ערבה
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Hebrew
[edit]Etymology
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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
[edit]עֲרָבָה • (aravá) f (plural indefinite עֲרָבוֹת)
Derived terms
[edit]- זְאֵב עֲרָבוֹת (z'év aravót)
Proper noun
[edit]הָעֲרָבָה • (ha'aravá) f
Noun
[edit]עֲרָבָה • (aravá) f (plural indefinite עֲרָבוֹת or עֲרָבִים)
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
[edit]- “ערבה” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
Further reading
[edit]- ערבה_(גאוגרפיה) on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he
- ערבה_(צמח) on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he