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title: עֲרָב — Arabia · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עֲרָב (6152), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 6 times: Arabia. BDB 1906: n.pr.gent.coll. steppe-dwellers. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עֲרָב

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«עֲרָב» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Arabia** — 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:** 6 times · **Key:** 6152 · **BDB:** עֲרָב

### Glosses

Arabia (3); of.Arabia (2); the.Arab\[s\] (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Arabia [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6152/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.gent.coll. steppe-dwellers [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6152/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.gent.coll. steppe-dwellers of N. Arabia (WetzstZvölkerpsych. vii. 463 f.; extended later (so Herod. ii.11 etc.) to whole peninsula, cf. Arabic العَرَبُ the Arabs, Bedúwy the people, DoughtyArab. Deserta, i. 224; Sab. ערבן, ערב, אערב CIS iv. p. 123, Assyrian Aribu, Arubu, Arabi, people in N. Arabia, DlPa 295 f. 304 f. COT Je 25:24; also Urbi DlPa 305 f. of nomad ‘Arab’ tribes);—מַלְכֵי ע׳ הַשּׁסֹכְנִים בַּמִּדְבָּר Je 25:24 (v. i. עֵרֶב), 2 Ch 9:14 + ‖ 1 K 10:15 (v. id.); ע׳ also Ez 27:21 + 30:5 (v. id.); v. especially NöArabia in Ency. Bib.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 0 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, 1 with the glosses (14 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עֲרָב» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6152/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 21:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.21.13/)

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מַשָּׂ֖א בַּעְרָ֑ב בַּיַּ֤עַר בַּעְרַב֙ תָּלִ֔ינוּ אֹֽרְח֖וֹת דְּדָנִֽים׃

*Word for word:* \[the\].oracle on Arabia in the thicket\[s\] in Arabia you.will.lodge O.caravans of.Dedanites

*JPS 1917:* The burden upon Arabia. In the thickets in Arabia shall ye lodge, O ye caravans of Dedanites.

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[Jeremiah 25:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.25.24/)

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וְאֵ֖ת כָּל־מַלְכֵ֣י עֲרָ֑ב וְאֵת֙ כָּל־מַלְכֵ֣י הָעֶ֔רֶב הַשֹּׁכְנִ֖ים בַּמִּדְבָּֽר׃

*Word for word:* and (et) all the.kings of.Arabia and (et) all the.kings of the.mixed.people\[s\] \[who\] dwell in the wilderness

*JPS 1917:* and all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the mingled people that dwell in the wilderness;

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