--- title: רָבַב — be many · The Tanakh dictionary description: רָבַב (7231), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 22 times: be many. BDB 1906: vb. be or become, many, much denom.*. With 2 verses in Hebrew, 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/tanakh/w/7231.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/) / [ר](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1512.md)‎ / רָבַב‎ # רָבַב «רָבַב» in the Tanakh dictionary: **be many** — 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:** 22 times · **Key:** 7231 · **BDB:** רָבַב ### Glosses they.are.many (8); they.will.be.many (2); become.numerous (1) ### Meaning (OSHB) be many [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7231/#m1) ### Meaning (BDB 1906) vb. be or become, many, much denom.\* [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7231/#m2) **The whole BDB entry:** vb. be or become, many, much (NH רַב especially lord, master, רַבִּי my master, teacher; MI5 adj. pl. רבן; Ph. רב, f. רבת; Assyrian \[rabâbu\], rabbu; Arabic رَبَّ rear, increase (act.; رُبٌ thick juice, cf. NH רְבָב grease, is thought by Buhl al. to indicate original meaning be thick), رَبٌّ lord, owner, master; Sab. רב especially in n.pr., רבאל, רבבם, רבשמסם, etc., CISiv, nos. 285, 3; 286, 1; 287, 12, etc.; Liḥy. רבה its lord DHMEpigr. Denkm. Ar. 232; Ethiopic ረበበ: expand, spread (intrans.); Aramaic רַב, ܪܒ great, chief, so Old Aramaic Nab. Palm. רב, Lzb366 Cook107);— Pf. 3 fs. consec. וְרַבָּה Ex 23:29; Is 6:12, רָ֑בָּה Gn 18:20 (Ho 9:7 read וְרֹב הַמַּשְׂטֵמָה \[for MT וְרַבָּה מ׳\] 𝔊 We Now); elsewhere only 3 pl. רַבּוּ 1 S 25:10 +, רָ֑בּוּ Je 46:23 + 2 times \[other forms supplied by רבה q.v.\]; Inf. cstr. רֹב Gn 6:1; Jos 9:13; Lv 25:16 (‖ מְעֹט), sf. רֻבְּכֶם Dt 7:7, and perhaps רֻבָּם Ho 4:7 (cf. רֹב infr.);— be (become) many, pers. Gn 6:1 (J) Ex 23:29 (E; v. supr.), 1 S 25:10; Ho 4:7 (perhaps), Is 66:16 ψ 3:2; 25:19; 38:20; Ec 5:10, + מִן comp. Je 46:23; Dt 7:7 ψ 69:5; of things Is 22:9 ψ 4:8; 104:24, years Lv 25:16 (P), sins Je 5:6; 14:7; Is 59:12; Jb 35:6. become great, Gn 18:20 (J), Is 6:12; be long, of journey, Jos 9:13.— v. \[רָבַב\] denom.\* Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 21 of its verses cited, 2 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 (2 candidates) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every English meaning of «רָבַב» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7231/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [Psalms 3:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.3.2/) יְ֭הוָה מָֽה־רַבּ֣וּ צָרָ֑י רַ֝בִּ֗ים קָמִ֥ים עָלָֽי׃ *Word for word:* O.Yahweh how! they.are.many foes my many.\[people\] \[are\].rising.up on me *JPS 1917:* LORD, how many are mine adversaries become! Many are they that rise up against me. [Psalms 25:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.25.19/) רְאֵֽה־אוֹיְבַ֥י כִּי־רָ֑בּוּ וְשִׂנְאַ֖ת חָמָ֣ס שְׂנֵאֽוּנִי׃ *Word for word:* consider enemies my (dm).that they.have.become.many and hatred of.violence they have.hated.me *JPS 1917:* Consider how many are mine enemies, and the cruel hatred wherewith they hate me. - ← previous: [רַב](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/lemma_3a_5e8_5b7_5d1.md) - next →: [רְבָבָה](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/7233.md) - ↑ back to [ר](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1512.md)