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title: אֶרֶב — ambuscade · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֶרֶב (695), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: ambuscade. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֶרֶב

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«אֶרֶב» in the Tanakh dictionary: **ambuscade** — 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:** 695 · **BDB:** אֶ֫רֶב

### Glosses

a.lair (1); lying-in-wait (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

ambuscade [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/695/#m1)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\]— a lying-in-wait Jb 38:40. covert, lair 37:8 (‖ מְעוֹנוֹת).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אֶרֶב» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/695/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 37:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.37.8/)

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וַתָּבֹ֣א חַיָּ֣ה בְמוֹ־אָ֑רֶב וּבִמְע֖וֹנֹתֶ֣יהָ תִשְׁכֹּֽן׃

*Word for word:* and it.went an.animal in a.lair and in dens its it.dwells

*JPS 1917:* Then the beasts go into coverts, and remain in their dens.

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[Job 38:40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.38.40/)

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כִּי־יָשֹׁ֥חוּ בַמְּעוֹנ֑וֹת יֵשְׁב֖וּ בַסֻּכָּ֣ה לְמוֹ־אָֽרֶב׃

*Word for word:* (dm) they.will.crouch in (the) dens they.will.remain in (the) thicket for lying-in-wait

*JPS 1917:* When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait?

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