rabbi

rabbi

See also: Rabbi

English

Alternative forms

• rabbin (dated)

Etymology

From Middle English raby, from Ecclesiastical Latin rabbi, and its source Koine Greek ῥαββί (rhabbí), from (post-Tanakh) Hebrew רַבִּי‎ (rabbi, “my master”), from רַב‎ (rav, “master [of]”) +‎ ־י‎ (-i, “me”). Compare late Old English rabbi. Doublet of rebbe.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɹæ.baɪ/

• Audio (US)

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Noun

rabbi (plural rabbis or (archaic) rabbies)

1. A Jewish scholar or teacher of halacha (Jewish law), capable of making halachic decisions.
   • 2019, Rachel Timoner, “Book Review: Textual Activism by Rabbi Mike Moskowitz”, in Tikkun:

     Next, R. Moskowitz brings us to the Slonimer Rebbe, a late 20th century Hasidic rabbi, who taught that the evil of Esav was that very sense of completion, the self-perception that he had no need for growth or further transformation.

2. A Jew who is or is qualified to be the leader of a Jewish congregation.
3. (law enforcement, slang) A senior officer who acts as a mentor.
   • 2006 September 17, David Mills, “Soft Eyes”, in The Wire, season 4, episode 2, spoken by Clarence Royce (Glynn Turman):

     Hoskins? He doesn't have a better rabbi in the department than that?

   • 2013 September 17, Dan Goor and Michael Schur, “Pilot”, in Brooklyn Nine-Nine, season 1, episode 1, spoken by Amy Santiago (Melissa Fumero):

     If I'm ever gonna make Captain, I need a good mentor. I need my rabbi.

Related terms

• rav, rabbeinu, rebbe, reb, rebbetzin

Translations

Jewish scholar or teacher

Albanian: rabin m Arabic: حَاخَام‎ m (ḥāḵām), حَبْر‎ (ar) m (ḥabr), رَابِي‎ m (rābī) Tunisian Arabic: ربّي‎ (rǝbbi) Aramaic: רִבִּי‎ m (ribbī) Armenian: րաբբի (hy) (rabbi) Asturian: rabín (ast) m Azerbaijani: ravvin, xaxam Belarusian: рабі́н m (rabín), ра́бін m (rábin) Bengali: রব্বি (rôbbi) Bulgarian: рави́н m (ravín) Catalan: rabí m Chinese: Mandarin: 拉比 (zh) (lābǐ) Czech: rabín (cs) m Danish: rabbiner (da) c Dutch: rabbijn (nl) m Esperanto: rabeno, rabenino (female) Estonian: rabi (et) Finnish: rabbiini (fi), rabbi (fi) French: rabbin (fr) m Galician: rabino m Georgian: რაბინი (rabini) German: Rabbiner (de) m, Rabbinerin (de) f Gothic: 𐍂𐌰𐌱𐌱𐌰𐌿𐌽𐌴𐌹 m (rabbaunei) Greek: ραββίνος (el) (ravvínos), ραβίνος (el) (ravínos) Ancient: ῥαββουνί m (rhabbouní) Hebrew: רַב‎ (he) m (rav), רַבִּי‎ m (rabí) Hindi: रबी (hi) m (rabī) Hungarian: rabbi (hu) Icelandic: rabbíni m Ido: rabino (io) Indonesian: rabi (id), rabbi Interlingua: rabbi Irish: raibí m Italian: rabbino (it) m, rabbina (it) f Japanese: ラビ (rabi) Kazakh: раввин (ravvin) Khmer: រ៉ាប៊ី (raabii) Korean: 랍비 (ko) (rapbi) Kyrgyz: раввин (ravvin) Ladino: Hebrew: חכם‎ Roman: haham Latin: rabbi m (New Latin) Latvian: rabīns m Lishana Deni: מעלם‎ m (maʕalləm‎), חאכם‎ m (ḥāxam) Lithuanian: rabinas m Macedonian: рабин m (rabin) Malay: rabai Maltese: rabbi m Norwegian: Bokmål: rabbiner m Nynorsk: rabbin m, rabbinar m Ottoman Turkish: خاخام‎ (haham) Persian: خاخام‎ (fa) (xâxâm), ربی‎ (rabi) Polish: rabin (pl) m Portuguese: rabino (pt) m Romanian: rabin (ro) m Russian: равви́н (ru) m (ravvín), ра́бби (ru) m (rábbi), ре́бе (ru) m (rɛ́bɛ) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: ра̀бӣн m Roman: ràbīn (sh) m Slovak: rabín (sk) m Slovene: rabin m Spanish: rabino m Swedish: rabbin (sv) c Tagalog: rabi, rabino Tajik: хохом (xoxom) Thai: รับบี Turkish: haham (tr), rabbi Ukrainian: раби́н m (rabýn), рави́н m (ravýn), ра́бі m (rábi), ре́бе m (rébe) Urdu: ربی‎ m (rabī) Uzbek: ravvin Vilamovian: raobin m Welsh: rabi m Yiddish: רבי‎ m (rebe)

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Basque

Etymology

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin rabbi, from Koine Greek ῥαββί (rhabbí), from Hebrew רַבִּי‎ (rabbi, “my master”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rabi/, [ra.β̞i]

Noun

rabbi anim

1. (Judaism) rabbi
   • 1571, Joanes Leizarraga, editor, Iesus Christ Gure Iaunaren Testamentu Berria‎, London: The Trinitarian Bible Society, published 1908, Ioann 1:38:

     Eta itzuliric Iesusec, eta ikussiric hec çarreitzala, dioste hæy, Ceren bilha çabiltzate? Eta hec erran cieçoten, Rabbí (erran nahi baita hambat nola Magistruá) non egoiten aiz? [Original spelling]
     Eta itzulirik Jesusek, eta ikusirik hek zarreitzala, dioste haei, Zeren bilha zabiltzate? Eta hek erran ziezoten, Rabbi (erran nahi baita hanbat nola Majistrua) non egoten haiz? [Modernized spelling]

     Then Jesus turned, and saw them following, and saith unto them, What seek ye? They said unto him, Rabbi, (which is to say, being interpreted, Master) where dwellest thou? – KJV

   Synonym: errabino

Declension

Declension of rabbi (animate, ending in vowel)
	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	rabbi	rabbia	rabbiak
ergative	rabbik	rabbiak	rabbiek
dative	rabbiri	rabbiari	rabbiei
genitive	rabbiren	rabbiaren	rabbien
comitative	rabbirekin	rabbiarekin	rabbiekin
causative	rabbirengatik	rabbiarengatik	rabbiengatik
benefactive	rabbirentzat	rabbiarentzat	rabbientzat
instrumental	rabbiz	rabbiaz	rabbiez
inessive	rabbirengan	rabbiarengan	rabbiengan
locative	—	—	—
allative	rabbirengana	rabbiarengana	rabbiengana
terminative	rabbirenganaino	rabbiarenganaino	rabbienganaino
directive	rabbirenganantz	rabbiarenganantz	rabbienganantz
destinative	rabbirenganako	rabbiarenganako	rabbienganako
ablative	rabbirengandik	rabbiarengandik	rabbiengandik
partitive	rabbirik	—	—
prolative	rabbitzat	—	—

Further reading

• "rabbi" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
• “rabbi” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus

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Dutch

Etymology

From Late Latin rabbi, and its source Koine Greek ῥαββί (rhabbí), from (post-biblical) Hebrew רבי‎ (rabbi, “my master”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɑ.bi/

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: rab‧bi

Noun

rabbi m (plural rabbi's, diminutive rabbietje n)

1. (Judaism) rabbi

Synonyms

• rabbijn

Descendants

• Negerhollands: rabbi

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Finnish

Etymology

From Ecclesiastical Latin rabbi, from Koine Greek ῥαββί (rhabbí), from Hebrew רַבִּי‎‎.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɑbːi/, [ˈrɑbːi]
• Rhymes: -ɑbːi
• Syllabification^(key): rab‧bi

Noun

rabbi

1. rabbi

Declension

Inflection of rabbi (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		rabbi	rabbit
genitive		rabbin	rabbien
partitive		rabbia	rabbeja
illative		rabbiin	rabbeihin
		singular	plural
nominative		rabbi	rabbit
accusative	nom.	rabbi	rabbit
	gen.	rabbin
genitive		rabbin	rabbien
partitive		rabbia	rabbeja
inessive		rabbissa	rabbeissa
elative		rabbista	rabbeista
illative		rabbiin	rabbeihin
adessive		rabbilla	rabbeilla
ablative		rabbilta	rabbeilta
allative		rabbille	rabbeille
essive		rabbina	rabbeina
translative		rabbiksi	rabbeiksi
instructive		—	rabbein
abessive		rabbitta	rabbeitta
comitative		—	rabbeineen

Possessive forms of rabbi (type risti)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	rabbini	rabbimme
2nd person	rabbisi	rabbinne
3rd person	rabbinsa

Synonyms

• rabbiini

Anagrams

• barbi

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Hungarian

Etymology

From Latin rabbi, from Ancient Greek ῥαββί (rhabbí), from Hebrew רַבִּי‎ (rabí).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈrɒbːi]
• Hyphenation: rab‧bi
• Rhymes: -bi

Noun

rabbi (plural rabbik)

1. (Judaism) rabbi

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	rabbi	rabbik
accusative	rabbit	rabbikat
dative	rabbinak	rabbiknak
instrumental	rabbival	rabbikkal
causal-final	rabbiért	rabbikért
translative	rabbivá	rabbikká
terminative	rabbiig	rabbikig
essive-formal	rabbiként	rabbikként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	rabbiban	rabbikban
superessive	rabbin	rabbikon
adessive	rabbinál	rabbiknál
illative	rabbiba	rabbikba
sublative	rabbira	rabbikra
allative	rabbihoz	rabbikhoz
elative	rabbiból	rabbikból
delative	rabbiról	rabbikról
ablative	rabbitól	rabbiktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	rabbié	rabbiké
non-attributive possessive - plural	rabbiéi	rabbikéi

Possessive forms of rabbi
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	rabbim	rabbijaim
2nd person sing.	rabbid	rabbijaid
3rd person sing.	rabbija	rabbijai
1st person plural	rabbink	rabbijaink
2nd person plural	rabbitok	rabbijaitok
3rd person plural	rabbijuk	rabbijaik

Derived terms

• főrabbi
• rabbiság

 

Further reading

• rabbi in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

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Icelandic

Noun

rabbi

1. indefinite dative singular of rabb

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Italian

Etymology

From Late Latin rabbī, from Ancient Greek ῥαββί (rhabbí, literally “O my Master”), from Hebrew רבי‎ (rabbī, “rabbi”, “spiritual teacher”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrab.bi/
• Rhymes: -abbi
• Hyphenation: ràb‧bi

Noun

rabbi m

1. rabbi

Related terms

• rabbino

Anagrams

• barbi, birba

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Latin

Alternative forms

• R. (abbreviation)

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek ῥαββί (rhabbí, literally “O my Master”), from Biblical Hebrew רבי‎ (rabī, “rabbi”, “spiritual teacher”), from רב‎ (raḇ, “master”) +‎ ־י‎ (-ī, “of mine”, “my”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈrab.biː/, [ˈräbːiː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈrab.bi/, [ˈräbːi]

Noun

rabbī m (indeclinable)

1. (Late Latin, chiefly used as an honorific) Master, Doctor, and especially Rabbi

   Rabbī Mōsēs Maimōnidēs

   Rabbi Moses Maimonides

Related terms

• rabinus

Descendants

• → Catalan: rabí
• → Dutch: rabbi
• → Finnish: rabbi
• → German: Rabbi
• → Hungarian: rabbi
• → Irish: raibí
• → Maltese: rabbi
• → Middle English: raby, rabi, rabby
  • English: rabbi
  • Scots: rabbi
• → Welsh: rabbi
• ⇒ Late Latin: rabbinus, rabinus
  • → Albanian: rabin
  • → Asturian: rabín
  • → Belarusian: рабін (rabin)
  • → Czech: rabín
  • → Danish: rabbiner
  • → Dutch: rabbijn
  • → English: rabbin
  • → Finnish: rabbiini
  • → French: rabbin
  • → Galician: rabino
  • → Georgian: რაბინი (rabini)
  • → German: Rabbiner
  • → Italian: rabbino
    • → Bulgarian: равин (ravin)
    • → Greek: ραββίνος (ravvínos)
    • → Russian: раввин (ravvin)
      • → Azerbaijani: ravvin
      • → Crimean Tatar: ravvin
      • → Kazakh: раввин (ravvin)
      • → Kyrgyz: раввин (ravvin)
      • → Uzbek: ravvin
  • → Latvian: rabīns
  • → Lithuanian: rabinas
  • → Macedonian: рабин (rabin)
  • → Norwegian: rabbiner
  • → Polish: rabin
  • → Romanian: rabin
  • → Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic: рабин

    Latin: rabin

  • → Slovak: rabín
  • → Slovene: rabin
  • → Spanish: rabino
    • → Tagalog: rabino
  • → Swedish: rabbin
  • → Vilamovian: raobin

References

• rabbi in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,309/1

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Welsh

Noun

rabbi m (plural rabiniaid or rabïaid, not mutable)

1. Alternative spelling of rabi