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rbnw, rbnwtˀ (rabbānū, rabbānūṯā) n.f. leadership
1
dominion, rule, presidency
Palmyrene, Qumran, PTA, JBA, LJLA
PAT944:.1↗ brbnwt mrzḥwt šlmˀ br mlkw : during the symposiarchate of PN ; PAT+11.9↗ ˀqymw lh ṣlmyˀ ˀln lyqrh brbnwt šyrtˀ ml[ˀ : they erected these statues in his honor in the caravan-leadership of PN ; TNM Num16:7↗ רבנותה‏ ; BT Pes 104b(9)↗ סדרותיה דמר ורבונתיה דמר {{גמרא}} ^גרמא^ ליה למר דלא תימר שמועתא מפומיה‏ : your rank and rule caused the tradition not to be recited in your name ; TgPs68:28↗ וקבילו רבנותא בתרהון‏ : they received the dominion after them ; TgPs145:6↗ ועושנא דחלתך יימרון ורבנותך ישתעון‏
2
mastery, i.e. the teaching of an authority
Syr
PhiloxDisc 5:67↗ ܕܸܚܠܬܐ ܕܪܲܒܵܢܽܘܬܸܗ ܕܲܡܫܼܝܚܐ ܒܲܠܚܽܘܕ ܡܲܡܠܟܐ ܥܲܠ ܚܲܝ̈ܲܘܗܝ‏ : belief in the teaching of the Messiah alone guides his life
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dignity of a scholar
Syr
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JBA, LJLA also רבונותא
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Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 1429[707]DJPA: 514bDJBA: 1056Jastrow: 1444PS Suppl.: 314Levy Ch-W: 2:401DNWSI: 1055Qumran: 218

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