--- title: עֲרַב — mix · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary description: עֲרַב (lemma:עֲרַב), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 4 times: mix. BDB 1906: vb. mix. 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BH I. ערב);— Pt. pass. מְעָרַב mixed with (ב) Dn 2:41, 43. Pt. id.: מִתְעָרַב v 43 (עִם), pl. -רֲבִין v 43 (ב). ### Jastrow 1903 עֲרַב: to vouch for, be surety for to mix to combine Af to mix; to mix up, confound Pe. Pe. Af. well-mixed, seasoned Af. Ithpa. to lay an ʿErub to vouch, be surety to be mixed [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1506/lemma_3a_5e2_5b2_5e8_5b7_5d1/#m3) **The whole Jastrow entry:** to vouch for, be surety for. Targ. Prov. VI, 1. Targ. Job XVII, 3; a. e.—Y. Dem. I, 22ᵃ top אמרו ליה עוֹרְבָן ועַרְבוֹן וכ׳ they said to him, pledge thyself to us (that the mice will not attack our produces, if we separate the tithes properly, v. preced.), and he did pledge himself to them, and they suffered no longer (v. נְכֵי). Y. Kil. IX, 32ᶜ bot ריגלוי … עַרְבוּנֵיה למיקמתיה וכ׳ (not ערבתיה) man’s feet are pledged to place him where he is wanted (to die); Succ. 53ᵃ רגלוהי … אינון עַרְבִין ביה וכ׳. Bekh. 48ᵇ מכדי נכסוהי … ערבין ביה is a man’s property pledged for his personal debts (that you can seize it, even if it is sold)?; B. Bath. 174ᵃ ניכסי … ערבין ביה Ms. M. (ed. מערבין יתיה) a man’s property is pledged for him (you can attach it without previous summons); a. e. to mix, v. infra, a. עָרִיב. to combine. B. Kam. 65ᵇ עַרְבֵיה, v. פְּסַק Af to mix; to mix up, confound. Targ. O. Gen. XXX, 40 (Bxt. עֲ׳ Pe.; Y. עַרְבֵּיב׳). Targ. Y. I Deut. VII, 23 (ed. Vien. וִיעַרְבִּ׳ Pe.; Y. II ויערבב׳); a. e.—Ḥull. 6ᵃ כמאן דע׳ בידים דמי it is as if he had mixed it (added leaven and spices) with his own hands. Ab. Zar. 39ᵇ דילמא מייתי ומְעָרֵב ביה lest he bring (unclean milk) and mix it with the clean milk; a. e.—Part. pass. מְעָרַב, מְעַרַב; pl. מְעַרְבִין, מְעַרְבֵי. Targ. Y. Lev. XVI, 18 (not מְעַרְבּ׳, מֵ׳). Targ. Ex. XXX, 35 (ed. Vien. מַעֲרַב Af.) well-mixed, seasoned (h. text מְמֻלָּח). Targ. Is. I, 22 (ed. Wil. מַעֲרָב Af.); a. e.—Sabb. 85ᵇ והא קא מערבי להדי הדדי Ms. M. (ed. מִיתְעָרְבֵי בהדדי, Ithpa.) but will not the leaves of the seeds grow into each other? to lay an ʿErub (v. preced. Pi. 2). Targ. Y. Ex. XVI, 5 וִיעָ׳ (ed. Vien. ויעַ׳, corr. acc.).—Y. Bets. I, 61ᵇ top אנשינן מְעָרְבָה we forgot to make ʿErub Tabshilin (v. עֵירוּב); a. e. to vouch, be surety. Part. pass. as ab. Targ. O. Gen. XLIV, 32 מְעָרַב (not מְעָרֵב). to be mixed. Targ. Josh. XXIII, 7. Targ. Y. II, Deut. VII, 3 (h. text תתחתן); a. e.—Sabb. l. c., v. supra.—Ab. Zar. l. c. אי משום אִיעֲרוּבֵי shall we apprehend an admixture (of wine in the honey)? Zeb. 76ᵃ סוף סוף איערובי מִיעֲרַב at the end it is mixed up. Ib. דאיע׳ when it became mixed; ib. 75ᵇ דאִיעֲרוּב Ms. M. (ed. דאיעבד) when things have become mixed; a. e.—\[Ab. Zar. l. c. ולא מיערב, read מְעָרֵב.\] Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (25 candidates) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every English meaning of «עֲרַב» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1506/lemma_3a_5e2_5b2_5e8_5b7_5d1/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [Daniel 2:43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.2.43/) וְדִ֣י חֲזַ֗יְתָ פַּרְזְלָא֙ מְעָרַב֙ בַּחֲסַ֣ף טִינָ֔א מִתְעָרְבִ֤ין לֶהֱוֺן֙ בִּזְרַ֣ע אֲנָשָׁ֔א וְלָֽא־לֶהֱוֺ֥ן דָּבְקִ֖ין דְּנָ֣ה עִם־דְּנָ֑ה הֵֽא־כְדִ֣י פַרְזְלָ֔א לָ֥א מִתְעָרַ֖ב עִם־חַסְפָּֽא׃ *Word for word:* and that you.saw the iron mixed with the.clay of the.clay mixing they.will.be with the.offspring of.(the) humankind and not they.will.be clinging this with this here! like that (the) iron not \[is\].mixing with (the) clay *JPS 1917:* And whereas thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves by the seed of men; but they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron doth not mingle with clay. [Daniel 2:41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.2.41/) וְדִֽי־חֲזַ֜יְתָה רַגְלַיָּ֣א וְאֶצְבְּעָתָ֗א מִנְּהֵ֞ןחֲסַ֤ף דִּֽי־פֶחָר֙ וּמִנְּהֵ֣ין פַּרְזֶ֔ל מַלְכ֤וּ פְלִיגָה֙ תֶּהֱוֵ֔ה וּמִן־נִצְבְּתָ֥א דִ֥י פַרְזְלָ֖א לֶֽהֱוֵא־בַ֑הּ כָּל־קֳבֵל֙ דִּ֣י חֲזַ֔יְתָה פַּ֨רְזְלָ֔א מְעָרַ֖ב בַּחֲסַ֥ף טִינָֽא׃ *Word for word:* and that you.saw the feet and the toes some of.them \[were\].clay (diy).of a.potter and some of.them \[were\].iron a.kingdom divided it.will.be and some.of the firmness (diy).of the iron it.will.be in it as to because that you.saw the iron mixed with the.clay of the.clay *JPS 1917:* And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potters' clay, and part of iron, it shall be a divided kingdom; but there shall be in it of the firmness of the iron, forasmuch as thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay. - ← previous: [עָר](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/w/lemma_3a_5e2_5b8_5e8.md) - next →: [עֲרָד](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/w/lemma_3a_5e2_5b2_5e8_5b8_5d3.md) - ↑ back to [ע](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/1506.md)