Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA Jewish scholar or teacher of halacha (Jewish law), capable of making halachic decisions. · A Jew who is the leader or is qualified to be the leader of a Jewish congregation. · A senior officer who acts as a mentor.
From Middle English raby, from Ecclesiastical Latin rabbi, and its source Koine Greek ῥαββί (rhabbí), from (post-Tanakh) Hebrew רַבִּי (rabbi, “my master”), from רַב (rav, “master”) + ־ִי (-í, “my”). Compare late Old English rabbi. Doublet of rebbe and related to rav.
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