אָרַבʼârab

Meanings

Same root

• אֲרָבʼĂrâb · H694Arab, a place in Palestine
• אֶרֶבʼereb · H695ambuscade
• אֲרֻבָּהʼărubbâh · H699a lattice; (by implication) a window, dovecot (because of the pigeon-holes), chimney (with its apertures for smoke), sluice (with openings for water)
• מַאֲרָבmaʼărâb · H3993an ambuscade

Where it appears

Appears 41 times in the Bible.

• Deuteronomy 19:11 “But suppose someone is hostile toward a neighbor and deliberately ambushes and murders him and then flees to one of the cities of refuge.
• Joshua 8:2 You will destroy them as you destroyed Jericho and its king. But this time you may keep the plunder and the livestock for yourselves. Set an ambush behind the town.”
• Joshua 8:4 with these orders: “Hide in ambush close behind the town and be ready for action.
• Joshua 8:7 you will jump up from your ambush and take possession of the town, for the Lord your God will give it to you.
• Joshua 8:12 That night Joshua sent about 5,000 men to lie in ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of the town.
• Joshua 8:14 When the king of Ai saw the Israelites across the valley, he and all his army hurried out early in the morning and attacked the Israelites at a place overlooking the Jordan Valley. But he didn’t realize there was an ambush behind the town.