רַב
Used: 23 times · Key: lemma:רַב · BDB: רַב
Glosses
great (9); (the) (6); [was].great (2)
Meaning (OSHB)
great tree →
Meaning (BDB 1906)
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)
Trees and pragmatics
Every English meaning of «רַב» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.
In the verses
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.
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.
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