רַבְרְבָא, (preced.) great; great man; prince, officer.—Pl. רַבְרְבִין, רַבְרְבַיָּא, רַבְרְבֵי. Targ. Gen. XII, 17. Ib. I, 16. Ib. XXV, 16. Targ. II Sam. VIII, 18; a. fr.—Ber. 57ᵇ בר׳ in the case of large (cucumbers). Y. ib. II, 5ᵇ ר׳ קומוי והוא וכ׳ great men (scholars) were before him, and he should have asked the inferior men? Lev. R. s. 5, end חובין ר׳ great sins. Koh. R. to II, 2 חד … מרברבי בבל (read: כבול) one of the prominent men of Kabul (v. Lev. R. s. 20). Gen. R. s. 89 (ref. to רהבים, Ps. XL, 5) המון ריבי ר׳, v. רְבָבָה; ‘Rashi’: היינו ר׳ דמִתְרַבְרְבִין that means the great that boast. Y. R. Hash. II, 58ᵇ top רַבְרְבֵיכוֹן your superiors, v. נְהַג; a. fr.—Fem. pl. רַבְרְבָן, רַבְרְבָתָה, רַבְרְבָאתָא. Targ. Num. XIII, 28. Targ. Prov. XV, 16 (ed. Lag. רברבא׳; some ed. דזרבאתא, read: רוֹרְ׳). Targ. Deut. X, 21 (great things). Targ. Ob. I, 12; a. e.—Y. Gitt. V, 47ᶜ top אילין ר׳ the traps for large beasts, opp. דקיקתא. Bets. 25ᵃ נפל חברין בר׳ our colleague fell among great things, i.e. ventured an opinion on a subject contested by great authorities; a. e.