ערבה

Related to Arabic عَرَبَة‎ (ʕaraba, “strong river”) and perhaps to عَرَب‎ (ʕarab, “Arabs”).

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עֲרָבָה • ('aravá) f (plural indefinite עֲרָבוֹת‎)

1. steppe, prairie, savannah
2. (Biblical Hebrew) desert

• זְאֵב עֲרָבוֹת‎ (z'év aravót)

הָעֲרָבָה • (ha'aravá) f

1. the Arabah desert

עֲרָבָה • ('aravá) f (plural indefinite עֲרָבוֹת‎ or עֲרָבִים‎)

1. willow (tree)
   • Tanach, Leviticus 23:40, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     ‏וּלְקַחְתֶּם לָכֶם בַּיּוֹם הָרִאשׁוֹן פְּרִי עֵץ הָדָר כַּפֹּת תְּמָרִים וַעֲנַף עֵץ־עָבֹת וְעַרְבֵי־נָחַל וּשְׂמַחְתֶּם לִפְנֵי יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵיכֶם שִׁבְעַת יָמִים׃‎‎

     ul'kakhtém lakhém bayóm harishón p'rí 'éts hadár kapót t'marím va'anáf 'ets-'avót v'arv'ei-nákhal us'makhtém lif'néi YHVH 'eloheikhém shiv'át yamím.
     ūləqaḥtem lāḵem bayyōm hārīšōn pərī ʿēṣ hāḏār kappōṯ təmārīm waʿănap̄ ʿēṣ-ʿāḇōṯ wəʿarəḇē-nā́ḥal ūśəmaḥtem lip̄ənē YHWH ʾĕlōhēḵem šiḇʿaṯ yāmīm.

     And ye shall take you on the first day the fruit of goodly trees, branches of palm-trees, and boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook, and ye shall rejoice before the Lord your God seven days.

   • Tanach, Psalms 137:2, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     ‏עַל־עֲרָבִים בְּתוֹכָהּ תָּלִינוּ כִּנֹּרוֹתֵינוּ׃‎‎

     'Al 'aravim b'tokhah talinu kinorotenu.

     Upon the willows in the midst thereof we hanged up our harps.

• “ערבה” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

• ערבה_(גאוגרפיה)‎ on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he
• ערבה_(צמח)‎ on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he

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