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title: עֲרָבָה — poplar · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עֲרָבָה (6155), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: poplar. BDB 1906: poplar. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עֲרָבָה

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«עֲרָבָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **poplar** — 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:** 5 times · **Key:** 6155 · **BDB:** עֲרָבָה²

### Glosses

poplars (3); \[the\].poplars (1); the.poplars (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

poplar [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6155/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

poplar [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6155/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[f.\] poplar (populus Euphratica = Arabic غَرَبٌ We in De Gn (4), 568 KerstenZPV ii. 209 De Is (4) 44, 4 Löw p. 300 Anm.; NH עֲרָבָה; √ obscure);—pl. abs. עֲרָבִים עַל־יִבְלֵי־מָ֑יִם Is 44:4, cf. ψ 137:2; cstr. עַרְבֵי־נָ֑חַל Lv 23:40 (H); Jb 40:22; נַחַל־הָעֲרָבִים Is 15:7 (a wady in Moab; identification dub., v. conjectures in BuhlGeogr. 124).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עֲרָבָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6155/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 137:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.137.2/)

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עַֽל־עֲרָבִ֥ים בְּתוֹכָ֑הּ תָּ֝לִ֗ינוּ כִּנֹּרוֹתֵֽינוּ׃

*Word for word:* on poplars in the.midst of.it we.hung.up harps our

*JPS 1917:* Upon the willows in the midst thereof we hanged up our harps.

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[Job 40:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.40.22/)

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יְסֻכֻּ֣הוּ צֶאֱלִ֣ים צִֽלֲל֑וֹ יְ֝סֻבּ֗וּהוּ עַרְבֵי־נָֽחַל׃

*Word for word:* they cover.it thorny.lotus.plants shade its they surround.it \[the\].poplars of.\[the\].wadi

*JPS 1917:* The lotus-trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of the brook compass him about.

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