H7378. rib

or rub רִיב‎ [Nö^{ZMG xxxvii (1883). 530, 534} Ges^{§ 73b}]

verb strive, contend (compare Arabic () agitate (the mind), disquiet; compare also Syriac cry, shout, Aph`el also quarrel noisily, shouting, clamour (see Nö^l.c.); on Sabean proper name ריב‎ = Arabic see DHM^{ib. 14}); —

Qal Perfect3masculine singular רָב‎ Judges 11:25; 1 Samuel 25:29; 2masculine singular רַבְתָּ‎ Lamentations 3:58, רִיבוֺתָ‎ Job 33:13, etc.; Imperfect3masculine singular יָרִיב‎ Judges 6:31 +, jussive יָרֵב‎ Hosea 4:4; 1 Samuel 24:16, לוֺ(בּוֺׅ יָ֫רֶב‎ Judges 6:31-32, וַיָּ֫רֶב‎ Genesis 31:36 +; 2 masculine singular תרוב‎ Proverbs 3:30 Kt, תָּרִיב‎ Qr; 3 masculine plural יְרִיבֻן‎ Exodus 21:18, etc.; Imperative masculine singular רִיב‎ Micah 6:1; Proverbs 25:9, רִיבָה‎ Psalm 35:1 +, masculine plural רִיבוּ‎ Isaiah 1:17; Hosea 2:4; Infinitive absolute רוֺב‎ Judges 11:25, רֹב‎ Job 40:2; רִיב‎ Jeremiah 50:34 (Ges^{§ 73d} Kö^{i. 509} Ba^{NB 80}); construct רִיב‎ Isaiah 3:13; Job 9:3 + Judges 21:22 Qr (Kt רוב‎), רִב‎ Amos 7:4; Proverbs 25:8; Participle רָב‎ Isaiah 19:20 +; — strive:

1 involving bodily struggle Exodus 21:18 (that is, one with another; E); public hostilities, לוֺ רָב יָרָיוּ‎ Deuteronomy 33:7 (with) his hands he strove for it, with עִם‎ of Israel, רָב הֲרוֺב‎ Judges 11:25 ("" נִלְחַם‎).

2 with words, with ב‎ person Genesis 31:36 (E), Exodus 17:2 a (J) Judges 6:32, so (in figurative) Hosea 2:4 compare 2:4; often = quarrel, with עִם‎ person, Genesis 26:20; Exodus 17:2b Numbers 20:3 (all J), Nehemiah 13:25; subject God Job 9:3; 13:19; 23:6; also 40:2 (עִם‎ of God; on infinitive absolute see Ges^{§ 113ee}), in General Proverbs 3:30; with אֵת‎ person Judges 8:1; Nehemiah 5:7; 13:11, 17, subject ׳י‎ Isaiah 49:25 (compare I. יָרִיב‎ below), Psalm 35:1 ("" לָחַם‎); אֵת‎ of ׳י‎ Isaiah 45:9 (participle one striving), Numbers 20:13 (P); with עַל‎ of thing Genesis 26:21-22, absolute = find fault Hosea 4:4 ("" הוֺכִיחַ‎). Especially

3 conduct a (legal) case, suit, usually figurative, ׳י‎ subject; Isaiah 3:13 ("" דִּין‎), 57:16 ("" קָצַף‎), Psalm 103:9 (נָטַר‎[אַף‎]), compare בָּאֵשׁ לָרִב קֹרֵא‎ Amos 7:4; with accusative of person with whom (unfriendly sense), Job 10:2; Isaiah 27:8; with accusative of congnate meaning with verb רִיב‎ in good sense, = take one's part, 1 Samuel 24:15 (Gi; v.24:16 van d. H. Baer; "" שָׁפַט‎), Micah 7:9; Jeremiah 50:34 (אֶתרִֿיבָם יָרִיב רִיב‎, infinitive construct = infinitive absolute, see above), 51:36 ("" נקם‎), Lamentations 3:58; Proverbs 22:23; Psalm 43:1 (+ מִגּוֺי‎; "" שָׁפַט‎), 119:154 (+ גָּאַל‎), also 74:22 (God, his own cause); + מִיַּד‎ person against whom 1 Samuel 25:39 (of vengeance); + אֵת‎ person against whom Proverbs 23:11, so (without accusative of congnate meaning with verb) Isaiah 50:8; Jeremiah 2:9 (twice in verse); compare הֶהָרִים אֶתֿ‎ Micah 6:1 (II. אֵת‎ 1c; ᵐ5‎ πρός, whence We Now אֶלֿ‎ in the presence of, but on אֶל רִיב‎ see

4); ׳ר‎ = plead, with ל‎ person for whom Judges 6:31 (3 t. in verse); Job 13:8, with accusative of person for whom Isaiah 1:17, of God 51:22, compare Deuteronomy 33:8 (obscure, see Dr); of human disputes Proverbs 25:8, ר ׳רִיבְךָ אֶתרֵֿעֶ֑ךָ‎ 25:9.

4 = make complaint, with אֶל‎ person unto and against whom Judges 21:22; Jeremiah 2:29; 12:1; Job 33:13.

Hiph`il Participle suffix מריבו‎ 1 Samuel 2:10 Kt (Qr מְרִיבָיו‎), i.e. (those) displaying contention against him (׳י‎), compare plural construct כֹהֵן כִמְרִיבֵי ועַמְּךָ ְ‎ Hosea 4:4, obscure; RS^{Proph. 406} בִי מָרוּ‎ thy people have rebelled against me, O priest ! Beck Wü We GASm הַכֹּהֵן כִּכְמָרָיו וְעַמִּי‎ (׳הַכּ‎ as voc., and [by some] joined to 4:5); Hermann^{SK, 1879, 516 {abbrev}}הַכּ מְרִיבִי וְעִמְּךָ‎, compare Oort (רִיבִי‎); Ruben^{Crit, Rem. on the passage} הַכּ כָמוֺךָ ועַמִּי ׳ְ‎, so Now. — וַיָּרֶכ‎ 1 Samuel 15:5 see ארב‎

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