ra.vav describes becoming greater in number, whether of people, deeds, enemies, transgressions, or livestock.

The supplied verses use the verb for increase into a great number or for the resulting condition of being numerous. It describes people multiplying on the land, transgressions and enemies becoming many, and quantities such as divine deeds, the slain, and flocks being numerous.

1. Increase into a great number · dominant

   The Qal forms describe quantities becoming numerous: in Genesis 6:1 the infinitive construct occurs as humankind begins to multiply on the land, while Jeremiah 5:6 speaks of transgressions having multiplied and Psalm 25:19 of enemies having multiplied. In Isaiah 66:16, Jeremiah 46:23, Job 35:6, Psalm 104:24, and Psalm 3:2, the surrounding clauses present the resulting abundance as “many,” “more numerous,” or “How many” in the APB.

   Genesis 6:1Jeremiah 5:6Psalm 25:19Isaiah 66:16Jeremiah 46:23Psalm 104:24

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the supplied verses, the APB presents the surrounding clauses with expressions such as “multiply,” “many,” “more numerous,” “How many,” and “increase.” Because the APB is a whole-verse translation, its wording cannot always isolate the term's specific contribution.