H7378–רִיב–riv

Righteous art thou, O Jehovah, when I contend with thee; yet would I reason the cause with thee: wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they at ease that deal very treacherously?

אָרִ֖יב 'a.Riv “I bring a case”

Their Redeemer is strong; Jehovah of hosts is his name: he will thoroughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the earth, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon.

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

Therefore thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I will plead thy cause, and take vengeance for thee; and I will dry up her sea, and make her fountain dry.

רָב֙ rav “[am] about to conduct”

O Lord, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; thou hast redeemed my life.

רַ֧בְתָּ Rav.ta “you have conducted”

Contend with your mother, contend; for she is not my wife, neither am I her husband; and let her put away her whoredoms from her face, and her adulteries from between her breasts;

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

Yet let no man strive, neither let any man reprove; for thy people are as they that strive with the priest.

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

Thus the Lord Jehovah showed me: and, behold, the Lord Jehovah called to content by fire; and it devoured the great deep, and would have eaten up the land.

לָרִ֥ב (רִ֥ב) Riv “conducting a case”

Hear ye now what Jehovah saith: Arise, contend thou before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice.

רִ֣יב riv “conduct a case”

I will bear the indignation of Jehovah, because I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth to the light, [ergänzt: and] I shall behold his righteousness.

יָרִ֤יב ya.Riv “he will conduct”