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rbn, rbnˀ (rabbān, rabbānā) n.m. lord, master
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chief, head man
Palmyrene, Qumran, Sam, LJLA
PAT2043:1.2↗ wrbny ˁwntˀ : leaders of the priestly division ; 4QEna1.3.13↗ אלין אנון רבני {{^רב[נ]י^}} עס[ר]ת̇א̇‏ ; TgJ Jud12:8 var.↗ אִבצָן <הוא בעז חסידא רבנא ותלמידא> מִבֵית לָחַם‏ : Ibtsan <that is Boaz the pious, head man, and pupil> from Bethlehem ; SamTgJ Gen12:15↗ רבני פרעה‏ : Pharaoh's nobles ; PJ Ex18:25↗ רבני אלפין ٠٠٠ רבני מאוותא‏ : chiefs of thousands ... chiefs of hundreds
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clerical leader, bishop or abbot
Syr
StatNis.76.8↗ ܐܢ ܕܝܢ ܡܬܚܙܝܐ ܠܪ̈ܒܢܐ ܘܠܐܚ̈ܐ ܕܒܟܢܘܫܝܐ‏ : then if it seems right to the leaders and brethren who are in the congregation ; EphNis 13:10.3↗ ܘܢܨܚܘ ܗܟܢ ܪ̈ܒܢܝܗ݀‏ : (the church) whose leaders were so outstanding
2
scholar, teacher
JLAtg, Gal, Syr, Man
TgJ Jud12:8var.↗ אִבצָן <הוא בעז חסידא רבנא ותלמידא> מִבֵית לָחַם‏ : † ; PTBM 8.d:32[2]↗ חד רבן דמך וכל עמא פריין מיטפלא ביה‏ : a certain scholar died and everyone is running to take care of him ; JulSok 461(227):26↗ ܡܐ ܕܐܫܬܪܝܘ ܡܢ ܪ̈ܒܢܝܗܘ‏ : when they have been released by their teachers
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רַבָּנַן : lit. "our masters" : the rabbis
JBA, JBAg
BT Ber 6a(21)↗ ובעו רבנן רחמי עליה ואיתסי‏ : the rabbis prayed for him and he was healed ; BT Šab 23b(37)↗ דרחים רבנן הוו ליה בנין רבנן‏ : one who loves the scholars will have sons who (will be) scholars ; BT Men 107b(33)↗ text not cited
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דְרַבָּנַן : rabbinical : q.v.
JBA, JBAg
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רַבָּנַן [דְדָרָא] דְסִיּוּמָא : backbenchers in the academy
JBAg
OHT Ket 162:7 text not cited
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rabbinical students
JBA, JBAg
BT Šab 41a(17)↗ רבנן דבי רב‏ : students of the academy
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Mandaic only in the plural rabania, rabunia with specialized meaning different from the normal plural of raba
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See extensive discussion of Talmudic usages in DJBA p. 1055b. But see also s.v. by rb. As noted by DCPA p. 389, this word (a back formation from the individualizing plural in -ānīn) must be distinguished from simple rb with the 1c.p. suffix, but the latter should not necessarily be considered to be a separate lemma, as done there.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 1429[707]DJPA: 514bDJBA: 1053bJastrow: 1444Drower/Macuch: 417bJ. Payne-Smith: 526Levy Ch-W: 2:401Tal Sam: 809aDNWSI: 1055Qumran: 218

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