Lexical Definition

‎אָרַב‎ ʼârab (aw-rab') to ambush ^H:V
a primitive root

(lie in) ambush(-ment), lay (lie in) wait.

• to lurk

1) to lie in wait, ambush, lurk
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to lie in wait
1a2) ambush (participle as subst)
1b) (Piel) ambushers, liers-in-wait (pl. participle)
1c) (Hiphil) to lay an ambush

See Greek: ἐνεδρεύω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎אָרַב‎ verb lie in wait (Arabic be crafty) —

Qal Perfect ‎וְאָרַב‎ consecutive Deut 19:11; Judg 21:20 ‎אָרָֽבְתִּי׃‎ Job 31:9 ‎אָֽרְבוּ‎ Ps 59:4*; Lam 4:19 Imperfect ‎יֶאֱרֹב‎ Ps 10:9 (twice in verse); ‎יֶאֱרֹ֑בוּ‎ Prov 1:18; Mic 7:2 ‎וָיֶּ˜ אֶרְבוּ‎ Judg 9:34; Judg 16:2 ‎נֶָֽאֶרְבָה‎ Prov 1:11 Imperative ‎אֱרֹב‎ Judg 9:32 Infinitive ‎אֱרָבֿ‎ Prov 12:6 Participle ‎אֹרֵב‎ Josh 8:2 + 11 t.; ‎אוֺרֵב‎ Josh 8:12 + 4 t.; ‎אֹרְבִים‎ Josh 8:4 + 2 t; — lie in wait (with hostile purpose), absolute Judg 9:32; Judg 9:43 + Judg 21:20; Job 31:9; Ps 10:9; Prov 7:12; Prov 23:28; 1Sam 22:8; 1Sam 22:13; Lam 3:10 (of bear, compare Ps 10:9); with infinitive of purpose Ps 10:9 with accusative ‎דָּם‎ ‎׳‎‎א‎ Prov 12:6 with ‎עַל‎, and person against whom Deut 19:11; Judg 9:34 usually with ‎ל‎ Mic 7:2; Judg 16:2; Ps 59:4*; Prov 1:11; Prov 1:18; Prov 24:15; Lam 4:19 compare Josh 8:2; Josh 8:4; Josh 8:14 Participle as substantive = liers-in-wait (plural) Judg 20:29 usually singular collective ambush Josh 8:2; Josh 8:12; Josh 8:14; Josh 8:19; Josh 8:21; Judg 16:9; Judg 16:12; Judg 20:33; Judg 20:36; Judg 20:37 (twice in verse); Judg 20:38; Ezra 8:31 plural of this singular = ambuscades Jer 51:12 singular = place of lying-in-wait, ambush (local sense) Josh 8:7. Pi`el Participle plural liers-in-wait id quod Qal Participle ‎מְאָֽרְבִים‎ Judg 9:25 (with ‎ל‎), 2Chr 20:22 (with ‎עַל‎). ? Hiph`il Imperfect ‎זַיָּרֶב‎ ‎בנחל‎ (for ‎וַיַּאֲרֶב‎) 1Sam 15:5 (compare Dr Kö^{i. 390}; Ges-Kau^{§ 68. 2 queries}) but text dubious; compare Ol^{§ 237 b, &} Klo, who proposes ‎ויעבר בנחל‎.

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