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title: מַעֲרָב — articles of exchange · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַעֲרָב (4627), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 9 times: articles of exchange. BDB 1906: n.m. coll. articles of exchange, merchandise. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מַעֲרָב

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«מַעֲרָב» in the Tanakh dictionary: **articles of exchange** — 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:** 9 times · **Key:** 4627 · **BDB:** מַעֲרָב³

### Glosses

merchandise (7); merchandise(s) (1); your.merchandise (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

articles of exchange [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4627/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. coll. articles of exchange, merchandise [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4627/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. usually coll. articles of exchange, merchandise (only of Tyre, Ez 27);—sf. מַעֲרָבֵךְ v 13, 17, 19, 25, 27 a.34; as acc. cogn. c. עָרַב v 9, 27; pl. sf. מַעֲרָבַיִךְ v 33 perhaps thy (diverse) wares (DHMVOJ viii (1894), 4 proposes, ingeniously, meaning imports, deriveing from. V. ערב enter, but improb.).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 7 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מַעֲרָב» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4627/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezekiel 27:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.27.25/)

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אֳנִיּ֣וֹת תַּרְשִׁ֔ישׁ שָׁרוֹתַ֖יִךְ מַעֲרָבֵ֑ךְ וַתִּמָּלְאִ֧י וַֽתִּכְבְּדִ֛י מְאֹ֖ד בְּלֵ֥ב־יַמִּֽים׃

*Word for word:* the.ships of.Tarshish \[were\].your travelers merchandise your and you.were.filled and you.were.honored exceedingly in.\[the\] heart of.\[the\].seas

*JPS 1917:* The ships of Tarshish brought thee tribute for thy merchandise; so wast thou replenished, and made very heavy in the heart of the seas.

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[Ezekiel 27:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.27.13/)

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יָוָ֤ן תֻּבַל֙ וָמֶ֔שֶׁךְ הֵ֖מָּה רֹֽכְלָ֑יִךְ בְּנֶ֤פֶשׁ אָדָם֙ וּכְלֵ֣י נְחֹ֔שֶׁת נָתְנ֖וּ מַעֲרָבֵֽךְ׃

*Word for word:* Javan Tubal and Meshech they \[were\].your traders for.\[the\] life of.human\[s\] and vessels of.bronze they.exchanged merchandise your

*JPS 1917:* Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they were thy traffickers; they traded the persons of men and vessels of brass for thy merchandise.

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