מַאֲרָבmaʼărâb
ambush
Pronunciation: mah-ar-awb' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3993
Meanings
1.
a. ambush (Joshua 8:9; Judges 9:35)
b. lurking-place (Psalms 10:8)
2. liers-in-wait (2 Chronicles 13:13)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 5 times in the Bible.
- Joshua 8:9 So they left and went to the place of ambush between Bethel and the west side of Ai. But Joshua remained among the people in the camp that night.
- Judges 9:35 Gaal was standing at the city gates when Abimelech and his army came out of hiding.
- 2 Chronicles 13:13 Meanwhile, Jeroboam had secretly sent part of his army around behind the men of Judah to ambush them.
- Psalms 10:8 They lurk in ambush in the villages, waiting to murder innocent people. They are always searching for helpless victims.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).