*rabb-: 'big' 1, 'chief, master, lord' 2

Root

FieldValue
Reconstruction*rabb-
Meaning'big' 1, 'chief, master, lord' 2
Basisreconstruction SED; meaning SED, corrected
SEDSEDonline semet 3011

Reflexes

LanguageFormSourcesNote
Akkadianrabû (Kogan 2015, ch. 5 §2.2.2.1 no. 5); rubû (rubāʾu) 2 (CAD R 395)Kogan 2015 ch. 5 §2.2.2.1 no. 5; CAD R 395gloss withheld
Mandaic Aramaicrba (MD 422)MD 422
Ugariticrb; /rabbu/?, fem. /rabbatu/ (UVST 176); rb 2 in titles, rb khnm (HALOT 1172); rbt (G) 1 (DULAT 719)UVST 176; HALOT 1172; DULAT 719gloss withheld
Biblical Aramaicrab (CAL s.v. rb)CAL s.v. rb
Phoenicianrb; rbt (T 301); rb 2; rbn 2 (Krahmalkov 439); brbm 1, in wbrbm (Krahmalkov 125)T 301; Krahmalkov 439; Krahmalkov 125gloss withheld
Modern AramaicUrm rāb-gloss withheld
Hebrewrab (Kogan 2015, ch. 3 §5.2 no. 46); MHeb. 2 (HALOT 1172)Kogan 2015 ch. 3 §5.2 no. 46; HALOT 1172gloss withheld
Syrian Aramaicrabb-; rab 'great; elder; chief, master, teacher' 2 (Payne Smith 525); rabbūnā 'master, lord'; rabbī 'Rabbi, master' 2 (Payne Smith 526)Payne Smith 525; Payne Smith 526
Judaic Aramaicrab 2 (HALOT 1172)HALOT 1172gloss withheld
AramaicPal rb (Jastrow 1438 apud CAL); rbn (DNWSI 1055); rby (DNWSI 1054); rbnw (DNWSI 1055); rbrb (DNWSI 1058)Jastrow 1438; CAL; DNWSI 1055; DNWSI 1054; DNWSI 1058gloss withheld
Punicrbt, rbʿt, rbbt, rbʾt (T 301); rb 2 (T 298); N.Pu. rbt 1 (T 300); brbm 1, in pʿmt brbm (Krahmalkov 125)T 301; T 298; T 300; Krahmalkov 125gloss withheld
Arabicrabb 2 (Lane 1003; HALOT 1172)Lane 1003; HALOT 1172gloss withheld
Epigraphic South ArabianSab rb 2 (Biella 475)Biella 475gloss withheld
Emarra-ab-ba /rabba/ (Pentiuc 2001, 151–152); ra-ba-tu₄ /rabbatu/ (Pentiuc 2001, 152)Pentiuc 2001 151–152; Pentiuc 2001 152gloss withheld
Amoriter-b-b/y 1: ia-ar-bi-DINGIR, ia-ar-bu-DINGIR; ra-ba-il (Ur III); rabay: cf. la-aḫ-ra-bu (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 152)Sanmartín GlOS 2, 152gloss withheld
Eblaitic/rabbut/ 1: name ra-bù-du (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 153)Sanmartín GlOS 2, 153gloss withheld

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Notes

Akkadian construct rab 'chief' is of Amorite origin; the Hebrew and Aramaic title rab is native West Semitic (Kaufman 1974, 87).

Updated 26 October 2026

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