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Rabbi
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rabbi
English
Pronunciation
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Rabbi.wav US
Noun
The title of a rabbi (a Jewish scholar or teacher); used before or instead of the rabbi's name.
en Jill Jacobs Shmuley Boteach isn’t ‘America’s rabbi’ w:The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2015/03/04/shmuley-boteach-isnt-americas-rabbi/ 2015-03-04 https://web.archive.org/web/20250820065604/https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2015/03/04/shmuley-boteach-isnt-americas-rabbi/ 20 August 2025 This past weekend, Rabbi Shmuley Boteach set off a firestorm with his full-page ad in the New York Times accusing National Security Adviser Susan E. Rice of turning a blind eye to the Rwandan genocide when she was on President Bill Clinton’s national security team in the 1990s.
en Titles
Afar
Etymology
From aa ar رب رَبِّي my lord.
Pronunciation
Rábbi
Proper noun
aa proper noun Rábbi m
God
1 2 Faylaa kee Saare ginô Rabbi le. Our lord of creation is worthy of praise and praisesongs.
Declension
Rábbi Rábbi Rabbí Rabbí Rabbów
Synonyms
aa Yálla
References
Ràbbi
aa Religion
German
Etymology
de grc he
From de la rabbi. de Rabbiner Rebbe.
Pronunciation
de /ˈʁabi/
de De-Rabbi.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
de abi 2
de Rab bi
Noun
m,s:-[seldom],s:nen
de also biblical rabbi Jewish religious scholar
de Rabbiner
Usage notes
The form de Rabbi is used especially as an address or title. It may also be preferred in pre-modern contexts.
Declension
m,s:-,s:nen
Descendants
et Rabbi 1
Further reading