רְבָבָה f. (b. h.; רָבַב) large quantity, myriad. Gen. R. s. 60 (ref. to Gen. XXIV, 60) ועמדו … ור׳ מיעקב from her (Rebekah) arose chiefs (allufim) of Esau, and myriads of Jacob; a. e.—Pl. רְבָבוֹת, constr. רִבֵּי, רִיבֵּי. Gen. R. s. 89 (play on ר̇ה̇ב̇ים, Ps. XL, 5) ה̇מון ר̇יב̇י רַבְרְבַיָּא שהם וכ׳ (he regarded not) the noise of the myriads of great (boastful) men, for they turn after lies (v., however, רַבְרְבָא).—V. רִבּוֹא.
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רְבָבָה f. (b. h.; רָבַב ) large quantity, myriad . Gen. R. s. 60 (ref. to Gen. XXIV, 60 ) ועמדו … ור׳ מיעקב from her (Rebekah) arose chiefs (…
References
- Jastrow, רָבַב 1
- Bereishit Rabbah 60:16
- Genesis 24:60
- Jastrow, רִבֵּי 1
- Bereishit Rabbah 89:9
- Psalms 40:5
- Jastrow, רַבְרְבָא 1
- Jastrow, רִבּוֹא 1