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view the base lemma | rby, rbyˀ
(rāḇē, rāḇyā; rḇē, riḇyā)
n.m.
young man |
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young man
JLAtg, PTA, Sam, JBA, Man, LJLA.
TN Gen22:5 : ואנא ורביה/וטלייה/ נמטי עד הכא
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SamTgJ Gen21:17 : ְ ושמע אלהים ית קל רביה
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BT Suk 5b(12) : בבבל קורין לינוקא רביא
in Babylonia they call a small child a r..
BT Hag 13b(37) : כרביא שכן בבבל קורין לינוקא רביא
'like a boy,' since a child in Babylonia is called r..
PJ Gen32:23 : חדסרי ריבוי
his eleven youngsters.
(a)
young officer (?)
OfAEg.
TAD C1.1(Ahiqar) .56 : נבוסמסכן רביא
PN the young officer.
(b)
young animal
LJLA.
The multiple examples of rby in the OfA Ahiqar text describing Nabusumiskun may better be interpreted simply as Akkadian rabû, "official;" see AIOA 87.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 513b; DJBA: 1057a; Jastrow: 1442; Drower/Macuch: 418a; Levy Ch-W: 2:400; Tal Sam: 811; DNWSI: 1054;
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