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title: מַאֲרָב — ambush · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַאֲרָב (3993), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: ambush. BDB 1906: n.m. ambush. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מַאֲרָב

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«מַאֲרָב» in the Tanakh dictionary: **ambush** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 5 times · **Key:** 3993 · **BDB:** מַאֲרָב

### Glosses

ambush (4); an.ambush (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

ambush [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/3993/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. ambush [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/3993/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. ambush—מַאֲרָב Jos 8:9 + 2 times; מַאְ֯רָב Ju 9:35; cstr. מַאֲרַב ψ 10:8;— ambush, place of lying-in-wait Jos 8:9; Ju 9:35; lurking-place ψ 10:8 (‖ מִסְתָּרִים). liers-in-wait 2 Ch 13:13(×2) (cf. ארב Pt.)

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מַאֲרָב» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/3993/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 10:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.10.8/)

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יֵשֵׁ֤ב ׀ בְּמַאְרַ֬ב חֲצֵרִ֗ים בַּֽ֭מִּסְתָּרִים יַהֲרֹ֣ג נָקִ֑י עֵ֝ינָ֗יו לְֽחֵלְכָ֥ה יִצְפֹּֽנוּ׃

*Word for word:* he.sits in an.ambush of.villages in.(the) secret places he.kills \[the\].innocent eyes his for an.unfortunate.person they.lie.hidden

*JPS 1917:* He sitteth in the lurking-places of the villages; in secret places doth he slay the innocent; his eyes are on the watch for the helpless.

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[2 Chronicles 13:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.13.13/)

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וְיָֽרָבְעָ֗ם הֵסֵב֙ אֶת־הַמַּאְרָ֔ב לָב֖וֹא מֵֽאַחֲרֵיהֶ֑ם וַיִּֽהְיוּ֙ לִפְנֵ֣י יְהוּדָ֔ה וְהַמַּאְרָ֖ב מֵאַחֲרֵיהֶֽם׃

*Word for word:* and Jeroboam he.had.caused.to.go.round (et) the ambush to come from behind them and they.were before Judah and the ambush \[was\].from behind them

*JPS 1917:* But Jeroboam caused an ambushment to come about behind them; so they were before Judah, and the ambushment was behind them.

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