[Avodah] Translation/Interpretation

[Elazar M. Teitz]

RJoel Rich asks:
 
>Tehilim 116:16 contains the phrase: "ani avdecha ben amatecha"
>Rashi says "eino domeh tarbut eved halakuach min hashuk l'ylud mishpacha shebabayit"
>In this context how would you translate tarbut?

     I would imagine it is in the same sense as it is used in B'midbar 32:14, "V'hinei kamtem tachas avoseichem, tarbus anashim chata'im," where the Targum renders the word as "talmidei," and Ibn Ezra relates it to "asher tipachti v'ribisi" (Eicha 2:220, a pasuk in which Rashi interprets "ribisi" as "gidalti."  Hence, the meaning would be bringing up, rearing.

EMT

 
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