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title: עָרַב — become evening · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עָרַב (6150), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: become evening. BDB 1906: vb. denom. become evening; grow dark. 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: **become evening** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 6150 · **BDB:** עָרַב³

### Glosses

become.evening (1); doing.in.the.evening (1); it.has.become.evening (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

become evening [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6150/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. denom. become evening; grow dark [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6150/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. denom. become evening; grow dark (?);— Inf. cstr. רָפָה הַיּוֹם לַעֲרוֹב Ju 19:9, but read prob. נָטָה הַיּוֹם לָעֶרֶב 𝔊L GFM; Pf. 3 fs. fig. עָֽרְבָה Is 24:11 all joy has grown dark, but read עָֽבְרָה has passed away Lo Gr PerlesAnal. 91 CheHpt. al. Inf. abs. הַשְׁכֵּם וְהַעֲרֵב 1 S 17:16 doing it at morning and at evening.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses (17 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 2 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/1506/6150/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Samuel 17:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.17.16/)

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וַיִּגַּ֥שׁ הַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֖י הַשְׁכֵּ֣ם וְהַעֲרֵ֑ב וַיִּתְיַצֵּ֖ב אַרְבָּעִ֥ים יֽוֹם׃פ

*Word for word:* and he.drew.near the Philistine rising.early and doing.in.the.evening and he.took.his.stand forty day\[s\]

*JPS 1917:* And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.

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[Isaiah 24:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.24.11/)

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צְוָחָ֥ה עַל־הַיַּ֖יִן בַּֽחוּצ֑וֹת עָֽרְבָה֙ כָּל־שִׂמְחָ֔ה גָּלָ֖ה מְשׂ֥וֹשׂ הָאָֽרֶץ׃

*Word for word:* an.outcry on (the) wine \[will be\] in.the.streets it.has.become.evening all gladness it.has.departed the.joy of the.earth

*JPS 1917:* There is a crying in the streets amidst the wine; all joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is gone.

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