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# רָבַב

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H7231

**be many** — used 22 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

be many [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7231/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

רָבַב: vb. be or become, many, much denom.\* [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7231/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** vb. be or become, many, much (NH רַב especially lord, master, רַבִּי my master, teacher; MI5 adj. pl. רבן; Ph. רב, f. רבת; Assyrian \[rabâbu\], rabbu; Arabic رَبَّ rear, increase (act.; رُبٌ thick juice, cf. NH רְבָב grease, is thought by Buhl al. to indicate original meaning be thick), رَبٌّ lord, owner, master; Sab. רב especially in n.pr., רבאל, רבבם, רבשמסם, etc., CISiv, nos. 285, 3; 286, 1; 287, 12, etc.; Liḥy. רבה its lord DHMEpigr. Denkm. Ar. 232; Ethiopic ረበበ: expand, spread (intrans.); Aramaic רַב, ܪܒ great, chief, so Old Aramaic Nab. Palm. רב, Lzb366 Cook107);— Pf. 3 fs. consec. וְרַבָּה Ex 23:29; Is 6:12, רָ֑בָּה Gn 18:20 (Ho 9:7 read וְרֹב הַמַּשְׂטֵמָה \[for MT וְרַבָּה מ׳\] 𝔊 We Now); elsewhere only 3 pl. רַבּוּ 1 S 25:10 +, רָ֑בּוּ Je 46:23 + 2 times \[other forms supplied by רבה q.v.\]; Inf. cstr. רֹב Gn 6:1; Jos 9:13; Lv 25:16 (‖ מְעֹט), sf. רֻבְּכֶם Dt 7:7, and perhaps רֻבָּם Ho 4:7 (cf. רֹב infr.);— be (become) many, pers. Gn 6:1 (J) Ex 23:29 (E; v. supr.), 1 S 25:10; Ho 4:7 (perhaps), Is 66:16 ψ 3:2; 25:19; 38:20; Ec 5:10, + מִן comp. Je 46:23; Dt 7:7 ψ 69:5; of things Is 22:9 ψ 4:8; 104:24, years Lv 25:16 (P), sins Je 5:6; 14:7; Is 59:12; Jb 35:6. become great, Gn 18:20 (J), Is 6:12; be long, of journey, Jos 9:13.— v. \[רָבַב\] denom.\*

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 21 of its verses cited, 2 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 (2 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: they are many (8); they will be many (2); become numerous (1).

## In the verses

[Psalms 3:2](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.3.2/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.3.2/#tree)

יְ֭הוָה מָֽה־רַבּ֣וּ צָרָ֑י רַ֝בִּ֗ים קָמִ֥ים עָלָֽי׃

*Word for word:* O.Yahweh how! they.are.many foes my many.\[people\] \[are\].rising.up on me

*JPS 1917:* LORD, how many are mine adversaries become! Many are they that rise up against me.

[Psalms 25:19](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.25.19/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.25.19/#tree)

רְאֵֽה־אוֹיְבַ֥י כִּי־רָ֑בּוּ וְשִׂנְאַ֖ת חָמָ֣ס שְׂנֵאֽוּנִי׃

*Word for word:* consider enemies my (dm).that they.have.become.many and hatred of.violence they have.hated.me

*JPS 1917:* Consider how many are mine enemies, and the cruel hatred wherewith they hate me.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/7231.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7231/): 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).