רב

רַב, רַבָּאch. sam( רַב II m. (preced.) superior, master), 1) large, great, numerous; senior. Targ. Josh. 22:10. Targ. Y. Deut. 1:28. Targ. Gen. 1:16. Ib. 10:21 (Y. ed. Vien. רַבָּה); a. fr.(In Talmudic literature mostly רַבָּה, q. v. 2) chief, master, teacher. Targ. 1 Sam. 22:14 (h. text סָר). Targ. Gen. 37:36 (Y. II שליטא; h. text סריס). Ib. (h. text שַׂר). Ib. 4:20, sq. Targ. Job 3:18 ינקי ביתר׳ school children; a. fr.Targ. 1 Chr. 11:22, v. סִפְרָא.R. Hash. 31b לאו אירח … לרַבֵּיה רַבָּךְ it is not customary to say to ones own teacher, ‘thy teacher (has said ). Ab. Zar.17b רַבָּן שלוכ׳, v. רַבִּי; a. fr.בֵּי רַב school, academy. Snh.33b, a. e. זיל קרי בי רב הוא this is a case when you may say, ‘go and learn it (in the Bible) at school, i. e. an erroneous judgment of such a nature must be reversed. Erub.22a הוה קאזיל לבי רב left home in order to study; a. fr.V. בֵּי.Fem. רַבָּא, רַבְּתָא, רַבְּתָה. Targ. Jer. 48:34. Targ. Gen. 27:34. Ib. 19:31; a. fr.Pl. רַבָּתָא, רַבָּתָה. Y.Snh.X, 29a top אתה עבדתר׳וכ׳ (not עברת) thou (Doeg) hast done great things, turn thou around V. רַבְּתָא.