רַבְרְבָא m. (preced.) great; great man; prince, officer.—Pl. רַבְרְבִין, רַבְרְבַיָּא, רַבְרְבֵי. Targ. Gen. XII, 17. Ib. I, 16. Ib. XXV, 16. Targ. II Sam. VIII, 18; a. fr.—Ber. 57ᵇ בר׳ in the case of large (cucumbers). Y. ib. II, 5ᵇ ר׳ קומוי והוא וכ׳ great men (scholars) were before him, and he should have asked the inferior men? Lev. R. s. 5, end חובין ר׳ great sins. Koh. R. to II, 2 חד … מרברבי בבל (read: כבול) one of the prominent men of Kabul (v. Lev. R. s. 20). Gen. R. s. 89 (ref. to רהבים, Ps. XL, 5) המון ריבי ר׳, v. רְבָבָה; ‘Rashi’: היינו ר׳ דמִתְרַבְרְבִין that means the great that boast. Y. R. Hash. II, 58ᵇ top רַבְרְבֵיכוֹן your superiors, v. נְהַג; a. fr.—Fem. pl. רַבְרְבָן, רַבְרְבָתָה, רַבְרְבָאתָא. Targ. Num. XIII, 28. Targ. Prov. XV, 16 (ed. Lag. רברבא׳; some ed. דזרבאתא, read: רוֹרְ׳). Targ. Deut. X, 21 (great things). Targ. Ob. I, 12; a. e.—Y. Gitt. V, 47ᶜ top אילין ר׳ the traps for large beasts, opp. דקיקתא. Bets. 25ᵃ נפל חברין בר׳ our colleague fell among great things, i.e. ventured an opinion on a subject contested by great authorities; a. e.
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רַבְרְבָא m. ( preced. ) great; great man; prince, officer. — Pl. רַבְרְבִין , רַבְרְבַיָּא , רַבְרְבֵי . Targ. Gen. XII, 17 . Ib. I, 16 . Ib. XXV,…
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- Jastrow, רַבְרֵב 1
- Jastrow, רַבְרְבָנָא 1
- Onkelos Genesis 12:17
- Onkelos Genesis 1:16
- Onkelos Genesis 25:16
- Targum Jonathan on II Samuel 8:18
- Berakhot 57b:19
- Vayikra Rabbah 5:8
- Kohelet Rabbah 2:2
- Jastrow, כָּבוּל I 1
- Vayikra Rabbah 20
- Bereishit Rabbah 89
- Psalms 40:5
- Jastrow, רְבָבָה 1
- Jerusalem Talmud Rosh Hashanah 2:5:3
- Jastrow, נְהַג 1
- Jastrow, רַבְרְבָא 1
- Jastrow, רַבְרְבוּתָא 1
- Onkelos Numbers 13:28
- Aramaic Targum to Proverbs 15:16
- Onkelos Deuteronomy 10:21
- Targum Jonathan on Obadiah 1:12
- Beitzah 25a:3