H7378–רִיב–riv

Righteous art thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me speak with thee of thy judgments: Why doth the way of the wicked prosper? why are they all happy 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 land, 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 springs 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: let her therefore put away her prostitutions out of her sight, and her adulteries from between her breasts;

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

Yet let no man contend, nor reprove another: for thy people are as they that contend with the priest.

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

Thus hath the Lord GOD shown to me: and behold, the Lord GOD called to contend by fire, and it devoured the great deep, and did eat up a part.

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 shall 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”