מַעֲרָב
maʻărâb · H4628 · Hebrew · 14 occurrences
Meanings
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west
Literally: sunset; hence: a reference to the direction where the sun sets
Examples1 Chronicles 7:28 Their possessions and dwelling places were Bethel with its towns, and to the east, Naaran, and to the west, Gezer with its towns, and Shechem with its towns, as far as Ayyah with its towns,
1 Chronicles 12:15 These are the ones who crossed the Jordan in the first month, when it was overflowing all its banks, and they put to flight all those in the valleys, to the east and to the west.
1 Chronicles 26:16 For Shuppim and Hosah it was to the west, by the gate of Shallecheth, on the ascending highway. Guard corresponded to guard.
How it’s used In 3 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- הּher 1
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
1 occurrences in 2 groups
- אֲחֻזָּהpossession, property 1
- מוֹשָׁבdwelling, seat 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
11 occurrences in 2 groups
- מִןfrom 11
- לto/for 4
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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In the other Testament 1 word
- δυσμή dysmḗ · G1424 · west
- Greek δυσμή denotes the western direction or region by reference to sunset, directly equivalent to Hebrew מַעֲרָב's core directional sense of 'west.'
Semantic domains 2 entries
- Objects001
- This domain is inherited from the shared spelling with the homograph מַעֲרָב, "merchandise" (מַעֲרָב (maʻărâb, H4627)); the directional "west" sense sampled for this lexeme does not itself denote an object.
- Spatial Referents003002005
- מַעֲרָב marks the direction or region of the west as a spatial reference point, illustrated at 1 Chronicles 7:28 and 1 Chronicles 26:16 ("for the west side... the gate Shallecheth").
Word family 17 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H4628. maarab or maarabah II. מַעֲרָב noun [masculine] west (late) (place of sunset); —…
or maarabah II. מַעֲרָב noun [masculine] west (late) (place of sunset); — מִמַּעֲרָבָה ( = בָ֯הּ, compare De Ges § 91 e) Isa 45:6 from its setting-place (opposed to מִמִּזְרַחשֶֿׁמֶשׁ); מַעֲרָב opposed to מִזְרָח also Isa 43:5; Isa 59:19; Psa 103:12; Psa 107:3, so ׳לַמּ westward 1Ch 7:28; 1Ch 12:16 (van d. H. v.1Ch 12:15), 1Ch 26:16, 1Ch 26:18; ׳מ opposed to מוֺצָא Psa 75:7; מִןהַּֿמַּעֲרָב (alone) Dan 8:5; with ה locative מַעֲרָ֑בָה 1Ch 26:30 westward, followed by לְ = to the west of2Ch 32:30; 2Ch 33:14, ׳מִמּ לַגִּבְעָה Jdg 20:33 according to ᵐ5 (not B) ᵑ9 Be GFM and others (see [ מַעֲרֶה]).
VI. ערב (√ of following; compare Arabic be black, crow (raven, rook, etc.); Assyrian ârivu, êribu; Aramaic , עוְּרְבָּא, all crow, raven).
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Sources
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