רִיב

Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular רָב Dom 11,25; 1 Sam 25,29 2 masculine singular רַבְתָּ Klg 3,58, רִיבוֺתָ Job 33,13, etc.; Imperfect 3 masculine singular יָרִיב Dom 6,31 +, jussive יָרֵב Hos 4,4; 1 Sam 24,16, יָ֫רֶב לוֺ(בּוֺׅ Dom 6,31; Dom 6,32 וַיָּ֫רֶב 1 Mos 31,36 +; 2 masculine singular תרוב Ord 3,30 Kt, תָּרִיב Qr; 3 masculine plural יְרִיבֻן 2 Mos 21,18, etc.; Imperative masculine singular רִיב Mik 6,1; Ord 25,9, רִיבָה Sl 35,1 +, masculine plural רִיבוּ Es 1,17; Hos 2,4 Infinitive absolute רוֺב Dom 11,25, רֹב Job 40,2 רִיב Jer 50,34 (Ges^{«GKC:73d»§ 73d} Kö^{i. 509} Ba^{NB 80}); construct רִיב Es 3,13; Job 9,3 + Dom 21,22 Qr (Kt רוב), רִב Amos 7,4; Ord 25,8 Participle רָב Es 19,20 +; — strive:

1. involving bodily struggle 2 Mos 21,18 (that is, one with another; E); public hostilities, יָרָיוּ רָב לוֺ 5 Mos 33,7 (with) his hands he strove for it, with עִם of Israel, הֲרוֺב רָב Dom 11,25 (|| נִלְחַם).

2. with words, with ב person 1 Mos 31,36 (E), 2 Mos 17,2 a (J) Dom 6,32, so (in figurative) Hos 2,4 compare v.Hos 2,4 often = quarrel, with עִם person, 1 Mos 26,20; 2 Mos 17,2b 4 Mos 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^{«GKC:113ee»§ 113ee}), in general Ord 3,30 with אֵת person Dom 8,1; Neh 5,7; Neh 13,11; Neh 13,17, subject ׳י Es 49,25 (compare I. יָרִיב below), Sl 35,1 (|| לָחַם); אֵת of ׳י Es 45,9 (participle one striving), 4 Mos 20,13 (P); with עַל of thing 1 Mos 26,21; 1 Mos 26,22 absolute = find fault Hos 4,4 (|| הוֺכִיחַ). Especially

3. conduct a (legal) case, suit, usually figurative, ׳י subject; Es 3,13 (|| דִּין), Es 57,16 (|| קָצַף), Sl 103,9 (נָטַר[אַף]), compare קֹרֵא לָרִב בָּאֵשׁ Amos 7,4 with accusative of person with whom (unfriendly sense), Job 10,2; Es 27,8 with accusative of congnate meaning with verb רִיב in good sense, = take one's part, 1 Sam 24,15 (Gi; v.1 Sam 24,16 van d. H. Baer; || שָׁפַט), Mik 7,9; Jer 50,34 (רִיב יָרִיב אֶתרִֿיבָם, infinitive construct = infinitive absolute, see above), Jer 51,36 (|| נקם), Klg 3,58; Ord 22,23; Sl 43,1 (+ מִגּוֺי; || שָׁפַט), Sl 119,154 (+ גָּאַל), also Sl 74,22 (God, his own cause); + מִיַּד person against whom 1 Sam 25,39 (of vengeance); + אֵת person against whom Ord 23,11, so (without accusative of congnate meaning with verb) Es 50,8; Jer 2,9 (twice in verse); compare אֶתֿ הֶהָרִים Mik 6,1 (II. אֵת 1 c; ᵐ5 πρός, whence We Now אֶלֿ in the presence of, but on רִיב אֶל see

4.); ׳ר = plead, with ל person for whom Dom 6,31 (3 t. in verse); Job 13,8, with accusative of person for whom Es 1,17, of God Es 51,22, compare 5 Mos 33,8 (obscure, see Dr); of human disputes Ord 25,8, אֶתרֵֿעֶ֑ךָ ׳רִיבְךָ ר vOrd 25,9.

4. = make complaint, with אֶל person unto and against whom Dom 21,22; Jer 2,29; Jer 12,1; Job 33,13. Hiph`il Participle suffix מריבו 1 Sam 2,10 Kt (Qr מְרִיבָיו), i.e. (those) displaying contention against him (׳י), compare plural construct ְ ועַמְּךָ כִמְרִיבֵי כֹהֵן Hos 4,4, obscure; RS<sup>Proph. 406</sup> מָרוּ בִי thy people have rebelled against me, O priest ! Beck Wü We GASm וְעַמִּי כִּכְמָרָיו הַכֹּהֵן (׳הַכּ as voc., and [by some] joined to vHos 4,5); Hermann<sup>SK, 1879, 516 {abbrev</sup>}וְעִמְּךָ מְרִיבִי הַכּ, compare Oort (רִיבִי); Ruben<sup>Crit, Rem. on the passage</sup> ׳ְ ועַמִּי כָמוֺךָ הַכּ, so Now. — וַיָּרֶכ 1 Sam 15,5 see ארב Hiph`il