rabbi

See also: Rabbi

English

Alternative forms

• rabbin (dated), rabboni

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”) +‎ ־ִי (-í, “my”). 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 or rabbanim or rabbanin or rabbonim or rabbonin)

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 the leader or is qualified to be the leader of a Jewish congregation.

   Hypernym: cleric

   • 2023 November 17, Maggie Harrison Dupré, “Rabbis Warn That Elon Musk Is Spreading the Type of Antisemitism "That Leads to Massacres””, in Futurism‎^[1]:

     "Elon Musk is spreading the kind of antisemitism that leads to massacres," reads the decree, which was signed by 164 "rabbis, leaders of Jewish organizations, artists, activists, and academics." "And advertisers are funding the platform that allows him to spread his ideology to hundreds of millions [of] people."

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, 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.

Derived terms

• rabbi card

Related terms

• rav, rabbeinu, rebbe, reb, rebbetzin

Translations

Jewish scholar or teacher

• Afrikaans: rabbyn
• 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 (robbi)
• Bulgarian: рави́н m (ravín)
• Catalan: rabí (ca) 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) m (ravvínos)

  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 (ja) (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
• Punjabi: ਰੱਬੀ m (rabbī), ربّی m (rabbī)
• 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, rabbi (sv) c (when followed by name)
• Tagalog: rabi, rabino
• Tajik: хохом (xoxom)
• Thai: รับบี
• Turkish: haham (tr), rabbi (tr)
• 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)

Basque

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rabi/ [ra.β̞i]
• Rhymes: -abi, -i

Noun

rabbi anim

1. (Judaism) rabbi

   Synonym: errabino

   • 1571, Joanes Leizarraga, editor, Iesus Christ Gure Iaunaren Testamentu Berria‎^[2], La Rochelle, Ioann 1:38:

     Eta itzuliric Ieſuſec, eta ikuſſiric hec çarreitzala, dioſte hæy, Ceren bilha çabiltzate? Eta hec erran cieçoten, Rabbi (erran nahi baita hambat nola Magiſtrua) non egoiten aiz?

     [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?]

     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

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] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “rabbi”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

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:

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• Hyphenation: rab‧bi

Noun

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

1. (Judaism) rabbi

Synonyms

• rabbijn

Descendants

• Negerhollands: rabbi

Finnish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɑbːi/, [ˈrɑ̝bːi]
• Rhymes: -ɑbːi
• Hyphenation^(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
abessive		rabbitta	rabbeitta
instructive		—	rabbein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of rabbi (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative rabbini rabbini accusative nom. rabbini rabbini gen. rabbini genitive rabbini rabbieni partitive rabbiani rabbejani inessive rabbissani rabbeissani elative rabbistani rabbeistani illative rabbiini rabbeihini adessive rabbillani rabbeillani ablative rabbiltani rabbeiltani allative rabbilleni rabbeilleni essive rabbinani rabbeinani translative rabbikseni rabbeikseni abessive rabbittani rabbeittani instructive — — comitative — rabbeineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative rabbisi rabbisi accusative nom. rabbisi rabbisi gen. rabbisi genitive rabbisi rabbiesi partitive rabbiasi rabbejasi inessive rabbissasi rabbeissasi elative rabbistasi rabbeistasi illative rabbiisi rabbeihisi adessive rabbillasi rabbeillasi ablative rabbiltasi rabbeiltasi allative rabbillesi rabbeillesi essive rabbinasi rabbeinasi translative rabbiksesi rabbeiksesi abessive rabbittasi rabbeittasi instructive — — comitative — rabbeinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative rabbimme rabbimme accusative nom. rabbimme rabbimme gen. rabbimme genitive rabbimme rabbiemme partitive rabbiamme rabbejamme inessive rabbissamme rabbeissamme elative rabbistamme rabbeistamme illative rabbiimme rabbeihimme adessive rabbillamme rabbeillamme ablative rabbiltamme rabbeiltamme allative rabbillemme rabbeillemme essive rabbinamme rabbeinamme translative rabbiksemme rabbeiksemme abessive rabbittamme rabbeittamme instructive — — comitative — rabbeinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative rabbinne rabbinne accusative nom. rabbinne rabbinne gen. rabbinne genitive rabbinne rabbienne partitive rabbianne rabbejanne inessive rabbissanne rabbeissanne elative rabbistanne rabbeistanne illative rabbiinne rabbeihinne adessive rabbillanne rabbeillanne ablative rabbiltanne rabbeiltanne allative rabbillenne rabbeillenne essive rabbinanne rabbeinanne translative rabbiksenne rabbeiksenne abessive rabbittanne rabbeittanne instructive — — comitative — rabbeinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative rabbinsa rabbinsa accusative nom. rabbinsa rabbinsa gen. rabbinsa genitive rabbinsa rabbiensa partitive rabbiaan rabbiansa rabbejaan rabbejansa inessive rabbissaan rabbissansa rabbeissaan rabbeissansa elative rabbistaan rabbistansa rabbeistaan rabbeistansa illative rabbiinsa rabbeihinsa adessive rabbillaan rabbillansa rabbeillaan rabbeillansa ablative rabbiltaan rabbiltansa rabbeiltaan rabbeiltansa allative rabbilleen rabbillensa rabbeilleen rabbeillensa essive rabbinaan rabbinansa rabbeinaan rabbeinansa translative rabbikseen rabbiksensa rabbeikseen rabbeiksensa abessive rabbittaan rabbittansa rabbeittaan rabbeittansa instructive — — comitative — rabbeineen rabbeinensa

Synonyms

• rabbiini

Derived terms

compounds

• muurarirabbi

Further reading

• “rabbi”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[3] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Anagrams

• barbi

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 (or rabbiim)
2nd person sing.	rabbid	rabbijaid (or rabbiid)
3rd person sing.	rabbija	rabbijai (or rabbii)
1st person plural	rabbink	rabbijaink (or rabbiink)
2nd person plural	rabbitok	rabbijaitok (or rabbiitok)
3rd person plural	rabbijuk	rabbijaik (or rabbiik)

Derived terms

• főrabbi
• rabbiság

Further reading

• rabbi in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Icelandic

Noun

rabbi

1. indefinite dative singular of rabb

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

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 Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈrab.biː/, [ˈräbːiː]
• (modern Italianate 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 script: рабин

    Latin script: 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.

Swedish

Noun

rabbi c

1. a rabbi

   Synonym: rabbin

Usage notes

Usually followed by a rabbi's name. Compare rabbin.

Declension

Declension of rabbi

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	rabbi	rabbis
	definite	rabbin	rabbins
plural	indefinite	rabbier	rabbiers
	definite	rabbierna	rabbiernas

References

• rabbi in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• rabbi in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• rabbi in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Welsh

Noun

rabbi m (plural rabiniaid or rabïaid, not mutable)

1. Alternative spelling of rabi