Lexical Definition

‎עָרַב‎ ʻârab (aw-rab') to grow dark ^H:V
a primitive root (rather identical with ‎עָרַב‎ through the idea of covering with a texture)

be darkened, (toward) evening.

• to grow dusky at sundown

1) to become evening, grow dark
1a) (Qal) to become evening, grow dark
1b) (Hiphil) to spend the evening, do at evening

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎עָרַב‎] verb denominative become evening; grow dark (?); —

Qal. Infinitive construct ‎רָפָה הַיּוֺם לַעֲרוֺב‎ Judg 19:9, but read probably ‎נָטָה הַיּוֺם לַעֶרֶב‎ ᵐ5^L GFM; Perfect 3 feminine singular figurative ‎עָֽרְבָה‎ Isa 24:11 all joy has grown dark, but read ‎עָֽבְרָה‎ has passed away Lo Gr Perles^{Anal. 91} Che^Hpt and others Hiph`il Infinitive absolute ‎הַשְׁכֵּם‎ ‎וְהַעֲרֵב‎ 1Sam 17:16 doing it at morning and at evening.

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