ערב

Aramaic

Alternative forms
  • ܥܪܒ‎

Verb

ערב • (transliteration needed)

  1. to set, to go down
  2. to pledge
  3. to sift

Hebrew
Root
ע־ר־ב‎ (ʿ-r-b)

Pronunciation

Noun

עֶרֶב • (érev) m (dual indefinite ערביים / עַרְבַּיִם‎, plural indefinite עֲרָבִים‎, singular construct עֶרֶב־, plural construct עַרְבֵי־‎, Biblical Hebrew pausal form עָרֶב) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

  1. evening, night
  2. (in construct, עֶרֶב־‎) the day before
    ‏עֶרֶב פֶּסַח‎ ― érev pésach ― the day before Passover

Derived terms

Verb

עָרַב • ('aráv) (pa'al construction)

  1. to guarantee, promise vow
  2. to wane (end, i.e a time period)
  3. to be pleasant, pretty

Conjugation
Conjugation of עָרַב (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs) 
non-finite forms
  • to-infinitive: לערוב / לַעֲרֹב‎
  • action noun: —
  • passive participle: —
finite forms singular plural
m. f. m. f.
past first עָרַבְתִּי‎עָרַבְנוּ‎
second עָרַבְתָּ‎עָרַבְתְּ‎עֲרַבְתֶּם‎1עֲרַבְתֶּן‎1
third עָרַבעָרְבָה‎עָרְבוּ‎
present עוֹרֵב‎עוֹרֶבֶת‎עוֹרְבִים‎עוֹרְבוֹת‎
future first אערוב / אֶעֱרֹב‎נערוב / נַעֲרֹב‎
second תערוב / תַּעֲרֹב‎תַּעַרְבִי‎תַּעַרְבוּ‎תערובנה / תַּעֲרֹבְנָה‎2
third יערוב / יַעֲרֹב‎תערוב / תַּעֲרֹב‎יַעַרְבוּ‎תערובנה / תַּעֲרֹבְנָה‎2
imperative ערוב / עֲרֹב‎עִרְבִי‎עִרְבוּ‎ערובנה / עֲרֹבְנָה‎2
notes
  1. Pronounced עָרַבְתֶּם‎ and עָרַבְתֶּן‎ in informal Modern Hebrew.
  2. Rare in Modern Hebrew.

Noun

עָרֵב • (arév) m

  1. cosigner (guarantor on a debt)

Derived terms
  • ערב קבלן‎

Adjective

עָרֵב • (arév) (feminine עֲרֵבָה‎, masculine plural עֲרֵבִים‎, feminine plural עֲרֵבוֹת‎)

  1. pretty, pleasant

Derived terms
  • ערב לחך‎

Noun

עֵרֶב • (érev) m [pattern: קֵטֶל]

  1. mixture
  2. rabble
  3. woof (horizontal, widthwise threads)

Proper noun

עֲרָב • (aráv)

  1. Arabia (peninsula)

Noun

עֹרֵב • (orév) m

  1. defective spelling of עורב‎

References

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