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ערב

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Aramaic

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Alternative forms

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Verb

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ערב (transliteration needed)

  1. to set, to go down
  2. to pledge
  3. to sift

Hebrew

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Root
ע־ר־ב (ʿ-r-b)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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עֶרֶב (érevm (dual indefinite ערביים / עַרְבַּיִם, plural indefinite עֲרָבִים, singular construct עֶרֶב־, plural construct עַרְבֵי־, Biblical Hebrew pausal form עָרֶב) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

  1. evening, night
  2. (in construct, עֶרֶב־) the day before
    עֶרֶבפֶּסַחérev pésakhthe day before Passover

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Verb

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עָרַב (aráv) (pa'al construction)

  1. to guarantee, promise vow
  2. to wane (end, i.e a time period)
  3. to be pleasant, pretty

Conjugation

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Noun

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עָרֵב (arévm

  1. cosigner (guarantor on a debt)

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Adjective

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עָרֵב (arév) (feminine עֲרֵבָה, masculine plural עֲרֵבִים, feminine plural עֲרֵבוֹת)

  1. pretty, pleasant

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Noun

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עֵרֶב (érevm [pattern: קֵטֶל]

  1. mixture
  2. rabble
  3. woof (horizontal, widthwise threads)

Proper noun

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עֲרָב (aráv)

  1. Arabia (A peninsula of Western Asia between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf; includes Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, and the United Arab Emirates)

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Further reading

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Noun

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עֹרֵב (orévm

  1. defective spelling of עורב

References

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