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title: רַב — archer · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רַב (7228), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: archer. BDB 1906: n.m. archer. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רַב

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«רַב» in the Tanakh dictionary: **archer** — 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:** 7228 · **BDB:** רַב⁵

### Glosses

archers (2); an.archer (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

archer [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7228/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. archer [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7228/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. archer;—s. רַב Pr 26:10, pl. רַבִּים Je 50:29 (‖ דֹּרְכֵי קֶשֶׁת), sf. רַבָּיו Jb 16:13 (in fig.; Bö al. רֹבָיו; Vrss. Ew al. his missiles).

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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 (18 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 «רַב» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7228/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 26:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.26.10/)

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רַ֥ב מְחֽוֹלֵֽל־כֹּ֑ל וְשֹׂכֵ֥ר כְּ֝סִ֗יל וְשֹׂכֵ֥ר עֹבְרִֽים׃

*Word for word:* an.archer \[who\].pierces everyone and \[one.who\].hires a.fool and \[one.who\].hires \[those.who\].pass.by

*JPS 1917:* A master performeth all things; but he that stoppeth a fool is as one that stoppeth a flood.

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[Job 16:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.16.13/)

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יָ֘סֹ֤בּוּ עָלַ֨י ׀ רַבָּ֗יו יְפַלַּ֣ח כִּ֭לְיוֹתַי וְלֹ֣א יַחְמ֑וֹל יִשְׁפֹּ֥ךְ לָ֝אָ֗רֶץ מְרֵרָֽתִי׃

*Word for word:* they.surround (on) me archers his he.pierces kidneys my and not he.has.compassion he.pours.out to the ground gall my

*JPS 1917:* His archers compass me round about, He cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; He poureth out my gall upon the ground.

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