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title: רְבוּ — greatness · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: רְבוּ (lemma:רְבוּ), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 5 times: greatness. BDB 1906: n.f. greatness. With 2 verses in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רְבוּ

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«רְבוּ» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **greatness** — 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:** 5 times · **Key:** lemma:רְבוּ · **BDB:** רְבוּ

### Glosses

the (3); greatness (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

greatness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1512/lemma_3a_5e8_5b0_5d1_5d5_5bc/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. greatness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1512/lemma_3a_5e8_5b0_5d1_5d5_5bc/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. greatness (𝔗 Syriac);—abs. ר׳ Dn 4:33, emph. רְבוּתָא 5:18 +, sf. -תָךְ 4:19;—greatness of king Dn 4:19, 33; 5:18, 19; of kingdom 7:27.

### Jastrow 1903

רְבוּ

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**The whole Jastrow entry:** , v. רְבוּתָא

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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 (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, 0 words shared with the glosses, only a cross-reference (18 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «רְבוּ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1512/lemma_3a_5e8_5b0_5d1_5d5_5bc/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 5:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.5.18/)

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אַ֖נְתְּ מַלְכָּ֑א אֱלָהָא֙ עִלָּאָ֔ה מַלְכוּתָ֤א וּרְבוּתָא֙ וִיקָרָ֣א וְהַדְרָ֔ה יְהַ֖ב לִנְבֻכַדְנֶצַּ֥ר אֲבוּֽךְ׃

*Word for word:* you O king (the) God (the).Most High the kingdom and the greatness and the honor and the majesty he.gave to Nebuchadnezzar father your

*JPS 1917:* O thou king, God Most High gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father the kingdom, and greatness, and glory, and majesty;

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[Daniel 4:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.4.19/)

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אַנְתְּ־ה֣וּא מַלְכָּ֔א דִּ֥י רְבַ֖ית וּתְקֵ֑פְתְּ וּרְבוּתָ֤ךְ רְבָת֙ וּמְטָ֣ת לִשְׁמַיָּ֔א וְשָׁלְטָנָ֖ךְ לְס֥וֹף אַרְעָֽא׃

*Word for word:* \[is\].you it O king who you.have.grown.great and you.have.grown.strong and greatness your it.has.grown.great and it.has.reached to the heavens and dominion your \[is\].to the.end the earth

*JPS 1917:* it is thou, O king, that art grown and become strong; for thy greatness is grown, and reacheth unto heaven, and thy dominion to the end of the earth.

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