 63:1; Job 23:6; Job 30:18;
Ps 33:16,
etc.; read רֹב probably also (for דַב) Isa 63:7; Ps 145:7 = length of
journey (compare verb Josh 9:13) בְּרֹב דַּרְכֵךְ
Isa 57:10;
Hos 8:12
Qr
רֻבֵּי תוֺרָתִי = greatnesses [great things], or numerous
things of my law, but form dubious read perhaps רֹב תּוֺרֹתַי (sub 1
), so We (compare
ᵐ5
); Gr and others דִּבְרֵי; >
Kt
רבו, see
רִבּוֺ
. — Lev
25:16; Deut 7:7
; Hos 4:7
see √
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רִבּוֺ, רִבּוֺא
noun feminine
Ezra 2:64
ten thousand, myriad (later (Aramaizing) synonym of foregoing; perhaps for Aramaic
רִבּוּ(תׅ, Köii. 1, 221 f., but Palmyrene
רבו
Lzb367); — absolute רִבּוֺ
1Chr 29:7 (twice
in verse); Jonah 4:11
(? construct), + construct Hos 8:12
Kt
(see below); רִבּוֺא
Ezra 2:64 = Neh 7:66; Neh 7:71 (van d. H. Neh 7:72), du רִבֹּתַיִם
Ps 68:18 plural
רִבּוֺת
Neh 7:70 (van d. H. Neh 7:17), רִבֹּאוֺת
Ezra 2:69; Dan 11:12 —
ten thousand; of person, 4*10,000+200+3*100+60 Ezra 2:64 = Neh 7:66 12*10,000+n. Jonah 4:11 indefinite Dan 11:12
he shall cast down myriads; read רִבּוֺת also Dan 11:41 (for
ᵑ0
רַבּוֺת) Kmp
Bev
Behrm
Marti Prince; of things, especially units of value, noun + 10,00 1Chr 29:7, noun +
6*10,000 + 1000 Ezra
2:69 || noun + 2*10000 Neh 7:70; Neh 7:71 (see above); 10,000 + 8*1000 + noun 1Chr 29:7 indefinite רֶכֶב
אֱלֹתִים רִבֹּתַיִם
Ps 68:18 (||
אלפים); — רִבּוֺ
תוֺרָתִי
Hos 8:12 (
Kt
10,00[precepts] of my instruction would be only early instance, see רֹב
.
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רבב (√ of following; see Biblical Hebrew I. רבב, רַב,
רִבּוֺ).
