רַ֥ב

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 רַ֥ב

   RAV

   was great
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 רַ֥ב מִן־חַבְרָתַֽהּ׃

   RAV min-khav-ra-TA

   was great more than its companions
3. clause🔊 וְקַרְנָ֨א דִכֵּ֜ן וְעַיְנִ֣ין לַ֗הּ וְפֻם֙ מְמַלִּ֣ל רַבְרְבָ֔ן וְחֶזְוַ֖הּ רַ֥ב מִן־חַבְרָתַֽהּ׃

   ve-kar-NA dik-KEN ve-a-yi-NIN LA ve-FUM me-mal-LIL rav-re-VAN ve-khez-VA RAV min-khav-ra-TA

   and a horn this and eyes to it or for it, in it and a mouth speaking great things and its appearance was great more than its companions
4. sentence🔊 וְעַל־קַרְנַיָּ֤א עֲשַׂר֙ דִּ֣י בְרֵאשַׁ֔הּ וְאָחֳרִי֙ דִּ֣י סִלְקַ֔ת ונפלו וּנְפַ֥לָה מִן־קדמיה קֳדָמַ֖הּ תְּלָ֑ת וְקַרְנָ֨א דִכֵּ֜ן וְעַיְנִ֣ין לַ֗הּ וְפֻם֙ מְמַלִּ֣ל רַבְרְבָ֔ן וְחֶזְוַ֖הּ רַ֥ב מִן־חַבְרָתַֽהּ׃

   ve-AL-kar-NAY-ya a-SAR DI be-re-SHAH ve-a-kho-RI DI sil-KAT ve-ne-fe-LO u-ne-fa-LA min-kod-me-YA ko-da-MAH te-LAT ve-kar-NA dik-KEN ve-a-yi-NIN LA ve-FUM me-mal-LIL rav-re-VAN ve-khez-VA RAV min-khav-ra-TA

   and concerning the horns ten that on its head and the other that came up and fell and fell from before it before it three and a horn this and eyes to it or for it, in it and a mouth speaking great things and its appearance was great more than its companions

Exegesis

The construct min-qadmiyah qodamah telat {מִן־קדמיה קֳדָמַ֖הּ תְּלָ֑ת | min-qad-mi-yāh qo-dā-mah tə-lāṯ} compresses “from before it three,” and the comparative rav min-chavratāh {רַב מִן־חַבְרָתַֽהּ | rav min-ḥav-ra-tāh} highlights superiority. English SVO order is adopted for clarity while retaining the original narrative flow.

Root and etymology

r-b-r🔊 resh–bet–resh

“to increase abundantly”

• 🔊 רַבַּרrabbārgreatly manyEzekiel 27:14