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title: עֹרֵב — Oreb · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עֹרֵב (6159), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 7 times: Oreb. 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: **Oreb** — 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:** 7 times · **Key:** 6159 · **BDB:** עֹרֵב

### Glosses

Oreb (4); of.Oreb (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Oreb [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6159/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. raven [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6159/#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 differs, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (17 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 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/1506/6159/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 83:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.83.12/)

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שִׁיתֵ֣מוֹ נְ֭דִיבֵמוֹ כְּעֹרֵ֣ב וְכִזְאֵ֑ב וּֽכְזֶ֥בַח וּ֝כְצַלְמֻנָּ֗ע כָּל־נְסִיכֵֽמוֹ׃

*Word for word:* make them their.noble \[people\] like Oreb and like Zeeb and like Zebah and like Zalmunna all princes their

*JPS 1917:* Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, and like Zebah and Zalmunna all their princes;

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[Isaiah 10:26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.10.26/)

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וְעוֹרֵ֨ר עָלָ֜יו יְהוָ֤ה צְבָאוֹת֙ שׁ֔וֹט כְּמַכַּ֥ת מִדְיָ֖ן בְּצ֣וּר עוֹרֵ֑ב וּמַטֵּ֙הוּ֙ עַל־הַיָּ֔ם וּנְשָׂא֖וֹ בְּדֶ֥רֶךְ מִצְרָֽיִם׃

*Word for word:* and he.will.wield on it Yahweh of.hosts a.whip like the.defeat of.Midian at the.rock of.Oreb and staff his \[will.be\].over the sea and he will.raise.it in the.manner of.Egypt

*JPS 1917:* And the LORD of hosts shall stir up against him a scourge, as in the slaughter of Midian at the Rock of Oreb; and as His rod was over the sea, so shall He lift it up after the manner of Egypt.

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