- רַבְּתָה
- רַבְּתָא, רַבְּתָה, 1) fem, of רַבָּא, q. v. 2) great city, capital. Targ. Nah. 3:8, v. infra.Gen. R. s. 1, beg. (play on אמון, Prov. 8:30) ואית … אמוןר׳ and some say, amon means the capital; אמוןר׳ כמהוכ׳ amon means capital, as we read (Nah. l. c.), ‘art thou better than No Amon? which is translated, האת …ר׳וכ׳ art thou better than Alexandria, the capital?
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.
