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title: עָרֵב — sweet · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עָרֵב (6156), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: sweet. BDB 1906: adj. sweet, pleasant. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עָרֵב

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«עָרֵב» in the Tanakh dictionary: **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:** 2 times · **Key:** 6156 · **BDB:** עָרֵב

### Glosses

\[is\].sweet (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

sweet [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6156/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. sweet, pleasant [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6156/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj. sweet, pleasant;—ע׳ לָאִישׁ לֶחֶם שָׁ֑קֶר Pr 20:17; קוֹלֵךְ ע׳ Ct 2:14.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 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, 1 with the glosses (14 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עָרֵב» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6156/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 20:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.20.17/)

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עָרֵ֣ב לָ֭אִישׁ לֶ֣חֶם שָׁ֑קֶר וְ֝אַחַ֗ר יִמָּֽלֵא־פִ֥יהוּ חָצָֽץ׃

*Word for word:* \[is\].sweet to (the) person food of.falsehood and after it.will.be.filled mouth his gravel

*JPS 1917:* Bread of falsehood is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.

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[Song of Songs 2:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.2.14/)

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יוֹנָתִ֞י בְּחַגְוֵ֣י הַסֶּ֗לַע בְּסֵ֙תֶר֙ הַמַּדְרֵגָ֔ה הַרְאִ֙ינִי֙ אֶתּ־מַרְאַ֔יִךְהַשְׁמִיעִ֖ינִי אֶת־קוֹלֵ֑ךְ כִּי־קוֹלֵ֥ךְ עָרֵ֖ב וּמַרְאֵ֥יךְ נָאוֶֽה׃ס

*Word for word:* my.dove my in the.clefts of the.rock in the.hiding.place of the.steep.place let me.see (et) form your cause me.to.hear (et) voice your (dm) voice your \[is\].sweet and form your \[is\].lovely

*JPS 1917:* O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the covert of the cliff, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely.'

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