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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
feminine 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; HPS2Sam 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 , , Nö§ 155 A&WSG 135) Ps 65:10; Ps 120:6 (=long enough), Ps 123:4; Ps 129:1; Ps 129:2
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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; COT2Kgs 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
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רבב (√ of following; see Biblical Hebrew I. רבב, רַב, רִבּוֺ).