In Hebrew: ‘The Majority’
An important part of what חֲנֻכָּה
- Hannukah - represents is the victory of the few over the many.
The common spoken-Hebrew word for many is הַרְבֵּה
, but in a more literary sense or when referring to majority, the word is רוֹב
. The ר.ו.ב (r.w.b) root is the same as that of the word for rabbi -רַב
- and means greatness.
Whereas in English, we talk about the vast majority, in Hebrew we say: הָרוֹב הַמֻּחְלָט the absolute majority 
or הָרוֹב הַמַכְרִיעַ the decisive majority 
or, to simplify: הָרוֹב the majority 
חַג חֲנֻכָּה שָׂמֵחַ! Happy Hanukkah holiday! 
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