(
˓arba
)
set
(of heavenly bodies), so Syriac
ܥܪܶܒ
;
ܥܪܽܘܒܬܳܐ
(
˓reb; ˓rubto
)
evening
(
Lag
BN 64 f.);
Zinj.
מערב
west;
NH
עֶרֶב
= B
H. Hence also
Εὐρώπη
,
Europe
,
Lewy
Fremdw. 139)
.
עֶ˜רֶב S 6152, 6153, 6154 TWOT 1685a, 1688a, 1689a GK 6847131 n. [ m. 1 S 20:5 del. הַשְּׁלִישִׁית v. We Dr al. ] (sun) set, evening ;— abs. ע׳ 2 K 2:16 +, עָ˜רֶב Ex 12:18 +; cstr. עֶרֶב Pr 7: 9; du. . עַרְבַּיִם Ex 30:8 + 4 times, -בָּ˜יִם 12:6 + 5 times (all P );— 1. a. evening , orig. sun set , and hence perhaps לְעֵת ע׳ at the time of sun set •Gn 8:11 ( J ), 24:11 ( J ; || הַשֹּׁאֲבֹת לְעֵת צֵאת ), 2 S 11:2 Is 17:14 and (of the day of י׳ ) Zc 14:7 , עֵת הָע׳ Jos 8:29 (JE) • ; usually ע׳ alone = time of sunset, evening: בָּע׳ in the evening Gn 19:1 ( J ), 29:23 ( E ), Ex 12:18 ( P ), Dt 16:6 ( + שֶׁמֶשׁ כְּבֹוא ), 1 K 22:35 ( cf. || 2 Ch 18:34 where + הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ לְעֵת בֹּוא ) + 20 times + בָּע(־)בָּע׳ 2 Ch 13:11 (×2) = every evening; לָע׳ at evening only late: • 1 Ch 16:40 ; 23:30 2 Ch 2:3 Ezr 3:3 ψ 59:7 , 1 R; 90:6 Ec 11: 6 •; לִפְנֹות ע׳ at the turn of evening •Gn 24:63 ( J ), Dt 23:12 ; ע׳ as adv. acc. Ex 16:6 ( P ), ψ 55:18 ; as marking duration of impurity, in phr. עַד־הָע׳ Lv 11:24 + 30 times P + Lv 22:6 ( H ); of Day of Atonement מֵע׳ עַד־ע׳ 23:32 ( P ). b. du. in phrase (only P ) הָעַרְבַּיִם בֵּין between the two evenings , i.e. prob. between sunset and dark ( v. Thes [various views fully given]; otherwise Di Ex 12: 6; on form as poss. only expanded pl. v. Ges § 88 c), • Ex 12:6 ; 16:12 ; 29:39 , 41 ; 30:8 Lv 23:5 Nu 9: 3, 5 , 11 ; 28:4 , 8 • . c. other phrases are: צִלְלֵי ע׳ Je 6:4 (dist. from צָהֳרָ˜יִם and לָ˜יְלָה v 5), מִנְחַת
(הָ)ע׳
•2 K 16:15 Ezr 9:
4,
5
ψ 141:2
Dn 9:2
1
•;
זְאֵבֵי ע׳
v.
I
.
זְאֵב
; for all combin. with
בֹּקֶר
morning
,
v.
ב׳
1 d, e.
2.
(late poet.)
=
night
,
עָ˜רֶב
Jb 7:4
;
cf.
בְּנֶשֶׁף בְּעֶרֶב יֹום
Pr 7:9
(
||
בְּאִישֹׁון לַיְלָה וַאֲפֵלָה
).
•
[
עַרַב
] vb.
denom.
become evening; grow dark
(?);—
Qal
Inf. cstr.
רָפָה הַיֹּום לַעֲרֹוב
Ju 19:
9, but read prob.
נָטָה הַיֹּום לָעֶרֶב
Ö
L GF
M;
Pf.
3
fs. fig.
עָֽרְבָה
Is 24:11
all joy
has grown dark
, but read
עָֽבְרָה
has passed away
Lo Gr Perles
Anal. 91 Che
Hpt. al.
Hiph.
Inf. abs.
וְהַעֲרֵב הַשְׁכֵּם
1 S 17:16
doing it
at morning and
at evening
.
•
II
.
מַעֲרָב
S
4627, 4628
TWOT
1686c, 1689b
GK
5114, 5115
n.
[
m.
]
west
(late)
(
place of sun
set
)
;—
מִמַּעֲרָבָה
(
=
-בָהּ
,
cf.
De Ges
§ 91 e)
Is 45:6
from its setting-
Zinj. Inscriptions of Zinjirli (N. Syria). Lewy H. Lewy, Semitische Fremdwörter im Griechischen .