H7227. rab

I. רַב‎₄₂₉ adjective much, many, great; — masculine singular absolute ׳ר‎ Genesis 24:25+, רָ֑ב‎ 33:9+, also רָ֛ב‎2 Chronicles 20:2 ב֖‎28:8, רָב֨‎ Ezra 10:13, etc.; construct תַב‎ Exodus 34:6 +; feminine singular רַבָּה‎ Numbers 11:33 +; construct רַבַּת‎ Ezekiel 22:5 + רַבָּ֫תִי‎ (Ges ^{§90 k 1}) Lamentations 1:1 (twice in verse); masculine plural absolute רַבִּים‎ Exodus 23:2 (twice in verse)+, construct see II. רַב‎; feminine plural absolute רַבּוֺת‎ Genesis 30:43 +; — [often both as predicate and as attributive; as attributive preceding noun (influence of usage for numerals ? Kö^{Synt.§334 k} Ges^{§ 132b}): רַב‎ Isaiah 63:7; Psalm 145:7 (but read probably רָבֿ רֹב,‎; in Isaiah 21:7 ׳ר‎ is predicate), רַבּים‎ Jeremiah 16:16; Psalm 32:10; 89:51 (on context Bö^NÄ Bae, also Hup), Proverbs 7:26; 1 Chronicles 28:5, רַבּוֺת‎ Nehemiah 9:28; Proverbs 31:29]; —

1 (often opposed to מְעַט‎)

a.-1much: of substances, gold 1 Kings 10:2; Psalm 19:11, silver (money) 2 Kings 12:11; 2Chron

b. plural many: person Exodus 5:5; Judges 8:30; 9:40; 1 Kings 4:20; 11:1+, things Genesis 30:48; Amos 5:12; Deuteronomy 31:17 +; noun omitted רַבּוֺת‎ Daniel 11:41 (that is, lands; read רִבּוֺת‎ myriads Kmp Bev Behrm Marti Prince); רֵבִּים יָמִים‎ many days (a long time) Genesis 21:34; 37:24+28 t.,רַבּוֺת שָׁנִים‎ Nehemiah 9:30; Ecclesiastes 6:3a, בַּשָּׁנִים רַבּוֺת עוֺר אִם‎ Leviticus 25:51; עִתִּים רַבּוֺת‎ Nehemiah 9:28 many times (see above) =רַבּוֺת מְּעָמִים‎ Psalm 106:43; Ecclesiastes 7:22; רַבָּה מַכָּה‎ Deuteronomy 25:3 many blows; רִַ׃בּים מַיִם‎ many waters Numbers 20:11+27 t., compare Isaiah 8:7; etc.

c. רַב‎ as substantive collective person Exodus 19:21, also (opposed to מְעַט‎)1 Samuel 14:6; Numbers 13:18; 26:54, 56; 33:54; 35:8; so רַבַּת‎ (Ges^{§ 130a}) 2 Chronicles 30:17-18, and (thing; =much) Ezekiel 24:12; רַב‎ construct before abstract (= רֹב‎) Isaiah 21:7; 63:7; Psalm 145:7; especially plural רַבִּים‎ of person Exodus 23:2 (twice in verse) +37 t. + בַּתרַֿבִּים‎ Cant 7:5.

d. construct= abounding in, רַבבְּֿרֶכוֺת‎ Proverbs 28:20, רַבחֶֿסֶר‎ (see I. חֶסֶד‎ 3), רַבמֹּֿךְַ‎ Psalm 147:5, רַבמְֿאֵרוֺת‎ Proverbs 28:27, הַמְּהוּמָה רַב‎ Ezekiel 22:5, רַבנֿוֺצָךְ‎ 17:7, רַבחֶֿעֲלִיָּה‎ Jeremiah 32:19, רֵבמְּֿעֶלִים‎ 2 Samuel 23:20= 1 Chronicles 11:22, רַבמָּֿ֑שַׁע‎ Proverbs 29:22 רַבתְּֿבוּנָה‎ 14:29; אוֺצָרֹת רַבַּת‎ Jeremiah 51:13, בָּנִים רַבַּת‎ 1 Samuel 2:5 עָם רַבָּ֫תִי‎ Lamentations 1:1 (Ges^{§ 90l}).

e. + מִן‎ compare= more numerous than Exodus 1:9; Numbers 22:15; Joshua 10:11; Judges 16:30; 2 Kings 6:16; Isaiah 54:1; 1 Chronicles 24:4; 2 Chronicles 32:7; Daniel 11:13; followed by infinitive, too many to Genesis 36:7; Judges 7:2 (compare 7:4); see also following

f. רַב‎ =abundant, enough Genesis 24:25; 33:9; as exclamation enough! 45:28; 2 Samuel 24:16; 1 Chronicles 21:15; 1 Kings 19:4, so (+ מִן‎ infinitive) Exodus 9:28 (מִן‎ 6d); רַבלָֿךְ‎ (with implication of excess) Deuteronomy 3:26 (let it) suffice thee! so רַבלָֿכֶם‎ Ezekiel 45:9, also Numbers 16:3, 7= ye assume too much ! + infinitive it is enough for you to Deuteronomy 1:6; 2:3 (i.e. you have done it enough), so+ מִן‎ infinitive 1 Kings 12:23, מִן‎ substantive Ezekiel 44:6.

g. as adverb much, exceedingly (only Psalms), רַב‎ Psalm 123:3, ָ™רב‎ 18:15 (Hup De Che and others; HPS^{2 Samuel 22:15} conjectures רָמָה‎ omits "" 22:15); רַבָּה‎ Psalm 62:3; 78:15; 89:8 (ᵐ5‎. Bae הוּא רַב‎ ); רַבַּת‎ (Aramaism, compare Syriac , , Nö^{§ 155} A&W^{SG 135}) 65:10; 120:6 (=long enough), 123:4; 129:1; 129:2;

2 less often great:

a. of space 1 Samuel 26:13, the deep Amos 7:4; Genesis 7:11; Isaiah 51:10; Psalm 36:7(figurative), city Lamentations 1:1 (בַגּוֺיִם רַ֫בָּתִי‎ Ges§), — see also חֲמַת צִירוֺן‎; -plague Numbers 11:33, empire Esther 1:20 goodness Psalm 31:20, wickedness Genesis 6:5, etc.

b. specifically strong (opposed to כֹּחַ אֵין‎) 2 Chronicles 14:10; לְהוֺשִׁיעַ רַב‎ Isaiah 63:1 so רַבִּים‎ as substantive 53:12 ("" עֲצוּמִים‎).

c. major natu Genesis 25:23 (opposed to צָעִיר‎); רַבּים‎ as substantive grandoevi, Job 32:9.

d. + מִן‎ compare greater than Deuteronomy 7:1, 17; 9:14; 20:1 too great for Joshua 19:9; 1 Kings 19:7 — Proverbs 26:10 is hopelessly corrupt, see Toy.

II. רַב‎₄₉ noun masculine chief (Assyrian-Babylonian influence, compare rab Dl^{HWB 609 b}; Biblical Aramic רַב‎); — construct ׳ר‎ Jeremiah 39:9+; plural construct רַבֵּי‎ 39:13; 41:1 (but see below); — especially טַבָּחִים רַבֿ‎ chief of guardsmen (see טַבָּח‎), only as title of Babylonian officer 30:9-10, 15t. Jeremiah, 7 t "" 2 Kings 25 (compare הַט ׳שַׁר‎ in Gen [J E]); also הַחֹבֵל רַב‎ Jonah 1:6 chief of the sailors, i.e. captain; in General בֵּיתוֺ כָּלרַֿב‎ Esther 1:8, רַבמָֿרִיסָיו‎ Daniel 1:3 (see סָרִיס‎ ), and so בָּבֶל מֶלֶךְ רַבֵּי‎ Jeremiah 39:13, הַמֶּלֶךְ רַבֵּי‎ 41:1 (late gloss; omitted by ᵐ5‎ and "" 2 Kings 25:25, so Hi Gf Gie). The following titles of Assyrian -Babylonian officers are probably loan-words in Hebrew: רַבמָֿ֑ג‎ Jeremiah 39:3, 13 usually chief soothsayer (see מָ֑ג‎), but = rab-mugi [? chief of princes] Pinches^{Hast. DB. BAB-MAG}; רַבסָֿרִיס‎ (compare Old Aramaic [Nineveh] סרס רב‎ Lzb³⁸⁶), 2 Kings 18:17 (Assyrian; not in "" Isaiah 36:2), Jeremiah 39:8, 13 (Babylonian ), usually chief eunuch, but = rabû-ša-rêši, chief of the heads (the principal men) Wkl^{Unters. x.altor.Geschichte.1889, Excurs. v, p. 138} (actually found as rubû-ša-ri-ešu Pinches^{Acad June 25, 1892, 618}), Pinches^{Hast.DB.RAB-SARIS}; רַבשָֿׁקֵה‎ (van d. H. רַבְשָׁקֵה‎) chief of the officers (?) (so probably Assyrian rab-ŠA†; ša‡kû = high one; COT^{2 Kings 18:17} KB^ii.23 Dl^{HWB 685 a} Tiele^{Bab.-As. Geschichte.497.513} Pinches^{Hast.DB.iv 191}), 18:17, 19, 26, 27, 37; 19:4, 8 = Isaiah 36:2; 36:4; 36:11; 36:13 (twice in verse); 36:22; 37:4, 8;

רבב‎ (√ of following; see Biblical Hebrew I. רִבּוֺ רַב, רבב,‎).