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רַב רַבָּא   n.m.  chief; teacher


  chief  Com. nobleman, chieftain  OfAEg, BADan, Gal, CPA, JBAg, LJLA.  Dan5:1 : רַבְרְבָנוֹהִי אֲלַף  his thousand nobles.  PJ Gen12:15 : וחמון יתה רברבי פרעה ושבחו יתה  Pharaoh's nobles saw her and praised her.  TgQoh10:7 : ועמא בית ישראל ורברבניהון  the people of Israel and their chiefs.

  master  Com. teacher  Gal, Syr, JBA, Man, LJLA.  PJ Ex4:16 : אנת תהוי ליה לרב תבוע אולפן מן קדם ייי  you will be a teacher for him and a seeker of instruction from the Lord .


  
Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 511b; DJBA: 1052a; Jastrow: 1438; Levy Ch-W: 2:397; Tal Sam: 808; DNWSI: 1045;

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Derivatives:

by rb, by rby, by rbnn n.m.   academy
rb byt ˀb, rb byt ˀbˀ n.m.   family head
rb byt ˀsyry (raḇ bēṯ ˀăsīrē) n.m.   warden
rb ṭbḥyn n.m.   chief executioner (??)
rb mzwgyˀ n.m.   chief butler
rb nḥtwmy (raḇ naḥtūmē) n.m.   chief baker
rb spwqlṭryn, rb spwqlṭwryˀ n.m.   chief executioner
rb qṭwlyn n.m.   chief executioner
rb qswmyn, rb qswmyˀ n.m.   chief diviner
rb qryh, rb qrtˀ n.f.   city head
rb šbṭ, rb šbṭˀ n.m.   tribal chieftain
rb šqy (raḇšāqē) n.m.   chief cupbearer
rbwn, rbwnˀ (ribbōn, ribbōnā) n.m.   master, lord
rbwnh, rbwntˀ (ribbōnā, ribbōntā, ) n.f.   mistress
rbḥyl, rbḥylˀ (raḇḥay/ēl, raḇḥaylā) n.m.   general
rbn, rbnˀ (rabbān, rabbānā) n.m.   lord, master
rbnh n.f.   lady
rbnw, rbnwtˀ (rabbānū, rabbānūṯā) n.f.   leadership
rbrbn, rbrbnˀ (raḇrḇān) n.m.   great man, nobleman
rbrbnw, rbrbnwtˀ (raḇrḇānū, raḇrḇānūṯā) n.f.   arrogance

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