•
אַרְבֶה
n.m.
Ex 10:19
a kind of
locust
(
usually interp. as
the multitudinous
, but
Dl
HWB 126 as
=
Assyrian
âribu, êribu, êribû
, 3, from
ארב
devastate
)
;—always
abs.
(הָ)א׳
;—usually
coll.
3, in
sim.
of swarm of invaders
Ju 6:5
;
7:12
; often appar. the common species (
||
other species,
cf.
לְמִינֹו
Lv 11:2
2):
Je 46:23 Na 3:15
(
sim.
of multitude;
||
יֶלֶק
); as destructive
Ex 10:4
,
12
,
13
,
14
(×2),
19a
(all
J
),
ψ 105:34
(
||
יֶלֶק
),
Dt 28:38
(
vb.
חסל
),
1 K 8:37
=
2 Ch 6:2
8,
ψ 78:46
(all
+
חָסִיל
),
Jo 1:4
(×2) (
||
גָּזָם
,
יֶלֶק
,
חָסִיל
),
2:25
(
||
id.
); as disappearing suddenly (
sim.
)
Na 3:17
(
||
גֹּוב גֹּובַי
); as edible
Lv 11:22
(
H
;
||
סָלְעָם
,
חַרְגֹּל
,
חָגָב
); as well organized
Pr 30:27
(
cf.
Jo 2:
7,
8
); of single locust,
א׳ אֶחָד
Ex 10:19b
(
J
), as leaping (
sim.
)
Jb 39:20
, as shaken out of garment (
sim.
)
ψ 109:23
(
v.
II.
נָעַר
).—
Cf.
Dr
Jo 82 ff.
•
מַרְבֶּה
S
4766
TWOT
2103b
GK
5269
n.
[
m.
]
1.
abundance
;—
abs.
מ׳
Is 33:2
3, as
adv.
,
in abundance
.
2.
increase
(?),
cstr.
לְסַרְבֵּה
(sic)
9:6
for the increase
of the dominion (take
לם
as dittogr. of foregoing, and read
רַבָּה
,
Ö
Gr Che Kit Buhl
Lex Mart
i;
Du
לְמַרְבֵּה
, in view of following
לְשָׁלֹום
).
•
מִרְבָּה
S
4767
TWOT
2103c
GK
5268
n.f.
much
;—only
מ׳ לְהָכִיל
Ez 23:32
much to contain
, i.e. which contains much; but read
מַרְבָּה
Hiph.
Pt. H
i
-Sm Co Berthol Krae
(
v.
√
Hiph. 1 d
(1)).
•
מַרְבִּית
S
4768
TWOT
2103d
GK
5270
n.f.
increase, great number, greatness
;—
מ׳
abs.
Lv 25:3
7;
cstr.
1 S 2:33
+
2 times;
sf.
מַרְבִּיתָם
1 Ch 12:30
(
van d. H. v
2
9);—
1.
increase
,
concr.
:
a.
of family
1 S 2:33
.
b.
increment, interest, usuary
,
Lv 25:37
(
H
; of food-stuffs,
||
נֶשֶׁךְ
, of money;
מ׳
of money Egyptian Aramaic,
opp.
ראש
principal
,
Cooke
North-Sem.
Inscr.
404
).
2.
great number:
of people
2 Ch 30:18
;
c.
sf. =
the greater part of them,
1 Ch 12:30
(
v. supr
.).
3.
greatness
, of wisdom
2 Ch 9:6
.
•
תַּרְבּוּת
S
8635
TWOT
2103e
GK
9551
n.f.
increase, brood
;—
cstr.
in phr.
ת׳ אֲנָשִׁים חַטָּאִים
Nu 32:14
a brood
(contempt.)
of sinful men
(
cf.
מַרְבִּית
1 S 2:3
3).
• תַּרְבִּית S 8636 TWOT 2103f GK 9552 n.f. increment, interest, usury ( = מַרְבִּית 1 b ; cf. (on both) Arabic رَبَا ( rabā ) IV. take usury , رِبًا ( riban )