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