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Hebrew
Pronunciation
Adjective
ערבי • (arví / araví) (feminine ערבית, masculine plural ערביים, feminine plural עַרְבִיּוֹת)
- Arab, Arabic: of or pertaining to Arabs, Arab culture, or the Arabic language.
עֲשָׂרָה מְקוֹמוֹת אֵין בָּהֶן מִשּׁוּם מְדוֹר גּוֹיִם. אָהֳלֵי הָעַרְבִיִּים, וְהַסֻּכּוֹת, וְהַצְּרִיפִין, וְהַבֻּרְגָּנִין, וְהָאַלְקְטִיּוֹת, וּבֵית שַׁעַר, וַאֲוִירָהּ שֶׁל חָצֵר, וְהַמֶּרְחָץ, וּמְקוֹם הַחִצִּים, וּמְקוֹם הַלִּגְיוֹנוֹת- 'Asarah m'komot ein ba-hen mishum m-dor goyim. Aholei ha-'ariviyim, v-ha-sukot, v-ha-tsrifin, v-ha-burganin, v-ha-alktiyot, u-veit shá'ar, va-avirah shel ḥatser, v-ha-merḥats, u-m'kom ha-ḥitsim, u-m'kom ha-ligyonot.
- Ten places are not treated as the dwelling place of a non-Jew: Arab tents, huts, lean-tos, sheds, summer houses, a gate house, open space in a courtyard, a bath-house, a place of arrows, and a place of legions.
2019 April 9, Samah Salaime, “מי תהיה הנרצחת הבאה? הרולטה של 2019 התחילה להסתובב [Who will be the next murder victim? The 2019 roulette begins to spin.]”, in HaMakom HaKi Kham b'Geyhinom:למלחמה ברצח נשים ואלימות מגדרית יש פתרונות, חלקם קיימים ומתוקצבים - אבל הכסף לא עובר ונשים ממשיכות למות: יהודיות, מהגרות, ובעיקר נשים ערביות.- There are solutions to the war against the murder of women and gender violence, some of which exist and are budgeted - but the money does not pass and women continue to die: Jewish women, migrant women, and especially Arab women.
Derived terms
Noun
עֲרָבִי • (araví) m (plural indefinite ערבים, singular construct ערבי־, plural construct ערביי־, feminine counterpart ערביה)
- A (male) Arab: a (male) Arab person.
Tanach, Isaiah 13:20, with translation of the English Standard Version:לֹא־תֵשֵׁב לָנֶצַח וְלֹא תִשְׁכֹּן עַד־דּוֹר וָדוֹר וְלֹא־יַהֵל שָׁם עֲרָבִי וְרֹעִים לֹא־יַרְבִּצוּ שָׁם׃- Lo teshev la-netsaḥ v-lo tishkon 'ad dor va-dor v-lo yahel sham 'aravi v-ro'im lo yarbitsu sham.
- It will never be inhabited or lived in for all generations; no Arab will pitch his tent there; no shepherds will make their flocks lie down there.
a. 500 C.E., Babylonian Talmud, Yoma 47a:אָמְרוּ עָלָיו עַל רַבִּי יִשְׁמָעֵאל בֶּן קִמְחִית: פַּעַם אַחַת סִפֵּר דְּבָרִים עִם עֲרָבִי אֶחָד בַּשּׁוּק וְנָתְזָה צִינּוֹרָא מִפִּיו עַל בְּגָדָיו.- Amru alav al Rabbi Yishma'el ben Qimḥit: Pá'am aḥat siper d'varim im Aravi eḥad ba-shuq v-nat'za tsinnóra mi-piv al b'gadav.
- They said about Rabbi Yishmael ben Kimchit: One time he was speaking with one Arab in the market and a drop was sprayed from his mouth onto his clothes.
Noun
עַרְבֵי • ('ar'vé)
- Plural construct state form of עֶרֶב ('érev).
a. 217 C.E., Mishnah, Pesachim 10:1:עַרְבֵי פְסָחִים סָמוּךְ לַמִּנְחָה- 'Arvei f'saḥim samukh l-minḥah
- The evenings before Passover close to the afternoon service
Noun
עַרְבֵי • ('ar'vé)
- Plural construct state form of עֲרָבָה (araváh).
Tanach, Job 40:22, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:יְסֻכֻּהוּ צֶאֱלִים צִֽלֲלוֹ יְסֻבּוּהוּ עַרְבֵי־נָחַל׃- y'sukuhu tse'elim ts'lalo; s'subuhu 'arvei náḥal
- The lotus-trees cover him with their shadow; The willows of the brook compass him about.