יָרֵב

יָרֵב noun masculine, eipthet of Assyrian king (properly, si vera lectio, verb = let him contend, or (one who) contends); — only ׳מֶלֶךְ י Hos 5,18; Hos 10,6, i.e. Tiglath-Pileser III; WMM^{ZAW xvii (1897), 335} proposes מַלְכִּי רַב (י- old noun ending) = Assyrian šarru rabbu; Che^{Expos., Nov. 1807, 864} מלך רב; Che^{Ency. Bib. JAREB} conjecture מלך ערבי, Arabian king; compare, further, Comm., Schr^{COT, on the passage JA} Selbie^{Hastings DB, JAREB and references}