Lexical Definition

‎עָרָב‎ ʻârâb (aw-rawb') (Brook of) Willows ^H:N-F
from ‎עָרַב‎

willow.

• a willow (from the use of osiers as wattles)

1) poplar, willow
1a) a tree characterised by dark wood

Brown-Driver-Briggs

II. [‎עֲרָבָה‎] noun [masculine] poplar (populus Euphratica = Arabic We in De^{Gn (4), 568} Kersten^{ZPV ii. 209} De^{Is (4) 44, 4} Löw^{p. 300 Anm}.; Late Hebrew ‎עֲרָבָה‎ √ obscure); — plural absolute ‎עֲרָבִים עַליִֿבְלֵימָֿ֑יִם‎ Isa 44:4, compare Ps 137:2 construct ‎עַרְבֵינָֿ֑חַל‎Lev 23:40 (H), Job 40:22 ‎נַחַלהָֿעֲרָבִים‎ Isa 15:7 (a wady in Moab; identification dubious, see conjectures in Buhl^{Geogr. 124}).

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