--- title: רַב — great · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary description: רַב (lemma:רַב), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 23 times: great. BDB 1906: adj. great. With 2 verses in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/w/lemma_3a_5e8_5b7_5d1.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [Biblical Aramaic](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/) / [ר](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/1512.md)‎ / רַב‎ # רַב «רַב» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **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. **Used:** 23 times · **Key:** lemma:רַב · **BDB:** רַב ### Glosses great (9); (the) (6); \[was\].great (2) ### Meaning (OSHB) great [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1512/lemma_3a_5e8_5b7_5d1/#m1) ### Meaning (BDB 1906) adj. great [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1512/lemma_3a_5e8_5b7_5d1/#m2) **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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1512/lemma_3a_5e8_5b7_5d1/#m3) **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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1512/lemma_3a_5e8_5b7_5d1/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [Daniel 7:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.7.3/) 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. [Daniel 7:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.7.17/) 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. - ← previous: [רֵאשׁ](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/w/lemma_3a_5e8_5b5_5d0_5e9_5c1.md) - next →: [רְבָה](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/w/lemma_3a_5e8_5b0_5d1_5b8_5d4.md) - ↑ back to [ר](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/1512.md)