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# מַאֲרָב

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H3993

**ambush** — used 5 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

ambush [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/3993/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

מַאֲרָב: n.m. ambush [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/3993/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. ambush—מַאֲרָב Jos 8:9 + 2 times; מַאְ֯רָב Ju 9:35; cstr. מַאֲרַב ψ 10:8;— ambush, place of lying-in-wait Jos 8:9; Ju 9:35; lurking-place ψ 10:8 (‖ מִסְתָּרִים). liers-in-wait 2 Ch 13:13(×2) (cf. ארב Pt.)

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: ambush (4); an ambush (1).

## In the verses

[Psalms 10:8](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.10.8/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.10.8/#tree)

יֵשֵׁ֤ב ׀ בְּמַאְרַ֬ב חֲצֵרִ֗ים בַּֽ֭מִּסְתָּרִים יַהֲרֹ֣ג נָקִ֑י עֵ֝ינָ֗יו לְֽחֵלְכָ֥ה יִצְפֹּֽנוּ׃

*Word for word:* he.sits in an.ambush of.villages in.(the) secret places he.kills \[the\].innocent eyes his for an.unfortunate.person they.lie.hidden

*JPS 1917:* He sitteth in the lurking-places of the villages; in secret places doth he slay the innocent; his eyes are on the watch for the helpless.

[2 Chronicles 13:13](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.13.13/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.13.13/#tree)

וְיָֽרָבְעָ֗ם הֵסֵב֙ אֶת־הַמַּאְרָ֔ב לָב֖וֹא מֵֽאַחֲרֵיהֶ֑ם וַיִּֽהְיוּ֙ לִפְנֵ֣י יְהוּדָ֔ה וְהַמַּאְרָ֖ב מֵאַחֲרֵיהֶֽם׃

*Word for word:* and Jeroboam he.had.caused.to.go.round (et) the ambush to come from behind them and they.were before Judah and the ambush \[was\].from behind them

*JPS 1917:* But Jeroboam caused an ambushment to come about behind them; so they were before Judah, and the ambushment was behind them.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/3993.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/3993/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).