רבוּ

רְבוּתָא, רְבוּf. (רְבֵי I) 1) greatness, dignity, office; anointment. Targ. II Esth. 6:10. Targ. Is. 9:6. Targ. Deut. 32:3 (Y. II רַבּוּ). Targ. Zech. 9:6 (h. text גאון). Targ. Num. 18:8 (h. text מָשְׁחָה). Targ. Ps. 145:3 (some ed. רַבּוּ׳). Ib. 150:2, v. רַבָּנוּתָא; a. fr.Targ. Esth. 2:9, v. סַמְתּוֹרָא.Gitt.68b מאי רְבוּתַיְיכוּ מינן wherein are you our superiors?; אחוי לך רְבוּתָאִי I shall show thee my superiority. Y.Ber.I, 2d bot. רבו היא it was an honor (to be brought into the kings palace); a. e. 2) a great thing, something remarkable. Targ. Esth. 2:21.Snh.106b, v. בַּעְיָא. Ḥag.24a היינו רְבוּתֵיה דנגובה (Rashi רבותא) this is the remarkable thing about ‘the dry hand (that is the reason for the insertion of the word נגובה, to show that even the touch of a dry hand makes unclean); מאיר׳ דנגובה what it there remarkable in ‘the dry hand? B. Bath.36b; Yeb.45a ר׳ למחשב גבריוכ׳ is it a great thing to quote authorities? (I can do the same:) here are Rab ; a. e.V. רְבִיתָא II, III, a. רֵיבוּתָא.