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title: עָרַב — be sweet · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עָרַב (6149), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 8 times: be sweet. BDB 1906: vb. be sweet, pleasing. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עָרַב

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«עָרַב» in the Tanakh dictionary: **be sweet** — 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:** 8 times · **Key:** 6149 · **BDB:** עָרַב²

### Glosses

it.will.be.pleasing (2); it.is.pleasing (1); it.was.pleasing (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

be sweet [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6149/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. be sweet, pleasing [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6149/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. be sweet, pleasing (NH id. (rare); Hiph. Impf. יעריבו Ecclus 40:21; 𝔗 עָרִיב adj. pleasant, sweet);— Pf. 3 fs. עָֽרְבָה Je 31:26 my sleep was sweet to me (לִי), וְע׳ שְׁנָתֶ֑ךָ consec. Pr 3:24; of offering לֹא ע׳ לי׳ Mal 3:4; 2 fs. עָרַבְתְּ Ez 16:37 c. עַל pers., to whom thou wast pleasing; 3 pl. לֹא עָֽרְבוּ לִי Je 6:20 (of sacrif.); Impf. 3 ms. יֶעֱרַב עָלָיו שִׂיחִי ψ 104:34 let my meditation be pleasing unto him! 3 fs. תֶּעֱרַב לְ Pr 13:19 (of realized wish); 3 mpl. לֹא יֶעֶרְבוּ לוֹ Ho 9:4 (of sacrifice; but Kue Che We GASm Now read יַעַרְכוּ).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 8 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (17 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (14 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עָרַב» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6149/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 104:34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.104.34/)

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יֶעֱרַ֣ב עָלָ֣יו שִׂיחִ֑י אָ֝נֹכִ֗י אֶשְׂמַ֥ח בַּיהוָֽה׃

*Word for word:* may.it.be.pleasing to him musing my I I.rejoice in Yahweh

*JPS 1917:* Let my musing be sweet unto Him; as for me, I will rejoice in the LORD.

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[Proverbs 3:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.3.24/)

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אִם־תִּשְׁכַּ֥ב לֹֽא־תִפְחָ֑ד וְ֝שָׁכַבְתָּ֗ וְֽעָרְבָ֥ה שְׁנָתֶֽךָ׃

*Word for word:* if you.will.lie.down not you.will.fear and you.will.lie.down and it.will.be.pleasing sleep your

*JPS 1917:* When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid; yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.

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