רִיב

רִיבI, רוּב, (b. h.) to contend, strive; to plead. Meg.21b הרָב את ריבנו who pleaded our cause. Hif. הֵרִיב same. Tanḥ. Naso 12 כל זמן … אינה מְרִיבָה as long as she was engaged in it, she did not quarrel, v. רָנַן. Y.Taan.IV, 68d, v. מְסַרְבַּיי. Mekh. Bshall., Vayassʿa, s.6 כל … מְרִיבִיןוכ׳ whenever you strive with me, you tempt God. Tanḥ. Mick. 10 עד … מֵרִיב עמו while he was yet in his mothers womb, Esau was contending with him. Num. R. s. 5 שלא יָרִיבוּ זה עם זה that they might not quarrel with one another; היה זה מריבוכ׳ this one contended and said, I want to load here ; a. fr.