ערב

Aramaic

Alternative forms

Verb

ערב • (transliteration needed)

  1. to set, to go down
  2. to pledge
  3. to sift

Hebrew

Root
ע־ר־ב (ʿ-r-b)
15 terms

Pronunciation

Noun

עֶרֶב • (érevm (dual indefinite ערביים / עַרְבַּיִם, plural indefinite עֲרָבִים, singular construct עֶרֶב־, plural construct עַרְבֵי־, Biblical Hebrew pausal form עָרֶב) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

  1. evening, night
  2. (in construct, עֶרֶב־) the day before
    עֶרֶב פֶּסַחérev pésakhthe day before Passover

Derived terms

Verb

עָרַב • (aráv) (pa'al construction)

  1. to guarantee, promise vow
  2. to wane (end, i.e. a time period)
  3. to be pleasant, pretty

Conjugation

Conjugation of עָרַב (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)
non-finite forms to-infinitive לערוב / לַעֲרֹב
action noun
passive participle
finite forms singular plural
m f m f
past first עָרַבְתִּי עָרַבְנוּ
second עָרַבְתָּ עָרַבְתְּ עֲרַבְתֶּם1 עֲרַבְתֶּן1
third עָרַב עָרְבָה עָרְבוּ
present עוֹרֵב עוֹרֶבֶת עוֹרְבִים עוֹרְבוֹת
future first אערוב / אֶעֱרֹב נערוב / נַעֲרֹב
second תערוב / תַּעֲרֹב תַּעַרְבִי תַּעַרְבוּ תערובנה / תַּעֲרֹבְנָה2
third יערוב / יַעֲרֹב תערוב / תַּעֲרֹב יַעַרְבוּ תערובנה / תַּעֲרֹבְנָה2
imperative ערוב / עֲרֹב עִרְבִי עִרְבוּ ערובנה / עֲרֹבְנָה2

1 Pronounced עָרַבְתֶּם and עָרַבְתֶּן in informal Modern Hebrew.
2 Rare in Modern Hebrew.

Verb

עֵרֵב • (erév) (pi'el construction)
עֵרַב • (eráv) (pi'el construction)

  1. defective spelling of עירב

Noun

עָרֵב • (arévm

  1. cosigner (guarantor on a debt)

Derived terms

  • ערב קבלן

Adjective

עָרֵב • (arév) (feminine עֲרֵבָה, masculine plural עֲרֵבִים, feminine plural עֲרֵבוֹת)

  1. pretty, pleasant

Derived terms

Noun

עֵרֶב • (érevm [pattern: קֵטֶל]

  1. mixture
  2. rabble
  3. woof (horizontal, widthwise threads)

Proper noun

עֲרָב • (aráv)

  1. Arabia (a peninsula of Western Asia between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf; includes Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, and the United Arab Emirates)
  2. (broader sense) Arabia (the region of Western Asia within or adjacent to the Arabian Plate; Yemen, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, the Egyptian Sinai, Palestine and the United Arab Emirates)

Derived terms

Further reading

Noun

עֹרֵב • (orévm

  1. defective spelling of עורב

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