רִיב

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 Jdg 11:25; 1Sa 25:29; 1Sa 25:2masculine singular רַבְתָּ Lam 3:58, רִיבוֺתָ Job 33:13, etc.; Imperfect3masculine singular יָרִיב Jdg 6:31 +, jussive יָרֵב Hos 4:4; 1Sa 24:16, לוֺ(בּוֺׅ יָ֫רֶב Jdg 6:31-32, וַיָּ֫רֶב Gen 31:36 +; 2 masculine singular תרוב Pro 3:30 Kt, תָּרִיב Qr; 3 masculine plural יְרִיבֻן Exo 21:18, etc.; Imperative masculine singular רִיב Mic 6:1; Pro 25:9, רִיבָה Psa 35:1 +, masculine plural רִיבוּ Isa 1:17; Hos 2:4; Infinitive absolute רוֺב Jdg 11:25, רֹב Job 40:2; רִיב Jer 50:34 (Ges§ 73d Köi. 509 BaNB 80); construct רִיב Isa 3:13; Job 9:3 + Jdg 21:22 Qr (Kt רוב), רִב Amo 7:4; Pro 25:8; Participle רָב Isa 19:20 +; — strive:
1 involving bodily struggle Exo 21:18 (that is, one with another; E); public hostilities, לוֺ רָב יָרָיוּ Deu 33:7 (with) his hands he strove for it, with עִם of Israel, רָב הֲרוֺב Jdg 11:25 (|| נִלְחַם).
2 with words, with ב person Gen 31:36 (E), Exo 17:2 a (J) Jdg 6:32, so (in figurative) Hos 2:4 compare Hos 2:4; often = quarrel, with עִם person, Gen 26:20; Exo 17:2b Num 20:3 (all J), Neh 13:25; subject God Job 9:3; Job 13:19; Job 23:6; also Job 40:2 (עִם of God; on infinitive absolute see Ges§ 113ee), in General Pro 3:30; with אֵת person Jdg 8:1; Neh 5:7; Neh 13:11, Neh 13:17, 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 Hos 4:4 (|| הוֺכִיחַ). Especially
3 conduct a (legal) case, suit, usually figurative, ׳י subject; Isa 3:13 (|| דִּין), Isa 57:16 (|| קָצַף), Psa 103:9 (נָטַר[אַף]), compare בָּאֵשׁ לָרִב קֹרֵא Amo 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, 1Sa 24:15 (Gi; v.1Sa 24:16 van d. H. Baer; || שָׁפַט), Mic 7:9; Jer 50:34 (אֶתרִֿיבָם יָרִיב רִיב, infinitive construct = infinitive absolute, see above), Jer 51:36 (|| נקם), Lam 3:58; Pro 22:23; Psa 43:1 (+ מִגּוֺי; || שָׁפַט), Psa 119:154 (+ גָּאַל), also Psa 74:22 (God, his own cause); + מִיַּד person against whom 1Sa 25:39 (of vengeance); + אֵת person against whom Pro 23:11, so (without accusative of congnate meaning with verb) Isa 50:8; Jer 2:9 (twice in verse); compare הֶהָרִים אֶתֿ Mic 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 Jdg 6:31 (3 t. in verse); Job 13:8, with accusative of person for whom Isa 1:17, of God Isa 51:22, compare Deu 33:8 (obscure, see Dr); of human disputes Pro 25:8, ר ׳רִיבְךָ אֶתרֵֿעֶ֑ךָ Pro 25:9.
4 = make complaint, with אֶל person unto and against whom Jdg 21:22; Jer 2:29; Jer 12:1; Job 33:13.
Hiph`il Participle suffix מריבו 1Sa 2:10 Kt (Qr מְרִיבָיו), i.e. (those) displaying contention against him (׳י), compare plural construct כֹהֵן כִמְרִיבֵי ועַמְּךָ ְ Hos 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 Hos 4:5); HermannSK, 1879, 516 {abbrev}הַכּ מְרִיבִי וְעִמְּךָ, compare Oort (רִיבִי); RubenCrit, Rem. on the passage הַכּ כָמוֺךָ ועַמִּי ׳ְ, so Now. — וַיָּרֶכ 1Sa 15:5 see ארב
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