עָרַבʻârab
become evening; grow dark (?)
Pronunciation: aw-rab' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6150
Meanings
Qal: has grown dark, has passed away (Judges 19:9; Isaiah 24:11)
Hiph`il: doing it, at evening. (1 Samuel 17:16)
Same root
- עָרַבʻârab · H6148to braid, i.e. intermix; technically, to traffic (as if by barter); also or give to be security (as a kind of exchange)
- מַעֲרָבmaʻărâb · H4628the west (as a region of the evening sun)
- עֲרָבʻĂrâb · H6152Arab (i.e. Arabia), a country East of Palestine
- עֶרֶבʻereb · H6153dusk
- עֹרֵבʻôrêb · H6158a raven (from its dusky hue)
- עֲרָבָהʻărâbâh · H6160a desert; especially (with the article prefix) the (generally) sterile valley of the Jordan and its continuation to the Red Sea
Where it appears
Appears 3 times in the Bible.
- Judges 19:9 Later, as the man and his concubine and servant were preparing to leave, his father-in-law said, “Look, it’s almost evening. Stay the night and enjoy yourself. Tomorrow you can get up early and be on your way.”
- 1 Samuel 17:16 For forty days, every morning and evening, the Philistine champion strutted in front of the Israelite army.
- Isaiah 24:11 Mobs gather in the streets, crying out for wine. Joy has turned to gloom. Gladness has been banished from the land.
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).