ערב

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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)

Pronunciation

Noun

עֶרֶב • (érev) m (dual indefinite ערביים / עַרְבַּיִם, plural indefinite עֲרָבִים, singular construct עֶרֶב־, plural construct עַרְבֵי־, Biblical Hebrew pausal form עָרֶב)

  1. evening, night
  2. (in construct, עֶרֶב־) the day before
    עֶרֶב פֶּסַח ― érev pésach ― the day before Passover

Derived terms

Verb

עָרַב • ('aráv) third-singular masculine past (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
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
notes
  1. Pronounced עָרַבְתֶּם and עָרַבְתֶּן in informal Modern Hebrew.
  2. Rare in Modern Hebrew.

Noun

עָרֵב • (arév) m

  1. cosigner (guarantor on a debt)

Derived terms

Adjective

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

  1. pretty, pleasant

Derived terms

Noun

עֵרֶב • (érev) m

  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)

Derived terms

Further reading

Noun

עֹרֵב • (orév) m

  1. defective spelling of עורב

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