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רְבֵי, רְבָאI ch. sam(רבי, רבהto be much, many; to grow, increase), 1) to grow, increase; to become great. Targ. Gen. 21:8. Targ. Hos. 8:4 רְבִיאוּ ed. Ven. (oth. ed. רַבִּי׳ Pa.). Targ. Job 5:6 (some ed. יְרַבֵּי Pa.); a. fr.Part. רָבֵי; pl. רַבְיָין. Targ. O. Gen. 26:13 (Y. רְבֵי). Targ. Ps. 144:12 (h. text מגדלים); a. fr.Gen. R. s. 78 (ref. to Gen. 49:22, בן פרת) רַבְיַית יוסף thou didst grow, O Joseph; רביית עלי עין thou didst grow over (Esaus) sight (so as to protect Rachel from Esaus voluptuous looks); v. preced. Ib. s. 20 (דרַבְיָן) דרָבוּן עמיה they grow up with him; a. fr. Pa. רַבֵּי 1) same, v. supra. 2) to raise, rear, produce. Targ. Y. Gen. 2:9. Targ. Koh. 2:6. Targ. Ps. 147:8. Targ. Job 38:27 מְרַבְּיָא Ms. (ed. מַרְבְּיָא Af.; ed. Wil. מִרְבְּ׳, incorr.). Targ. Is. 17:6 מְרַבָּה Levita (ed. מרדא); a. fr.Lev. R. s. 19 לא תְרַבֵּי, v. גּוּרָא. Ab. Zar.22b ארמלתא לא תְרַבֵּיוכ׳ a widow should not raise a dog. Cant. R. to I, 1 מְרַבְּיָין ולאוכ׳ raise children that are not like them; Yalk. Sam. 113 מְרַבְּיָאן, v. דִּכְוָת־; a. e.Part. pass. מְרַבֵּי. Targ. O. Gen. 37:2 (ed. Berl. רָבֵי); a. e. 2) to raise to dignity, advance, elevate, anoint (priest, king ), appoint. Targ. O. Ex. 31:2 (h. text קרא). Targ. Is. 42:6. Targ. Esth. 10:2. Targ. Ps. 2:6 (h. text נסך); a. fr.Part. pass. מְרַבָּא, מְרַבֵּי. Targ. 2 Sam. 3:39 (h. text משוח). Targ. Ez. 28:14 (h. text ממשח).Trnsf. (of inanimate things) to consecrate (by anointing). Targ. Ex. 30:26. Targ. Y. Gen. 31:13 (ed. Vien. רִיבִיתָ, incorr.); a. e. 3) to lend or borrow on usury. Targ. O. Deut. 23:20 (Y. ed. Vien. לא תַרְבֵּיוכ׳ add not from what is thine to thy neighbors, i. e. borrow not on usury, v. Rashi a. l.). 4) to extend the scope, to include. Snh.46a לרַבּוּיֵיעכו״ם to include the worshippers of idols; לרבויי שארוכ׳ to include other convicts doomed to be stoned. Ib. לא הוה מְרַבִּינָןוכ׳ we should have included only B. Kam.64b מאיר׳וכ׳ what does the text imply? It implies all things (animate or inanimate, marked or unmarked). Zeb.8b כללא קמא מְרַבֵּיוכ׳ the first generalization serves to include sacrifices and no more; a. fr. Af. אַרְבֵּי same, to increase, add. Targ. Y. Deut. 23:20, v. supra. Ithpa. אִתְרַבָּא, אִתְרַבֵּי 1) to be reared, grow up. Targ. Y. Gen. 37:2. Targ. 1 Chr. 14:4; a. fr. 2) to be raised; to be installed, anointed. Targ. Is. 61:9. Targ. O. Lev. 21:10. Targ. Y. ib. 4:3. Targ. Num. 3:3; a. fr. 3) to be proud, vaunt. Y.Sabb.VI, 7d bot. טליין … מִתְרַבְּיָיןוכ׳ young children were boasting (showing off their silver ornaments) in the court of ; Y.Bets. II, end, 61a מתריביין (corr. acc.). 4) to be lent or borrowed on usury. Targ. Deut. 23:20. 5) to be derived by implication, be included. Zeb.82a מכדי אִיתְרַבּוּ כלוכ׳ since all sacrifices … were included in the law with regard to ; a. e.