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title: עָרַב — take on pledge · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עָרַב (lemma:עָרַב), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: take on pledge. BDB 1906: vb. take on pledge, give in pledge, exchange. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עָרַב

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«עָרַב» in the Tanakh dictionary: **take on pledge** — 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:** 5 times · **Key:** lemma:עָרַב · **BDB:** עָרַב

### Glosses

get.involved (1); he.shares (1); they.have.mixed.themselves (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

take on pledge [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/lemma_3a_5e2_5b8_5e8_5b7_5d1/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. take on pledge, give in pledge, exchange [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/lemma_3a_5e2_5b8_5e8_5b7_5d1/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. take on pledge, give in pledge, exchange (NH go surety for (rare); Ph. ערב surety; Old Aramaic ערבא pledge; 𝔗 עֲרַב, Syriac ܥܪܰܒ, go surety for; usually identified with I. ערב—mix, exchange, pledge—but quite uncertain; cf. BuhlLex LagBN 203);— Pf. 3 ms. ע׳ Gn 44:32 + 4 times; 2 ms. עָרַבְתָּ Pr 6:1; Impf. 1 s. sf. אֶעֶרְבֶנּוּ Gn 43:9; Imv. עֲרֹב ψ 119:122, sf. עָרְבֵנִי Is 38:14, so Jb 17:3 (but v. infr.); Inf. cstr. לַעֲרֹב Ez 27:9; Pt. עֹרֵב Pr 17:18, etc.;— c. acc. pers. take on pledge, i.e. go surety for the safety of, Gn 43:9 (J), 44:32 (J; + מֵעִם pers.); for the debts of Pr 11:15; 20:16; 27:13; of God Is 38;14 go surety for me, ψ 119:122, so Jb 17:3 (si vera l., v. עֵרָבוֹן); acc. pers. om., ע׳ לֵ Pr 6:1 go surety to one (in behalf of another, ‖ תָּקַּע לַזָּר כַּפֶּ֑יךָ); c. acc. rei Pr 22:26 (‖ תֹּקְעֵי־כָ֑ף. give in pledge, c. acc. rei Ne 5:3 (i.e. mortgage), fig. ע׳ אֶת־לִבּוֹ Je 30:21 so ע׳ עֲרֻבָּה לִפְנֵי רֵעֵהוּ Pr 17:18 (‖ תֹּקֵעַ כָּ֑ף). exchange (in trade), c. acc. cogn. מַעֲרָבֵךְ Ez 27:9, 27. recipr.: Imv. הִתְעָ֫רֶב נָא אֶת־אֲדֹנִי 2 K 18:23 exchange pledges (make a bargain) with my lord = Is 36:8. have fellowship with, בְּ pers., Pf. 3 pl. הִתְעָֽרְבוּ Ezr 9:2; Impf. 3 mpl. וַיִּתְעָֽרְבוּ ψ 106:35; 2 ms. תִּתְעָרָ֑ב c. לְ pers. Pr 20:19, c. עִם pers. 24:21. share in, בְּ rei, 3 ms. יִתְעָרַב Pr 14:10 in his joy no other shares.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (17 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (14 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עָרַב» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/lemma_3a_5e2_5b8_5e8_5b7_5d1/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 106:35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.106.35/)

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וַיִּתְעָרְב֥וּ בַגּוֹיִ֑ם וַֽ֝יִּלְמְד֗וּ מַֽעֲשֵׂיהֶֽם׃

*Word for word:* and they.mixed.themselves with the nations and they.learned deeds their

*JPS 1917:* But mingled themselves with the nations, and learned their works;

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[Proverbs 20:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.20.19/)

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גּֽוֹלֶה־סּ֭וֹד הוֹלֵ֣ךְ רָכִ֑יל וּלְפֹתֶ֥ה שְׂ֝פָתָ֗יו לֹ֣א תִתְעָרָֽב׃

*Word for word:* \[is\].uncovering secret.counsel \[one.who\].goes.about slander and to \[one.who\].opens lips his not you.will.get.involved

*JPS 1917:* He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets; therefore meddle not with him that openeth wide his lips.

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