ערב

Aramaic

Alternative forms
  • ܥܪܒ — Syriac

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) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

  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
  • to-infinitive: לערוב / לַעֲרֹב
  • action noun: —
  • passive participle: —
finite forms singular plural
m. f. m. f.
past first עָרַבְתִּיעָרַבְנוּ
second עָרַבְתָּעָרַבְתְּעֲרַבְתֶּם1עֲרַבְתֶּן1
third עָרַבעָרְבָהעָרְבוּ
present עוֹרֵבעוֹרֶבֶתעוֹרְבִיםעוֹרְבוֹת
future first אערוב / אֶעֱרֹבנערוב / נַעֲרֹב
second תערוב / תַּעֲרֹבתַּעַרְבִיתַּעַרְבוּתערובנה / תַּעֲרֹבְנָה2
third יערוב / יַעֲרֹבתערוב / תַּעֲרֹביַעַרְבוּתערובנה / תַּעֲרֹבְנָה2
imperative ערוב / עֲרֹבעִרְבִיעִרְבוּערובנה / 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
  • ערב קבלן

Adjective

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

  1. pretty, pleasant

Derived terms

Noun

עֵרֶב • (érev) m [pattern: קֵטֶל]

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

Proper noun

עֲרָב • (aráv)

  1. Arabia (a peninsula)

Derived terms

Noun

עֹרֵב • (orév) m

  1. defective spelling of עורב

References

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