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title: רַב — chief · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רַב (7232), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: chief. BDB 1906: vb. shoot. 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: **chief** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 7232 · **BDB:** רָבַב³

### Glosses

he.shot (1); they.shot (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

chief [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7232/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. shoot [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7232/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. shoot;— Pf. 3 pl. וָרֹ֑בּוּ (Ges§ 67 m) Gn 49:23 abs. (בַּעֲלֵי חִצִּים in ‖ l.; Sam. וַיְרִיבֻהוּ, so perhaps 𝔊 ἐλοιδόρουν).—רָ֜ב ψ 18:15 (חִצָּיו in ‖ l.), v. i. רַב 1 g.

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Why these entries: BDB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (21 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech differs, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (14 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «רַב» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7232/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 49:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.49.23/)

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וַֽיְמָרֲרֻ֖הוּ וָרֹ֑בּוּ וַֽיִּשְׂטְמֻ֖הוּ בַּעֲלֵ֥י חִצִּֽים׃

*Word for word:* and they showed.bitterness.to.him and they.shot and they were.hostile.towards.him masters of.arrows

*JPS 1917:* The archers have dealt bitterly with him, and shot at him, and hated him;

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[Psalms 18:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.18.15/)

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וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח חִ֭צָּיו וַיְפִיצֵ֑ם וּבְרָקִ֥ים רָ֝ב וַיְהֻמֵּֽם׃

*Word for word:* and he.sent.out arrows his and he scattered.them and lightning.flashes he.shot and he confused.them

*JPS 1917:* And He sent out His arrows, and scattered them; and He shot forth lightnings, and discomfited them.

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