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# עָרַב

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H6149

**be sweet** — used 8 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

be sweet [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6149/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

עָרַב²: vb. be sweet, pleasing [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6149/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** vb. be sweet, pleasing (NH id. (rare); Hiph. Impf. יעריבו Ecclus 40:21; 𝔗 עָרִיב adj. pleasant, sweet);— Pf. 3 fs. עָֽרְבָה Je 31:26 my sleep was sweet to me (לִי), וְע׳ שְׁנָתֶ֑ךָ consec. Pr 3:24; of offering לֹא ע׳ לי׳ Mal 3:4; 2 fs. עָרַבְתְּ Ez 16:37 c. עַל pers., to whom thou wast pleasing; 3 pl. לֹא עָֽרְבוּ לִי Je 6:20 (of sacrif.); Impf. 3 ms. יֶעֱרַב עָלָיו שִׂיחִי ψ 104:34 let my meditation be pleasing unto him! 3 fs. תֶּעֱרַב לְ Pr 13:19 (of realized wish); 3 mpl. לֹא יֶעֶרְבוּ לוֹ Ho 9:4 (of sacrifice; but Kue Che We GASm Now read יַעַרְכוּ).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 8 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (17 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (14 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: it will be pleasing (2); it is pleasing (1); it was pleasing (1).

## In the verses

[Psalms 104:34](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.104.34/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.104.34/#tree)

יֶעֱרַ֣ב עָלָ֣יו שִׂיחִ֑י אָ֝נֹכִ֗י אֶשְׂמַ֥ח בַּיהוָֽה׃

*Word for word:* may.it.be.pleasing to him musing my I I.rejoice in Yahweh

*JPS 1917:* Let my musing be sweet unto Him; as for me, I will rejoice in the LORD.

[Proverbs 3:24](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.3.24/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.3.24/#tree)

אִם־תִּשְׁכַּ֥ב לֹֽא־תִפְחָ֑ד וְ֝שָׁכַבְתָּ֗ וְֽעָרְבָ֥ה שְׁנָתֶֽךָ׃

*Word for word:* if you.will.lie.down not you.will.fear and you.will.lie.down and it.will.be.pleasing sleep your

*JPS 1917:* When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid; yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/6149.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6149/): 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).