עָרֵב

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H6156

sweet — used 2 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

sweet tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

עָרֵב: adj. sweet, pleasant tree →

The whole BDB entry

adj. sweet, pleasant;—ע׳ לָאִישׁ לֶחֶם שָׁ֑קֶר Pr 20:17; קוֹלֵךְ ע׳ Ct 2:14.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (17 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (14 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: [is] sweet (2).

In the verses

Proverbs 20:17 · tree →

עָרֵ֣ב לָ֭אִישׁ לֶ֣חֶם שָׁ֑קֶר וְ֝אַחַ֗ר יִמָּֽלֵא־פִ֥יהוּ חָצָֽץ׃

Word for word: [is].sweet to (the) person food of.falsehood and after it.will.be.filled mouth his gravel

JPS 1917: Bread of falsehood is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.

Song of Songs 2:14 · tree →

יוֹנָתִ֞י בְּחַגְוֵ֣י הַסֶּ֗לַע בְּסֵ֙תֶר֙ הַמַּדְרֵגָ֔ה הַרְאִ֙ינִי֙ אֶתּ־מַרְאַ֔יִךְהַשְׁמִיעִ֖ינִי אֶת־קוֹלֵ֑ךְ כִּי־קוֹלֵ֥ךְ עָרֵ֖ב וּמַרְאֵ֥יךְ נָאוֶֽה׃ס

Word for word: my.dove my in the.clefts of the.rock in the.hiding.place of the.steep.place let me.see (et) form your cause me.to.hear (et) voice your (dm) voice your [is].sweet and form your [is].lovely

JPS 1917: O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the covert of the cliff, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely.'

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Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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