Lexical Definition

‎עֶרֶב‎ ʻereb (eh'-reb) evening ^H:N-M
from ‎עָרַב‎

[phrase] day, even(-ing, tide), night.

• dusk

1) evening, night, sunset
1a) evening, sunset
1b) night

See Greek: ἑσπέρα · ἑσπέρα · ἡμέρα · ὀψέ

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎עֶ֫רֶב‎₁₃₁ noun [masculine] 1Sam 20:5 strike out ‎הַשְּׁלִישִׁית‎ see We Dr and others] (sun)set, evening; — absolute ‎׳‎‎ע‎ 2Kgs 2:16 +, ‎עָ֑רֶב‎ Exod 12:18 +; construct ‎עֶרֶב‎ Prov 7:9 dual ‎עַרְבַּיִם‎ Exod 30:8 + 4 t., ‎בָּ֑יִם‎- Exod 12:16 + 5 t. (all P); —

1. a. evening, originally sunset, and hence perhaps ‎׳‎‎לְעֵת ע‎ at the time of sunset Gen 8:11 (J), Gen 24:11 (J; || ‎לְעֵת צֵאת‎ ‎הַשֹּׁאֲבֹת‎), 2Sam 11:2; Isa 17:14 and (of the day of ‎׳‎‎י‎) Zech 14:7, ‎׳‎‎עֵת הָע‎ Josh 8:29 (JE) ; usually ‎׳‎‎ע‎ alone = time of sunset, evening: ‎׳‎‎בָּע‎ in the evening Gen 19:1 (J), Gen 29:23 (E), Exod 12:18 (P), Deut 16:6 (+ ‎שֶׁמֶשׁ כְּבוֺא‎), 1Kgs 22:35 (compare || 2Chr 18:34 where + ‎לְעֵת בּוֺא‎ ‎הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ‎) + 20 t. + ‎׳‎‎בָּע(ֿ)בָּע‎ 2Chr 13:11 (twice in verse) = every evening; ‎׳‎‎לָע‎ at evening only late: 1Chr 16:40; 1Chr 23:30; 2Chr 2:3*; Ezra 3:3; Ps 59:7*; Ps 59:15*; Ps 90:6; Eccl 11:6 ; ‎׳‎‎לִפְנוֺת ע‎ at the turn of evening Gen 24:63 (J), Deut 23:12* ‎׳‎‎ע‎ as adverb accusative Exod 16:6 (P), Ps 55:18* as marking duration of impurity, in phrase ‎׳‎‎עַדהָֿע‎ Lev 11:24 + 30 t. P + Lev 22:6 (H); of Day of Atonement ‎׳‎‎מֵע‎ ‎׳‎‎עַדעֿ‎ Lev 23:32 (P).
b. dual in phrase (only P) ‎בֵּין‎ ‎הָעַרְבַּיִם‎ between the two evenings, i.e. probably between sunset and dark (see Thes [various views fully given]; otherwise Di^{Exod 12:6}; on form as possibly only expanded plural see Ges^{«GKC:88c»§ 88c}), Exod 12:6; Exod 16:12; Exod 29:39; Exod 29:41; Exod 30:8; Lev 23:5; Num 9:3; Num 9:5; Num 9:11; Num 28:4; Num 28:8 .
c. other phrases are: ‎׳‎‎צִלְלֵי ע‎ Jer 6:4 (distinguished from ‎צָהֳרָ֑יִם‎ and ‎לָ֑יְלָה‎ vJer 6:5), ‎׳‎‎מִנְחַה (הָ)ע‎ 2Kgs 16:15; Ezra 9:4; Ezra 9:5; Ps 141:2; Dan 9:21 ; ‎׳‎‎זְאֵבֵי ע‎ see I. ‎זְאֵב‎; for all combinations with ‎בֹּקֶר‎ morning, see ‎׳‎‎ב‎

1 d, e. 2. (late poetry) = ***night, ‎עָ֑רֶב‎ Job 7:4 compare ‎בְּנֶשֶׁף בְּעֶרֶב יוֺם‎ Prov 7:9 (|| ‎בְּאִישׁוֺן לַיְלָה וִאֲפֵלָה‎). ***

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