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rby, rbyˀ (rāḇē, rāḇyā; rḇē, riḇyā) n.m. young man
young man
OfAIdeog., JLAtg, PTA, Sam, JBA, Man, LJLA
TgO Gen21:8↗ וֻרבָא רָביָא וְאִתחֲסִיל‏ : the child grew and was weaned ; TgJ Hos11:1↗ אֲרֵי רָבֵי הֲוָה יִשרָאֵל‏ ; TN Gen22:5↗ ואנא ורביה"וטלייה" נמטי עד הכא‏ ; SamTgJ Gen21:17↗ ושמע אלהים ית קל רביה‏ ; BT Suk 5b(12)↗ בבבל קורין לינוקא רביא‏ : in Babylonia they call a small child a r. ; PJ Gen32:23↗ חדסרי ריבוי‏ : his eleven youngsters ; TgLamYem 5:13↗ וְרָבְיָן בִצלִיבַת קֵיסָא תְקַלוּ‏ : [MT: וּנְעָרִים בָּעֵץ כָּשָׁלוּ]
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young officer (? see note)
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TAD C1.1(Ahiqar) .56↗ נבוסמסכן רביא‏ : PN the young officer
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LJLA also רובי
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The multiple examples of rby in the OfA Ahiqar text describing Nabusumiskun may better be interpreted simply as Akkadian rabû, "official;" see AIOA 87.
At TgLam 4:3 our word renders MT גּוּרֵיהֶן, but in refers to Israelite women rather than the snakes.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 513bDJBA: 1057aJastrow: 1442Drower/Macuch: 418aLevy Ch-W: 2:400Tal Sam: 811DNWSI: 1054

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