Lexical Definition

‎מַאֲרָב‎ maʼărâb (mah-ar-awb') ambush ^H:N-M
from ‎אָרַב‎

lie in ambush, ambushment, lurking place, lying in wait.

• an ambuscade

1) ambush, (hunter's) blind
1a) ambush, lurking place
1b) liers-in-wait

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎מַאֲרָב‎ noun masculine ambush — ‎מַאֲרָב‎? Josh 8:9 + 2 t.; ‎מַאְ֯רָב‎ Judg 9:35 construct ‎מַאֲרַב‎ Ps 10:8 —

1. a. ambush, place of lying-in-wait Josh 8:9; Judg 9:35
b. lurking-place Ps 10:8 (|| ‎מִסְתָּרִים‎).

2. liers-in-wait 2Chr 13:13 (twice in verse) (compare ‎ארב‎ Participle)

‎אַרְבֵאל‎ compare ‎בֵּית אַרְבֵאל‎, below ‎בית‎. ‎אַרְבֶּה‎ see below ‎רבה‎. ‎אַרְבַּע‎, ‎אַרְבָּעָה‎, ‎אַרְבַּ֫עַת‎, ‎אַרְבָּעִים‎ etc. see ‎רבע‎.

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