Lexical Definition

‎מַעֲרָב‎ maʻărâb (mah-ar-awb') west ^H:N-M
or (feminine) מַעֲרָבָה maʻărâbâh (mah-ar-aw-baw'); from ‎עָרַב‎, in the sense of shading

west.

• the west (as a region of the evening sun)

1) setting place, west, westward

See Greek: λίψ

Brown-Driver-Briggs

II. ‎מַעֲרָב‎ noun [masculine] west (late) (place of sunset); — ‎מִמַּעֲרָבָה‎ ( = ‎בָ֯הּ‎, compare De Ges ^{§ 91 e}) Isa 45:6 from its setting-place (opposed to ‎מִמִּזְרַחשֶֿׁמֶשׁ‎); ‎מַעֲרָב‎ opposed to ‎מִזְרָח‎ also Isa 43:5; Isa 59:19; Ps 103:12; Ps 107:3, so ‎׳‎‎לַמּ‎ westward 1Chr 7:28; 1Chr 12:16* (van d. H. v.1Chr 12:15*), 1Chr 26:16; 1Chr 26:18 ‎׳‎‎מ‎ opposed to ‎מוֺצָא‎ Ps 75:7* ‎מִןהַּֿמַּעֲרָב‎ (alone) Dan 8:5 with ‎ה‎ locative ‎מַעֲרָ֑בָה‎ 1Chr 26:30 westward, followed by ‎לְ‎ = to the west of 2Chr 32:30; 2Chr 33:14, ‎לַגִּבְעָה‎ ‎׳‎‎מִמּ‎ Judg 20:33 according to ᵐ5 (not B) ᵑ9 Be GFM and others (see [ ‎מַעֲרֶה‎]).

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