מַאֲרָב
Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H3993
Meaning
OpenScriptures lexical index
ambush tree →
Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906
מַאֲרָב: n.m. ambush tree →
The whole BDB entry
n.m. ambush—מַאֲרָב Jos 8:9 + 2 times; מַאְ֯רָב Ju 9:35; cstr. מַאֲרַב ψ 10:8;— ambush, place of lying-in-wait Jos 8:9; Ju 9:35; lurking-place ψ 10:8 (‖ מִסְתָּרִים). liers-in-wait 2 Ch 13:13(×2) (cf. ארב Pt.)
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)
Glosses
MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: ambush (4); an ambush (1).
In the verses
יֵשֵׁ֤ב ׀ בְּמַאְרַ֬ב חֲצֵרִ֗ים בַּֽ֭מִּסְתָּרִים יַהֲרֹ֣ג נָקִ֑י עֵ֝ינָ֗יו לְֽחֵלְכָ֥ה יִצְפֹּֽנוּ׃
Word for word: he.sits in an.ambush of.villages in.(the) secret places he.kills [the].innocent eyes his for an.unfortunate.person they.lie.hidden
JPS 1917: He sitteth in the lurking-places of the villages; in secret places doth he slay the innocent; his eyes are on the watch for the helpless.
וְיָֽרָבְעָ֗ם הֵסֵב֙ אֶת־הַמַּאְרָ֔ב לָב֖וֹא מֵֽאַחֲרֵיהֶ֑ם וַיִּֽהְיוּ֙ לִפְנֵ֣י יְהוּדָ֔ה וְהַמַּאְרָ֖ב מֵאַחֲרֵיהֶֽם׃
Word for word: and Jeroboam he.had.caused.to.go.round (et) the ambush to come from behind them and they.were before Judah and the ambush [was].from behind them
JPS 1917: But Jeroboam caused an ambushment to come about behind them; so they were before Judah, and the ambushment was behind them.
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