ערבה

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
ע־ר־ב (ʿ-r-b)

Related to Arabic عَرَبَة (ʕaraba, “strong river”) and perhaps to عَرَب (ʕarab, “Arabs”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

עֲרָבָה • (aravá) f (plural indefinite עֲרָבוֹת)

1. steppe, prairie, savannah
2. (Biblical Hebrew) desert

Derived terms

• זְאֵב עֲרָבוֹת (z'év aravót)

Proper noun

הָעֲרָבָה • (ha'aravá) f

1. the Arabah desert

Noun

עֲרָבָה • (aravá) f (plural indefinite עֲרָבוֹת or עֲרָבִים)

1. willow (tree)
   • Tanach, Leviticus 23:40, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     וּלְקַחְתֶּם לָכֶם בַּיּוֹם הָרִאשׁוֹן פְּרִי עֵץ הָדָר כַּפֹּת תְּמָרִים וַעֲנַף עֵץ־עָבֹת וְעַרְבֵי־נָחַל וּשְׂמַחְתֶּם לִפְנֵי יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵיכֶם שִׁבְעַת יָמִים׃

     ul'kakhtém lakhém bayóm harishón p'rí éts hadár kapót t'marím va'anáf ets-avót v'arv'e-nákhal us'makhtém lif'né YHVH 'elohekhém shiv'át yamím.
     ūləqaḥtem lāḵem bayyōm hārīšōn pərī ʿēṣ hāḏār kappōṯ təmārīm waʿănap̄ ʿēṣ-ʿāḇōṯ wəʿarəḇē-nā́ḥal ūśəmaḥtem lip̄ənē YHWH ʾĕlōhēḵem šiḇʿaṯ yāmīm.

     And ye shall take you on the first day the fruit of goodly trees, branches of palm-trees, and boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook, and ye shall rejoice before the Lord your God seven days.

   • Tanach, Psalms 137:2, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     עַל־עֲרָבִים בְּתוֹכָהּ תָּלִינוּ כִּנֹּרוֹתֵינוּ׃

     al aravím b'tokháh talínu kinoroténu.

     Upon the willows in the midst thereof we hanged up our harps.

References

• “ערבה” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Further reading

• ערבה_(גאוגרפיה) on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he
• ערבה_(צמח) on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he

Anagrams

• עברה