Does 'rabbi' mean 'my teacher' in Hebrew?

Close. Rav means Master in Hebrew (well actually Aramaic but Hebrew borrowed it and since Aramaic hasn't been around for a while we have no one to return it to). read more

Rav means Master in Hebrew (well actually Aramaic but Hebrew borrowed it and since Aramaic hasn't been around for a while we have no one to return it to). Adding the suffix “I” at the end of a word makes it possessive, so Rabbi becomes “my master”. read more

he says. "Rav Soloveitchik, my teacher, always used to say: 'If you know [Jewish law], then you don't need ordination; and if you don't know, then ordination won't make a difference.'" Further, the title of rabbi only had meaning during the time of the Sanhedrin, he argues. read more

to my knowledge the word rabbi is a form of addressing one by a title meaning: ''my great or excellent one''. the word rabboni means: ''my teacher''. read more