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# יָרִיב

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H3401

**opponent** — used 3 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

opponent [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3401/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

יָרִיב: opponent, adversary [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3401/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n. \[m.\] opponent, adversary (Ges§85 d);—sf. (of Zion), יְרִיבֵךְ Is 49:25 (𝔊 רִיבֵךְ, so Du); cf. pl. sf. יְרִיבַ֑י ψ 35:1 (‖ לֹחֲמָ֑י); of personal opponent, יְרִיבָ֑י Je 18:19 (𝔊 רִיבִי, so Gie).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (19 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (13 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: my opponents (1); opponent (1); opponents (1).

## In the verses

[Jeremiah 18:19](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.18.19/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.18.19/#tree)

הַקְשִׁ֥יבָה יְהוָ֖ה אֵלָ֑י וּשְׁמַ֖ע לְק֥וֹל יְרִיבָֽי׃

*Word for word:* be attentive O.Yahweh to me and listen to the.voice my.opponents my

*JPS 1917:* Give heed to me, O LORD, and hearken to the voice of them that contend with me.

[Psalms 35:1](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.35.1/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.35.1/#tree)

לְדָוִ֨ד ׀ רִיבָ֣ה יְ֭הוָה אֶת־יְרִיבַ֑י לְ֝חַ֗ם אֶת־לֹֽחֲמָֽי׃

*Word for word:* of David contend O.Yahweh with opponents my fight with \[those who\].fight.with.me

*JPS 1917:* A Psalm of David. Strive, O LORD, with them that strive with me; fight against them that fight against me.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3401/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

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).