--- title: עֶרֶב — set · The Tanakh dictionary description: עֶרֶב (6153), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 134 times: set. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/6153.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/) / [ע](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1506-5.md)‎ / עֶרֶב‎ # עֶרֶב «עֶרֶב» in the Tanakh dictionary: **set** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers. **Used:** 134 times · **Key:** 6153 · **BDB:** עֶ֫רֶב ### Glosses evening (106); evenings (11); of.evening (8) ### Meaning (OSHB) set [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6153/#m1) **The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m. 1 S 20:5 del. הַשְּׁלִישִׁית v. We Dr al.\] (sun)set, evening;—abs. ע׳ 2 K 2:16 +, עָ֑רֶב Ex 12:18 +; cstr. עֶרֶב Pr 7:9; du. עַרְבַּיִם Ex 30:8 + 4 times, -בָּ֑יִם 12:6 + 5 times (all P);— evening, orig. sunset, and hence perhaps לְעֵת ע׳ at the time of sunset †Gn 8:11 (J), 24:11 (J; ‖ לְעֵת צֵאת הַשֹּׁאֲבֹת), 2 S 11:2 Is 17:14 and (of the day of י׳) Zc 14:7, עֵת הָע׳ Jos 8:29 (JE)†; usually ע׳ alone = time of sunset, evening: בָּע׳ in the evening Gn 19:1 (J), 29:23 (E), Ex 12:18 (P), Dt 16:6 (+ כְּבוֹא שֶׁמֶשׁ), 1 K 22:35 (cf. ‖ 2 Ch 18:34 where + לְעֵת בּוֹא הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ) + 20 times + בָּע(־)בָּע׳ 2 Ch 13:11(×2) = every evening; לָע׳ at evening only late: †1 Ch 16:40; 23:30; 2 Ch 2:3; Ezr 3:3 ψ 59:7, 1R; 90:6; Ec 11:6†; לִפְנוֹת ע׳ at the turn of evening †Gn 24:63 (J), Dt 23:12; ע׳ as adv. acc. Ex 16:6 (P), ψ 55:18; as marking duration of impurity, in phr. עַד־הָע׳ Lv 11:24 + 30 times P + Lv 22:6 (H); of Day of Atonement מֵע׳ עַד־ע׳ 23:32 (P). du. in phrase (only P) בֵּין הָעַרְבַּיִם between the two evenings, i.e. prob. between sunset and dark (v. Thes \[various views fully given\]; otherwise Di Ex 12:6; on form as poss. only expanded pl. v. Ges§ 88 c), †Ex 12:6; 16:12; 29:39, 41; 30:8; Lv 23:5; Nu 9:3, 5, 11; 28:4, 8†. other phrases are: צִלְלֵי ע׳ Je 6:4 (dist. from צָהֳרָ֑יִם and לָ֑יְלָה v 5), מִנְחַת (הָ)ע׳ †2 K 16:15; Ezr 9:4, 5 ψ 141:2 Dn 9:21†; זְאֵבֵי ע׳ v. 1. זְאֵב; for all combin. with בֹּקֶר morning, v. ב׳ 1 d, e. (late poet.) = night, עָ֑רֶב Jb 7:4; cf. בְּנֶשֶׁף בְּעֶרֶב יוֹם Pr 7:9 (‖ בְּאִישׁוֹן לַיְלָה וַאֲפֵלָה). Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 47 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, 0 with the glosses (14 candidates) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every English meaning of «עֶרֶב» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6153/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [Genesis 1:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.1.13/) וַֽיְהִי־עֶ֥רֶב וַֽיְהִי־בֹ֖קֶר י֥וֹם שְׁלִישִֽׁי׃פ *Word for word:* and it.was evening and it.was morning a.day third *JPS 1917:* And there was evening and there was morning, a third day. [Genesis 1:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.1.19/) וַֽיְהִי־עֶ֥רֶב וַֽיְהִי־בֹ֖קֶר י֥וֹם רְבִיעִֽי׃פ *Word for word:* and it.was evening and it.was morning a.day fourth *JPS 1917:* And there was evening and there was morning, a fourth day. - ← previous: [עֲרָב](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/6152.md) - next →: [עֵרֶב](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/6154.md) - ↑ back to [ע](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1506-5.md)