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rby (a/e, i/e) vb. to increase
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Gpəˁalto grow in size2 senses▶
1
to grow in size
Common Aramaic
Dan 4:19↗ רְבַית וּתְקֵפְתְּ וּרְבוּתָךְ רְבָת‏ : you grew, you became strong, and your majesty increased ; AphDem5.92:3↗ ܣܥܪܗ ܐܪܒܐ ܐܝܟ ܕܢܫܪܐ‏ ; P Ju13:24↗ ܘܪܒܐ ܛܠܝܐ‏ ; BT Ber 40b(41)↗ מירבא דארעא רבו‏ : (mushrooms) do indeed grow out of the ground
(1)
humans: to grow up
Common Aramaic
TgO Gen21:8↗ וֻרבָא רָביָא וְאִתחֲסִיל‏ ; GT LL Gen21:8↗ text not cited ; SamTgJ Ex2:10↗ ורבה רביה‏ ; P Gn21:8↗ ܪܒܐ ܛܠܝܐ‏ ; P 1K(1)12:8↗ ܒ̈ܛܠܝܐ ܕܪܒܘ ܥܡܗ‏ ; PJ Gen21:20↗ והוה מימרא דייי בסעדיה דטליא ורבא ויתיב במדברא‏
(2)
animals
Common Aramaic
BT Tem 31a(12)↗ דמגופה דתרנגולתא קא רביא‏ : (an impure chick from an egg) grows from the body of the t' fowl
(3)
plants
Common Aramaic
4QEnastr b 7 iii:3↗ וכל מה די בהן די רבין וצמחין ורחש[ין‏ ; BT Ber 40b(41)↗ מירבא דארעא רבו מינק מארעא לא ינקי‏ : (mushrooms) do indeed grow from the earth, but they do not actually suck any nourishment from it ; PJ Gen3:18↗ וכובין ואטטין תצמח ותרבי בדילך‏ : thorns and nettles will flourish and grow on your (land)
2
to grow in number or amount
Common Aramaic
P Mk4:8↗ ܘܲܪܒ݂ܵܐ܂ ܘܝܲܗܼܒ݂ ܦܼ݁ܐܪܸܐ̈‏ ; BT BQ 55a(22)↗ משום דרבו בהדי הדדי ְ‏ : because they breed with one another
(1)
to outnumber
Gal, JBA
PTTer 47.d:53[2]↗ כל עמא רביין על דר׳ מאיר‏ : they all outnumber PN
(2)
to accrue interest
OAEast, OfAGen
AECT.51 1.3↗ brbˁh | yrbh : it shall accrue interest by a fourth ; TAD B3.1 R.4↗ יהבת לי זפת כסף שקלן הו ארבעה באבני מלכא במרביתה ירבה עלי‏ : you have lent me a loan of four shekels by the royal weight; it will accrue interest against me by its normal interest rate
Dpaˁˁelto raise (children, etc.)3 senses▶
1
to raise (children, etc.)
Common Aramaic
Lucepis 2.2:1↗ ܘܒܢܡܘܣܐ ܡܪܒܐ ܥܡ ܦܘܠܘܣ‏ : he was raised in the Law with Paul ; P Is1:2↗ ܒ̈ܢܝܐ ܪܒܝܬ‏ ; BT Ber 62a(27)↗ אביי מרביא ליה אימיה אימרא למיעל בהדיה לבית הכסא‏ : PN’s mother used to raise a lamb to go into the privy (with him) ; GY 262:21 ↗ hakuat bra ḏabahatẖ rabiuia uahẖ qašišia mnasbilẖ : like a son whose fathers raised him and whose elder brothers provide for him
2
to put forth, to cause to grow
JLAtg, Gal, PTA, Syr, JBA, LJLA
TgJ Amos9:13↗ וִירַבוֹן טוּרַיָא חֲמַר מְרִית‏ : the mountains will grow must wine ; FTP Gen4:16↗ הות ארעא מרביא ליה פירין כפירי גינתא דעדן‏ : the earth produced for him fruits like the fruits of the Garden of Eden ; JulSok 91(42):26↗ ܘܒܕܡܘܬ ܫ݁ܢܝܐ ܪܒܝܬ ܕܩܢܐ ܠܟܘܡܪܘܬܗ‏ : like a madman you have grown a beard for its priesthood ; BT AZ 39a(19)↗ ואלא משו׳ טינא דלא מרבי טינא דג טמא‏ : it is not because of the mud, because the mud does not grow an "impure fish" ; TgJob38:27↗ ולמרביא מנפקנות דתאה‏ : [=MT וּלְהַצְמִיחַ מֹצָא דֶשֶׁא]
3
to augment something
Syr
IICor9:10↗ ܘܲܢܪܲܒܸ݁ܐ ܦܼ݁ܐܪܸ̈ܐ ܕ݁ܙܲܕܼ݁ܝܩܘ݂ܬ݂ܟ݂ܘ݂ܢ‏
(1)
to lend to someone at interest
JLAtg, Syr
TgO Deut23:20↗ לָא תְרַבֵי לְאַחוּך רִבִית כְסַף‏ ; BHNom 218:13↗ ܐܦܠܐ ܥܠ ܢܘܟܪ̈ܝܐ ܦܣܝܣܐ ܠܢ ܠܲܡܪܲܒܵܝܘ݂‏ : we are not even allowed to lend to foreigners at interest ; P Dt23:20↗ ܠܐ ܬܪܒܐ ܥܠ ܐܚܘܟ‏
(1)
to profit by someone
Syr
P Na3:4↗ ܕܡܪܒܝܐ ܥܡܡ̈ܐ ܒܙܢܝܘܬܗ݀‏ : who profits from nations through her whoring
(2)
to include, to imply
JBA, JBAg
BT Yev 68b(17)↗ אטו לויה לאו לכהונה קא מרבינן להי‏ : do we not include the daughter of a Levite and the daughter of an Israelite in respect to (the prohibition of ) a priestly (marriage)?
(3)
to make large or important
LJLA
TgIIChron 1:1↗ ומימרא דייי אלהיה הוה בסעדיה ורבייה לעילא‏
Cˀafˁelto make to grow, raise2 senses▶
1
to make to grow, raise
Syr
SyrAhiq 2 69:14↗ ܥܠ ܡ݁ܢ ܐܪܒܝܟ ܬܥܠܐ‏ : why did the fox raise you? ; P StDan(1)1:5 ↗ ܘܠܡ݁ܪܒܝܘ ܐܢܘܢ ܫ̈ܢܝܢ ܬܠܬ‏
2
to magnify
JLAtg, Syr
TgO Ex33:17var.↗ וְרַבִיתָך/וארביתך/ בְשוֹם‏ : I have made you great name-wise †
Gtˀeṯpəˁelto be augmented by interest1 sense▶
to be augmented by interest
JLAtg
TgO Deut23:20↗ לָא תְרַבֵי לְאַחוּך רִבִית כְסַף רִבִית עִיבוּר רִבִית כֹל מִדָעַם דְמִתרְבֵי"דְמִתרַבֵי‏ : you should not lend at interest to your brother: money interest, produce interest, or interest of anything that may be charged interest †
Dtˀeṯpaˁˁalto be increased, grow4 senses▶
1
to be increased, grow
JLAtg, Syr, JBAg
TgJ 2Sam23:4↗ text not cited ; TgJ Is40:24↗ אַפִלוּ יִפְשוּן אַפִילוּ יִסגוֹן אַפִילוּ יִתרַבוֹן בְאַרעָא בְנֵיהוֹן‏ ; P Is44:14↗ ܕܒܡܛܪܐ ܐܬܪܒܝ‏
(1)
to be magnified, glorified
JLAtg, Sam, LJLA
TgO Gen49:9↗ וֻבסוֹפָא יִתרַבַא מַלכָא מִדבֵית יְהוּדָה‏ : at the end the king of House of Judah will be elevated ; PJ Deut34:5↗ ואתרבי בארבעת כלילן טבן‏ : he was glorified by four good crowns
(2)
to be augmented by interest
JLAtg, LJLA
TgO Deut23:20var.↗ כֹל מִדָעַם דְמִתרְבֵי"דְמִתרַבֵי"‏ ; PJ Deut23:20↗ על מזפו דכל מידעם דמיתרבי‏
(3)
(plants) to grow
LJLA
PJ Deut32:13 ↗ דובשא מפירהא דמתרביין על כיפין‏ : sap from its fruit grown on rocks
2
to be educated
Syr
ITim4:6↗ ܟ݁ܲܕ݂ ܡܸܬ݂ܪܲܒܸ݁ܐ ܐܲܢܼܬ݁ ܒ݁ܡܸܠܸܐ̈ ܕ݁ܗܲܝܡܵܢܘ݂ܬ݂ܵܐ‏
(1)
to be raised
Syr, LJLA
LawsCoun.22.5↗ ܕܢܬܝܠܕ ܘܢܬܪܒܐ‏ ; IMac7a1 1:6↗ ܘܩܪܐ ܠܥܒ̈ܕܘܗܝ ܡܝܩܪ̈ܐ ܐܝܠܝܢ ܕܐܬܪܒܝܘ ܥܡܗ ܡܢ ܛܠܝܘܬܗ‏ : he summoned his valued servants who had been raised with him from his youth ; TgLam4:5↗ דאתרביו על צבע זהורי גפיפו קלקלתא‏ : those raised on scarlet scavenged the garbage dumps
3
to be included, to be implied
JBA
BT Pes 24b(6)↗ וטומאת איסורין מהיכא אתרבי מהתם אתרבאי‏ : whence is "forbidden impurity" implied? it is implied from there
4
to be haughty
JLAtg
TgJ Is3:16var.↗ חְלָף דְאִתרָרַבָא"דאיתרבאה" בְנָת צִיוֹן אָזְלָן מְרִימָן צַוָאר‏ : inasmuch as the daughters of Zion have been going around haughtily raising their necks
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Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 1427[707]DJPA: 514aDJBA: 1056aJastrow: 1440Drower/Macuch: 422aPayne-Smith: 3790J. Payne-Smith: 525fLevy Ch-W: 2:399Tal Sam: 810DNWSI: 1052DCPA[Schulthess]: 388[188]Qumran: 218

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