רַב

Biblical Aramaic

great — used 23 times in the Aramaic chapters of the Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

great tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

רַב: adj. great tree →

The whole BDB entry

adj. great (𝔗 Syriac);—abs. Dn 2:31 +, cstr. v 14 +; emph. m. רַבָּא Ezr 4:10 +; f. רַבְּתָא Dn 4:27; mpl. redupl. רַבְרְבִין (K§ 59, 4) 3:33, fpl. -בָן 2:48 +, emph. תָא—ָ 7:11, 17;— great, lit., of image Dn 2:31, rock v 35, city 4:27, sea 7:2, beast v 3, 17, teeth v 7, gifts 2:48; great, imposing, feast 5:1, signs 3:33, words 7:8, 11, 20; c. מִן comp. 7:20. fig. of power, influence, etc.: great king 2:10 Ezr 4:10; 5:11 (cf. Zinj. מלכן רברבן Cooke 183), God 5:8 Dn 2:45. as n. = captain, chief: רַב טַבָּחַיָּא Dn 2:14, ר׳ סִגְנִין v 48, ר׳ חַרְטֻמַּיָּא 4:6; 5:11.

Jastrow 1903

רַב: large, great, numerous; senior chief, master, teacher school, academy Fem. tree →

The whole Jastrow entry

large, great, numerous; senior. Targ. Josh. XXII, 10. Targ. Y. Deut. I, 28. Targ. Gen. I, 16. Ib. X, 21 (Y. ed. Vien. רַבָּה); a. fr.—[In Talmudic literature mostly רַבָּה, q. v.] chief, master, teacher. Targ. I Sam. XXII, 14 (h. text סָר). Targ. Gen. XXXVII, 36 (Y. II שליטא; h. text סריס). Ib. (h. text שַׂר). Ib. IV, 20, sq. Targ. Job III, 18 ינקי בית ר׳ school children; a. fr.—Targ. I Chr. XI, 22, v. סִפְרָא.—R. Hash. 31ᵇ לאו אירח … לרַבֵּיה רַבָּךְ it is not customary to say to one’s own teacher, ‘thy teacher’ (has said &c.). Ab. Zar. 17ᵇ רַבָּן של וכ׳, v. רַבִּי; a. fr.—בֵּי רַב school, academy. Snh. 33ᵇ, a. e. זיל קרי בי רב הוא this is a case when you may say, ‘go and learn it (in the Bible) at school’, i.e. an erroneous judgment of such a nature must be reversed. Erub. 22ᵃ הוה קאזיל לבי רב left home in order to study; a. fr.—V. בֵּי.—Fem. רַבָּא, רַבְּתָא, רַבְּתָה. Targ. Jer. XLVIII, 34. Targ. Gen. XXVII, 34. Ib. XIX, 31; a. fr.—Pl. רַבָּתָא, רַבָּתָה. Y. Snh. X, 29ᵃ top אתה עבדת ר׳ וכ׳ (not עברת) thou (Doeg) hast done great things, turn thou around &c.—V. רַבְּתָא.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 21 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech not compared, 0 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses (18 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: great (9); (the) (6); [was] great (2).

In the verses

Daniel 7:3 · tree →

וְאַרְבַּ֤ע חֵיוָן֙ רַבְרְבָ֔ן סָלְקָ֖ן מִן־יַמָּ֑א שָׁנְיָ֖ן דָּ֥א מִן־דָּֽא׃

Word for word: and four beasts great [were].coming.up from the sea [they.were].different this.[one] from this.[one]

JPS 1917: And four great beasts came up from the sea, diverse one from another.

Daniel 7:17 · tree →

אִלֵּין֙ חֵיוָתָ֣א רַבְרְבָתָ֔א דִּ֥י אִנִּ֖ין אַרְבַּ֑ע אַרְבְּעָ֥ה מַלְכִ֖ין יְקוּמ֥וּן מִן־אַרְעָֽא׃

Word for word: these the beasts (the) great which they [are].four four kings they.will.arise from the earth

JPS 1917: 'These great beasts, which are four, are four kings, that shall arise out of the earth.

In Targum Onkelos

Number 125 of the commonest words of Targum Onkelos, the Aramaic translation of the Torah: used 49 times there, in the forms רַב (45); וְרַב (3); לְרַב (1).

Genesis 40:23 · tree → · Onkelos, then the Hebrew

וְלָא דְכִיר רַב שָׁקֵי יָת יוֹסֵף וְאַנְשְׁיֵהּ

וְלֹֽא־זָכַ֧ר שַֽׂר־הַמַּשְׁקִ֛ים אֶת־יוֹסֵ֖ף וַיִּשְׁכָּחֵֽהוּ׃פ

Word for word: and not he.remembered the.chief of the.cup.bearers (et) Joseph and he forgot.him

JPS 1917: Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph, but forgot him.

Numbers 3:24 · tree → · Onkelos, then the Hebrew

וְרַב בֵּית אַבָּא לְבֵית גֵרְשׁוֹן אֶלְיָסָף בַּר לָאֵל

וּנְשִׂ֥יא בֵֽית־אָ֖ב לַגֵּרְשֻׁנִּ֑י אֶלְיָסָ֖ף בֶּן־לָאֵֽל׃

Word for word: and.[the] leader of.[the].house of.a.father of the Gershonite[s] [was].Eliasaph the.son of.Lael

JPS 1917: the prince of the fathers' house of the Gershonites being Eliasaph the son of Lael,

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Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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