עֵרֶב

Biblical Hebrew

mixture — used 6 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

mixture tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

עֵ֫רֶב: n.m. mixture, mixed company tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.m. Ex 12, 38 mixture, mixed company;—heterogeneous body attached to a people; to Israel Ex 12:38 (E), Ne 13:3; to Egyptians Je 25:20 (𝔙 joins to v 19, so Gie); to Chaldeans 50:37; in Je 25:24 del. וְאֵת … הָעֶרֶב as doublet (so Gie, cf. 𝔊); in 1 K 10:15 read עֲרָב (as ‖ 2 Ch 9:14, so Benz Kit al.); Ez 30:5 read prob. id. (Co).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses (17 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (14 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: foreigner (3); a mixed company (1); person of mixed ancestry (1).

In the verses

Exodus 12:38 · tree →

וְגַם־עֵ֥רֶב רַ֖ב עָלָ֣ה אִתָּ֑ם וְצֹ֣אן וּבָקָ֔ר מִקְנֶ֖ה כָּבֵ֥ד מְאֹֽד׃

Word for word: and also a.mixed.company numerous it.went.up with them and flock[s] and herd[s] livestock numerous very

JPS 1917: And a mixed multitude went up also with them; and flocks, and herds, even very much cattle.

Nehemiah 13:3 · tree →

וַיְהִ֖י כְּשָׁמְעָ֣ם אֶת־הַתּוֹרָ֑ה וַיַּבְדִּ֥ילוּ כָל־עֵ֖רֶב מִיִּשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

Word for word: and it.was just as they.heard (et) the law and they.separated every person.of.mixed.ancestry from Israel

JPS 1917: And it came to pass, when they had heard the law, that they separated from Israel all the alien mixture.

On Mova

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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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