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title: רְבָה — grow great · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: רְבָה (lemma:רְבָה), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 6 times: grow great. BDB 1906: vb. grow great. With 2 verses in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רְבָה

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«רְבָה» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **grow great** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 6 times · **Key:** lemma:רְבָה · **BDB:** רְבָה

### Glosses

it.grew.great (2); he.made.great (1); it.grew.long (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

grow great [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1512/lemma_3a_5e8_5b0_5d1_5b8_5d4/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. grow great [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1512/lemma_3a_5e8_5b0_5d1_5b8_5d4/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. grow great (𝔗 Syriac; v. BH I. רבה);— Pf. 3 ms. ר׳ Dn 4:8 +; 3 fs. רְבָת v 19; 2 ms. רְבַיְתָ Kt (\> רְבַת Qr K§ 47, Beisp. 1) a)) v 19;—grow tall and large, of tree Dn 4:8, 17; grow long, of hair v 30; fig. grow great, of king v 19, increase, of greatness v 19. make great: Pf. 3 ms. רַבִּי 2:48 c. ל acc. pers.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: none

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «רְבָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1512/lemma_3a_5e8_5b0_5d1_5b8_5d4/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 4:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.4.8/)

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רְבָ֥ה אִֽילָנָ֖א וּתְקִ֑ף וְרוּמֵהּ֙ יִמְטֵ֣א לִשְׁמַיָּ֔א וַחֲזוֹתֵ֖הּ לְס֥וֹף כָּל־אַרְעָֽא׃

*Word for word:* it.grew.great the tree and it.grew.strong and height its it.reached to the heavens and the.sight of.it \[was\].to the.end of.all the land

*JPS 1917:* The tree grew, and was strong, and the height thereof reached unto heaven, and the sight thereof to the end of all the earth.

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[Daniel 4:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.4.17/)

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אִֽילָנָא֙ דִּ֣י חֲזַ֔יְתָ דִּ֥י רְבָ֖ה וּתְקִ֑ף וְרוּמֵהּ֙ יִמְטֵ֣א לִשְׁמַיָּ֔א וַחֲזוֹתֵ֖הּ לְכָל־אַרְעָֽא׃

*Word for word:* the tree which you.saw which it.grew.great and it.grew.strong and height its it.reached to the heavens and the.sight of.it \[was\].to all the land

*JPS 1917:* The tree that thou sawest, which grew, and was strong, whose height reached unto the heaven, and the sight thereof to all the earth;

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