Lexical Definition

‎אֲרֻבָּה‎ ʼărubbâh (ar-oob-baw') window ^H:N-F
feminine participle passive of ‎אָרַב‎ (as if for lurking)

chimney, window.

• a lattice
• (by implication) a window, dovecot (because of the pigeon-holes), chimney (with its apertures for smoke), sluice (with openings for water)

1) lattice, window, sluice
2) (CLBL) chimney (lattice opening where smoke escapes)

See Greek: θυρίς · ὀπή

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎אֲרֻבָּה‎ noun feminine lattice, window, sluice (Mishna id.) — ‎׳‎‎א‎ Hos 13:3 plural ‎אֲרֻבּוֺת‎ 2Kgs 7:2 +, construct id.. Mal 3:10 ‎אֲרֻבֹּת‎ Gen 7:11; Gen 8:2 ‎אֲרֻבֹּתֵיהֶם‎ Isa 60:8 — lattice, latticed opening, where smoke escaped Hos 13:3 openings of dove-cote Isa 60:8 metaphor of eyes Eccl 12:3 (as latticed by lashes ? Hi Now; only here of opening to look through); elsewhere of sluices in sky, opened by ‎׳‎‎י‎, through which rain pours destructively, ‎הַשָּׁמַיִם‎ ‎׳‎‎א‎ Gen 7:11; Gen 8:2, compare Isa 24:18 (‎מִמָּרוֺם‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎); but also fertilizing 2Kgs 7:2; 2Kgs 7:19 (‎בשׁמים‎ ‎׳‎‎א‎); figurative of blessing Mal 3:10 (‎השׁמים‎ ‎׳‎‎א‎).

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