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רָבַב

ra.vavH:V

to multiply

1) to be or become many, be or become much, be or become great 1a)(Qal) 1a1) to be or become many 1a2) to be or become great 1a3) to be long (of journey) 2) (Pual) ten thousands

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

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 rear, increase (active; thick juice, compare Late Hebrew רְבָב grease is thought by Buhl and others to indicate original meaning be thick), lord, owner, master; Sabean רב especially in proper names, רבאל, רבבם רבשמסם, etc., CIS^{iv,nos-285, 3; 286,1; 287,12}, etc.; Lihyanian רבה its lord DHM^{Epigr.Denkm.Arabic 232}; Eth expund, spread (intransitive); Aramaic רַב 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.]; Infinitivecstr 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] denom

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; vJob 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 (JE), 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 √

רִבּוֺ, רִבּוֺא noun feminine^{Ezra 2:64} ten thousand, myriad (later (Aramaizing) synonym of foregoing; perhaps for Aramaic רִבּוּ(תׅ, Kö^{ii. 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. vNeh 7:72), du רִבֹּתַיִם Ps 68:18 plural רִבּוֺת Neh 7:70 (van d. H. vNeh 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 vDan 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.

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

16 occurrences

Genesis (2), Exodus (1), Deuteronomy (1), I Samuel (1), Job (1), Psalms (3), Isaiah (4), Jeremiah (3)