Lexical Definition

‎מַעֲרֶה‎ maʻăreh (mah-ar-eh') Maareh ^H:N-M
from ‎עָרָה‎

meadows.

• a nude place, i.e. a common

1) bare space, open plain
2) (TWOT) nakedness

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎מַעֲרֶה‎], ‎מַ֫עַר‎ noun [masculine] bare, naked place (hence Μαραθών, Marathon, according to Lewy^{Fremdw. 144}); —

1. bare place, or space: construct ‎מִמַּעֲרִהגָּֿ֑בַע‎ Judg 20:33 bare (open) space of Geba' (si vera 1.; but see II. ‎מַעֲרָב‎); ‎כְּמַעַראִֿישׁ‎ 1Kgs 7:36 according to the clear space on each (plate, see ‎לוּחַ‎).

2. suffix ‎מַעְרֵח‎ Nah 3:5 figurative of Nineveh (pudenda exposed in shameful punishment; compare ‎עֶרְוָה‎).

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Maareh-geba • A place near Gibeah where an ambush was set

Maareh-geba, a place near Gibeah where the Israelites set an ambush against the Benjamites (Judges 20:33).

• A location near Gibeah גִּבְעָה only mentioned at Jdg.20.33;
• only referred to as Maareh-geba מַעֲרֶה גֶּבַע.
  

Maareh-geba is mentioned in Judges 20:33 as a location near Gibeah where the Israelites set an ambush during their battle against the Benjamites. The verse states that the men of Israel rose from their place and set themselves in battle array at Baal-tamar, while the men in ambush rushed out of their place west of Maareh-geba.

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