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title: אָרַב — lie in wait · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אָרַב (696), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: lie in wait. BDB 1906: ambuscade. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אָרַב

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«אָרַב» in the Tanakh dictionary: **lie in wait** — 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:** 696 · **BDB:** אֹ֫רֶב

### Glosses

ambush (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

lie in wait [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/696/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

ambuscade [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/696/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] ambuscade only fig.— יָשִׂים אָרְבּוֹ Je 9:7 i.e. he planneth treachery. אָרְבָּם their intrigue Ho 7:6 cf. Nowp. 126.

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, 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 differs, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אָרַב» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/696/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Jeremiah 9:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.9.7/)

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חֵ֥ץ שָׁח֛וּט לְשׁוֹנָ֖ם מִרְמָ֣ה דִבֵּ֑ר בְּפִ֗יו שָׁל֤וֹם אֶת־רֵעֵ֙הוּ֙ יְדַבֵּ֔רוּבְקִרְבּ֖וֹ יָשִׂ֥ים אָרְבּֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* \[is\].an.arrow beaten tongue their deceit it.speaks with mouth his peace with neighbor his someone.speaks and in his.inner being he.sets ambush his

*JPS 1917:* Their tongue is a sharpened arrow, it speaketh deceit; one speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in his heart he layeth wait for him.

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[Hosea 7:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/HOS.7.6/)

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כִּֽי־קֵרְב֧וּ כַתַּנּ֛וּר לִבָּ֖ם בְּאָרְבָּ֑ם כָּל־הַלַּ֙יְלָה֙ יָשֵׁ֣ן אֹֽפֵהֶ֔ם בֹּ֕קֶר ה֥וּא בֹעֵ֖ר כְּאֵ֥שׁ לֶהָבָֽה׃

*Word for word:* (dm) they.have.brought.near like (the) oven heart their in ambush their all the night \[is\].sleeping their baker morning it \[is\].burning like a.fire of.flame

*JPS 1917:* For they have made ready their heart like an oven, while they lie in wait; their baker sleepeth all the night, in the morning it burneth as a flaming fire.

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