Lexical Summary ereb: evening Original Word: עֶרֶבTransliteration: ereb Phonetic Spelling: (eh'-reb) Part of Speech: Noun Masculine Short Definition: evening Meaning: evening Strong's Concordance day, evening, tide, night From arab; dusk -- + day, even(-ing, tide), night. see HEBREW arab Brown-Driver-Briggs H6153. ereb עֶ֫רֶב131 noun [masculine] 1 Samuel 20:5 strike out הַשְּׁלִישִׁית see We Dr and others] (sun)set, evening; — absolute ׳ע 2 Kings 2:16 +, עָ֑רֶב Exodus 12:18 +; construct עֶרֶב Proverbs 7:9; dual עַרְבַּיִם Exodus 30:8 4t., בָּ֑יִם- 12:16 5t. (all P); — 1. a. evening, originally sunset, and hence perhaps ע ׳לְעֵת at the time of sunset Genesis 8:11 (J), 24:11 (J; "" הַשֹּׁאֲבֹת צֵאת לְעֵת), 2 Samuel 11:2; Isaiah 17:14 and (of the day of ׳י) Zechariah 14:7, הָע ׳עֵת Joshua 8:29 (JE) ; usually ׳ע alone = time of sunset, evening: ׳בָּע in the evening Genesis 19:1 (J), 29:23 (E), Exodus 12:18 (P), Deuteronomy 16:6 (+ כְּבוֺא שֶׁמֶשׁ), 1 Kings 22:35 (compare "" 2 Chronicles 18:34 where + הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ בּוֺא לְעֵת) + 20 t. + ׳בָּע(ֿ)בָּע13:11 (twice in verse) = every evening; ׳לָע at evening only late: 1 Chronicles 16:40; 23:30; 2 Chronicles 2:3; Ezra 3:3; Psalm 59:7; 59:15; 90:6; Ecclesiastes 11:6 ; ע ׳לִפְנוֺת at the turn of evening Genesis 24:63 (J), Deuteronomy 23:12; ׳ע as adverb accusative Exodus 16:6 (P), Psalm 55:18; as marking duration of impurity, in phrase ׳עַדהָֿע Leviticus 11:24 30t. P + 22:6 (H); of Day of Atonement ׳עַדעֿ ׳מֵע 23:32 (P). b. dual in phrase (only P) הָעַרְבַּיִם בֵּין between the two evenings, i.e. probably between sunset and dark (see Thes [various views fully given]; otherwise DiExodus 12:6; on form as possibly only expanded plural see Ges§ 88c), 12:6; 16:12; 29:39, 41; 30:8; Leviticus 23:5; Numbers 9:3, 5, 11; 28:4, 8 . c. other phrases are: ע ׳צִלְלֵי Jeremiah 6:4 (distinguished from צָהֳרָ֑יִם and לָ֑יְלָה 6:5), (הָ)ע ׳מִנְחַה 2 Kings 16:15; Ezra 9:4-5, Psalm 141:2; Daniel 9:21 ; ע ׳זְאֵבֵי see I. זְאֵב; for all combinations with בֹּקֶר morning, see ׳ב 1d, e. 2. (late poetry) = night, עָ֑רֶב Job 7:4; compare יוֺם בְּעֶרֶב בְּנֶשֶׁף Proverbs 7:9 ("" וִאֲפֵלָה לַיְלָה בְּאִישׁוֺן). |
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