H7378–רִיב–riv

Righteous `art' Thou, O Jehovah, When I plead towards thee, Only, judgments do I speak with Thee, Wherefore did the way of the wicked prosper? At rest have been all treacherous dealers.

אָרִ֖יב 'a.Riv “I bring a case”

Their Redeemer `is' strong, Jehovah of Hosts `is' His name, He doth thoroughly plead their cause, So as to cause the land to rest, And He hath given trouble to the inhabitants of Babylon.

רִ֥יב riv “certainly <conduct>”יָרִ֖יב ya.Riv “he will conduct”

Therefore, thus said Jehovah: Lo, I am pleading thy cause, And I have avenged thy vengeance, And dried up its sea, and made its fountains dry.

רָב֙ rav “[am] about to conduct”

Thou hast pleaded, O Lord, the pleadings of my soul, Thou hast redeemed my life.

רַ֧בְתָּ Rav.ta “you have conducted”

Plead ye with your mother -- plead, (For she `is' not My wife, and I `am' not her husband,) And she turneth her whoredoms from before her, And her adulteries from between her breasts,

רִ֤יבוּ Ri.vu “conduct a case”רִ֔יבוּ Ri.vu “conduct a case”

Only, let no one strive, nor reprove a man, And thy people `are' as those striving with a priest.

יָרֵ֖ב ya.Rev “he bring a case”כִּמְרִיבֵ֥י (מְרִיבֵ֥י) m.ri.Vei “[those who] contend”

Thus hath the Lord Jehovah shewed me, and lo, the Lord Jehovah is calling to contend by fire, and it consumeth the great deep, yea, it hath consumed the portion, and I say:

לָרִ֥ב (רִ֥ב) Riv “conducting a case”

Hear, I pray you, that which Jehovah is saying: `Rise -- strive thou with the mountains, And cause thou the hills to hear thy voice.'

רִ֣יב riv “conduct a case”

The indignation of Jehovah I do bear, For I have sinned against Him, Till that He doth plead my cause, And hath executed my judgment, He doth bring me forth to the light, I look on His righteousness.

יָרִ֤יב ya.Riv “he will conduct”