H7378–רִיב–riv

Right wouldest Thou be, O LORD, were I to contend with Thee, yet will I reason with Thee: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? Wherefore are all they secure that deal very treacherously?

אָרִ֖יב 'a.Riv “I bring a case”

Their Redeemer is strong, the LORD 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 the LORD: 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”

Plead with your mother, plead; for she is not My wife, neither am I her husband; and let her put away her harlotries 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 GOD showed me; and, behold, the Lord GOD called to contend 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 the LORD 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 the LORD, because I have sinned against Him; until He plead my cause, and execute judgment for me; He will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold His righteousness.

יָרִ֤יב ya.Riv “he will conduct”