Midvash

אֶרֶבʼereb

ambuscade

Pronunciation: eh'-reb · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H695

Meanings

1. a lying-in-wait (Job 38:40)

2. covert, lair (Job 37:8)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 2 times in the Bible.

  • Job 37:8 The wild animals take cover and stay inside their dens.
  • Job 38:40 as they lie in their dens or crouch in the thicket?

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).