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title: עֹרֵב — raven · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עֹרֵב (6158), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 10 times: raven. BDB 1906: n.m. raven. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עֹרֵב

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«עֹרֵב» in the Tanakh dictionary: **raven** — 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:** 10 times · **Key:** 6158 · **BDB:** עֹרֵב

### Glosses

raven (6); ravens (2); \[the\].ravens (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

raven [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6158/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. raven [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6158/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Lv 11:15 raven;—ע׳ Is 34:11; הָע׳ Gn 8:7 Lv 11:15; Dt 14:14; Jb 38:41; כָּעוֹרֵב Ct 5:11 black as the raven; בְּנֵי עֹרֵב ψ 147:9, young ravens; pl. abs. הָעֹרְבִים 1 K 17:4, 6; cstr. עֹרְבֵי־נַחַל Pr 30:17.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 10 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 «עֹרֵב» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6158/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Leviticus 11:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.11.15/)

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אֵ֥ת כָּל־עֹרֵ֖ב לְמִינֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* (et) every raven to kind its

*JPS 1917:* every raven after its kinds;

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[Deuteronomy 14:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.14.14/)

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וְאֵ֥ת כָּל־עֹרֵ֖ב לְמִינֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* and (et) every raven to kind its

*JPS 1917:* and every raven after its kinds;

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