Lexical Definition

‎רָבַב‎ râbab (raw-bab') to multiply ^H:V
a primitive root; (compare ‎רָבִיב‎); also as denominative from ‎רְבָבָה‎

increase, be many(-ifold), be more, multiply, ten thousands.

• properly, to cast together , i.e. increase, especially in number
• to multiply by the myriad

1) to be or become many, be or become much, be or become great
1a)(Qal)
1a1) to be or become many
1a2) to be or become great
1a3) to be long (of journey)
2) (Pual) ten thousands

Brown-Driver-Briggs

Hebrew form: רִבּוֹ
I. [‎רָבַב‎] verb be or become, many, much (Late Hebrew ‎רַב‎ especially lord, master, ‎רַבִּי‎ my master teacher; MI⁵ adjective plural ‎רבן‎; Ph ‎רב‎ feminine ‎רבת‎; Assyrian [rabâbu], rabbu; Arabic rear, increase (active; thick juice, compare Late Hebrew ‎רְבָב‎ grease is thought by Buhl and others to indicate original meaning be thick), lord, owner, master; Sabean ‎רב‎ especially in proper names, ‎רבאל‎, ‎רבבם‎ ‎רבשמסם‎, etc., CIS^{iv,nos-285, 3; 286,1; 287,12}, etc.; Lihyanian ‎רבה‎ its lord DHM^{Epigr.Denkm.Arabic 232}; Eth expund, spread (intransitive); Aramaic ‎רַב‎ great, chief, so Old Aramaic, Nabataean, Palmyrene ‎רב‎, Lzb³⁶⁶ Cook¹⁰⁷); —

Qal Perfect 3 feminine singular consecutive ‎וְרַבָּה‎ Exod 23:29; Isa 6:12, ‎רָ֑בָּה‎ Gen 18:20 (Hos 9:7 read ‎וְרֹב הַמּשְׂטֵמָה‎ [for ᵑ0 ‎׳‎‎וְרַבָּה מ‎] ᵐ5. We Now); elsewhere only 3 plural ‎רַבּוּ‎ 1Sam 25:10+, ‎רָ֑בּוּ‎ Jer 46:23+2 t. [other forms supplied by ‎רבה‎ q. v.]; Infinitivecstr ‎רֹב‎ Gen 6:1; Josh 9:13; Lev 25:16 (|| ‎מְעֹט‎), suffix ‎רֻבְּכֶם‎ Deut 7:7, and perhaps ‎רֻבָּם‎ Hos 4:7 (compare ‎רֹב‎ below); —

1. be (become) many, person Gen 6:1 (J) Exod 23:29 (E; see above), 1Sam 25:10; Hos 4:7 (perhaps), Isa 66:16; Ps 3:2*; Ps 25:19; Ps 38:20*; Eccl 5:10*+ ‎מִן‎ compare Jer 46:23; Deut 7:7; Ps 69:5* of things Isa 22:9; Ps 4:8*; Ps 104:24, years Lev 25:16(P), sins Jer 5:6; Jer 14:7; Isa 59:12; Job 35:6 .

2. become great, Gen 18:20 (J) Isa 6:12 be long, of journey, Josh 9:13 —

Pu`al see [‎רָבַב‎] denom

‎רבב‎ (√ of following; see Biblical Hebrew I. ‎רבב‎, ‎רַב‎, ‎רִבּוֺ‎).

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