rbb / Semitic roots

Examples of words with the root rbb: rabbi, rebec.

rbb

To be(come) much, many, great.

1.
a. rabbi, Reb2, rebbe, from Hebrew and Aramaic rabbî, my master, from rab(b), master, chief, from rab, to be(come) much, many, great (î, my; see -y);;
b. rabbinical, probably from Aramaic rabbin, plural of rab(b), master (see above)..
2. Jeroboam, from Hebrew yārobʕām, the (divine) kinsman increased, from yārob, archaic preterite of rābab, to be(come) many, much (ʕām, kinsman; see ʕmm).
3. rebec, from Arabic rabāb, rebec, from rabba, to be master, control.

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