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title: יָרִיב — opponent · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יָרִיב (3401), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: opponent. BDB 1906: opponent, adversary. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יָרִיב

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«יָרִיב» in the Tanakh dictionary: **opponent** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 3401 · **BDB:** יָרִיב

### Glosses

my.opponents (1); opponent (1); opponents (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

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

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

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

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**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).

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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)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יָרִיב» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3401/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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

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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.

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

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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.

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