H7378. rib
or rub רִיב [NöZMG 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 Nöl.c.); on Sabean proper name ריב = Arabic see DHMib. 14); —
Qal Perfect3masculine singular רָב [Judg 11:25]; [1Sam 25:29]; [2]masculine singular רַבְתָּ [Lam 3:58], רִיבוֺתָ [Job 33:13], etc.; Imperfect3masculine singular יָרִיב [Judg 6:31] +, jussive יָרֵב [Hosea 4:4]; [1Sam 24:16], לוֺ(בּוֺׅ יָ֫רֶב [Judg 6:31-32], וַיָּ֫רֶב [Gen 31:36] +; 2 masculine singular תרוב [Prov 3:30] Kt, תָּרִיב Qr; 3 masculine plural יְרִיבֻן [Exod 21:18], etc.; Imperative masculine singular רִיב [Micah 6:1]; [Prov 25:9], רִיבָה [Psa 35:1] +, masculine plural רִיבוּ [Isa 1:17]; [Hosea 2:4]; Infinitive absolute רוֺב [Judg 11:25], רֹב [Job 40:2]; רִיב [Jer 50:34] (Ges§ 73d Köi. 509 BaNB 80); construct רִיב [Isa 3:13]; [Job 9:3] + [Judg 21:22] Qr (Kt רוב), רִב [Amos 7:4]; [Prov 25:8]; Participle רָב [Isa 19:20] +; — strive:
1 involving bodily struggle [Exod 21:18] (that is, one with another; E); public hostilities, לוֺ רָב יָרָיוּ [Deut 33:7] (with) his hands he strove for it, with עִם of Israel, רָב הֲרוֺב [Judg 11:25] (|| נִלְחַם).
2 with words, with ב person [Gen 31:36] (E), [Exod 17:2] a (J) [Judg 6:32], so (in figurative) [Hosea 2:4] compare [2:4]; often = quarrel, with עִם person, [Gen 26:20]; [Exod 17:2]b [Num 20:3] (all J), [Neh 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 [Prov 3:30]; with אֵת person [Judg 8:1]; [Neh 5:7]; [13:11], [17], subject ׳י [Isa 49:25] (compare I. יָרִיב below), [Psa 35:1] (|| לָחַם); אֵת of ׳י [Isa 45:9] (participle one striving), [Num 20:13] (P); with עַל of thing [Gen 26:21-22], absolute = find fault [Hosea 4:4] (|| הוֺכִיחַ). Especially
3 conduct a (legal) case, suit, usually figurative, ׳י subject; [Isa 3:13] (|| דִּין), [57:16] (|| קָצַף), [Psa 103:9] (נָטַר[אַף]), compare בָּאֵשׁ לָרִב קֹרֵא [Amos 7:4]; with accusative of person with whom (unfriendly sense), [Job 10:2]; [Isa 27:8]; with accusative of congnate meaning with verb רִיב in good sense, = take one's part, [1Sam 24:15] (Gi; v.[24:16] van d. H. Baer; || שָׁפַט), [Micah 7:9]; [Jer 50:34] (אֶתרִֿיבָם יָרִיב רִיב, infinitive construct = infinitive absolute, see above), [51:36] (|| נקם), [Lam 3:58]; [Prov 22:23]; [Psa 43:1] (+ מִגּוֺי; || שָׁפַט), [119:154] (+ גָּאַל), also [74:22] (God, his own cause); + מִיַּד person against whom [1Sam 25:39] (of vengeance); + אֵת person against whom [Prov 23:11], so (without accusative of congnate meaning with verb) [Isa 50:8]; [Jer 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 [Judg 6:31] (3 t. in verse); [Job 13:8], with accusative of person for whom [Isa 1:17], of God [51:22], compare [Deut 33:8] (obscure, see Dr); of human disputes [Prov 25:8], ר ׳רִיבְךָ אֶתרֵֿעֶ֑ךָ [25:9].
4 = make complaint, with אֶל person unto and against whom [Judg 21:22]; [Jer 2:29]; [12:1]; [Job 33:13].
Hiph`il Participle suffix מריבו [1Sam 2:10] Kt (Qr מְרִיבָיו), i.e. (those) displaying contention against him (׳י), compare plural construct כֹהֵן כִמְרִיבֵי ועַמְּךָ ְ [Hosea 4:4], obscure; RSProph. 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]); HermannSK, 1879, 516 {abbrev}הַכּ מְרִיבִי וְעִמְּךָ, compare Oort (רִיבִי); RubenCrit, Rem. on the passage הַכּ כָמוֺךָ ועַמִּי ׳ְ, so Now. — וַיָּרֶכ [1Sam 15:5] see ארב
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