[Mesorah] Rahbbee vs. Ribbi Danniyel 2:48

[Zev Sero via Mesorah]

On 30/04/17 11:57, Mandel, Seth wrote:
> But Zev is absolutely correct, that in this pasuq "rabbi" is a verb.
> 'Tis true, in English King James translates it as "Then the king made
> Daniel a great man" (and following him most English translations).  But
> in Aramaic, as in Hebrew, "made a great man" is one word.

A more economical and literal translation would simply be "exalted". 
For one thing, the same verb, in exactly the same form, could also be 
used of a woman, since she is not the verb's subject but its object.  It 
could also be used to describe a promotion from an extremely lowly 
position to a not-so-lowly but hardly "great" one.

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