רברבא

רַבְרְבָאm. (preced.) great; great man; prince, officer.Pl. רַבְרְבִין, רַבְרְבַיָּא, רַבְרְבֵי. Targ. Gen. 12:17. Ib. 1:16. Ib. 25:16. Targ. 2 Sam. 8:18; a. fr.Ber.57b בר׳ in the case of large (cucumbers). Y. ib. II, 5b ר׳ קומוי והואוכ׳ great men (scholars) were before him, and he should have asked the inferior men? Lev. R. s. 5, end חוביןר׳ great sins. Koh. R. to II, 2 חד … מרברבי בבל (read: כביל) one of the prominent men of Kabul (v. Lev. R. s. 20). Gen. R. s. 89 (ref. to רהבים, Ps. 40:5) המון ריביר׳, v. רְבָבָה; ‘Rashi: היינור׳ דמִתְרַבְרְבִין that means the great that boast. Y.R. Hash. II, 58b top רַבְרְבֵיכוֹן your superiors, v. נְהַג; a. fr.Fem. pl. רַבְרְבָן, רַבְרְבָתָה, רַבְרְבָאתָא. Targ. Num. 13:28. Targ. Prov. 15:16 (ed. Lag. רברבא׳; some ed. דזרבאתא, read: רוֹרְ׳). Targ. Deut. 10:21 (great things). Targ. Ob. 12; a. e.Y.Gitt.V, 47c top איליןר׳ the traps for large beasts, opp. דקיקתא. Bets.25a נפל חברין בר׳ our colleague fell among great things, i. e. ventured an opinion on a subject contested by great authorities; a. e.