UBS Hebrew Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: vb

Related lemmas: מַעֲרָב · עֲרֻבָּה · עֵרָבֹון · תַּעֲרוּבָה

Sense 1: to pledge, to promise, to put up security

Semantic domains: Bear (002003003003)

Core domains: Responsibility (145)

Definition: = action by which humans or deities take responsibility for someone else, taking upon themselves that person's obligations or vouching for that person's security

Forms: vbqal-

Synonyms: תקע

GEN 43:9: RV GEN 43:9 · LV GEN 43:9 · Read together GEN 43:9

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OET-RV GEN 43:9

9 I myself will guarantee him. If anything happens to him, you can charge it to me. If I don’t get him safely back to you, then I’ll personally carry the blame for the rest of my life.

OET-LV GEN 43:9

9 I I_will _stand _surety _for _him from_hand _of_my you_will _require _him if not I_have _brought _him to_you and_I_will _set _him to_your_face and_I _will _be _culpable to/for_yourself(m) all _of the_days.

GEN 44:32: RV GEN 44:32 · LV GEN 44:32 · Read together GEN 44:32

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OET-RV GEN 44:32

32 But your servant guaranteed the young man to my father, saying, ‘If I don’t get him back to you, then I will have sinned against my father all my life.’

OET-LV GEN 44:32

32 If/because servant _of_your he _stood _surety _for DOM the _young_man from_with father _of_my to_say if not I_will _bring _him to_you and_I _will _be _culpable to_father _of_my all _of the_days.

All 11 recorded passages for this sense

GEN: RV GEN 43:9 · RV GEN 44:32 · LV GEN 43:9 · LV GEN 44:32 · Read together GEN 43:9 · Read together GEN 44:32

JOB: RV JOB 17:3 · LV JOB 17:3 · Read together JOB 17:3

PSA: RV PSA 119:122 · LV PSA 119:122 · Read together PSA 119:122

PRO: RV PRO 6:1 · RV PRO 11:15 · RV PRO 17:18 · RV PRO 20:16 · RV PRO 22:26 · RV PRO 27:13 · LV PRO 6:1 · LV PRO 11:15 · LV PRO 17:18 · LV PRO 20:16 · LV PRO 22:26 · LV PRO 27:13 · Read together PRO 6:1 · Read together PRO 11:15 · Read together PRO 17:18 · Read together PRO 20:16 · Read together PRO 22:26 · Read together PRO 27:13

ISA: RV ISA 38:14 · LV ISA 38:14 · Read together ISA 38:14

Sense 2: to dare

Semantic domains: Confident (002001002003)

Core domains: Confidence and Fear (043)

Definition: literally: to pledge the heart; hence: = action by which humans agree to perform an event that is considered dangerous and perhaps foolish, as if they had to set aside their heart's desire

Forms: vbqal-

Collocations: ערב לֵב

JER 30:21: RV JER 30:21 · LV JER 30:21 · Read together JER 30:21

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OET-RV JER 30:21

21 Its king will be from among it,
⇔ ≈ and its ruler will come from its middle.
⇔ Then I’ll bring it near, and it will approach me,
⇔ because who is this that has pledged its heart to approach me?
§ That is Yahweh’s declaration.

OET-LV JER 30:21

21 And_it _was its _noble _of_one from_him/it and_ruler _of_its from_midst _of_its he _will _come _forth and_I_will _bring _him _near and_he _will _draw _near to_me if/because who that this has _he _pledged DOM his/its_heart to_draw _near to_me the _utterance _of YHWH.

Sense 3: to deal, to trade, to barter, to do business

Semantic domains: Exchange (002003002011)

Core domains: Commerce (035)

Definition: = action by which persons or groups engage in the exchange of merchandise or services, as in the business of buying and selling

Forms: vbqal-

Collocations: ערב מַעֲרָב

EZE 27:9: RV EZE 27:9 · LV EZE 27:9 · Read together EZE 27:9

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OET-RV EZE 27:9

9 Experienced craftsmen from Geval sealed your seams.
⇔ All the ships and their sailors among you were carrying your merchandise for trade.

OET-LV EZE 27:9

9 The _elders _of Gebal and_its _wise _of_people they _were in_you the _repairers _of your _leak[s]_of_your all _of the _ships _of the_sea and_mariners _of_their they _were in_you to_trade merchandise _of_your.

EZE 27:27: RV EZE 27:27 · LV EZE 27:27 · Read together EZE 27:27

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OET-RV EZE 27:27

27 Your wealth, merchandise, and trade goods,
⇔ your sailors, pilots, and ship-builders,
⇔ your traders of merchandise and all the men of war who are in you, and all your crew—
⇔ they will sink into the depths of the sea at the time of your destruction.

OET-LV EZE 27:27

27 Wealth _of_your and_wares _of_your merchandise _of_your mariners _of_your and_sailors _of_your the _repairers _of your _leak[s]_of_your and_the _traders _of your _merchandise _of_your and_all the _men _of your _war _of_your who on/over_you(fs) and_on/over_all company _of_your which was_in_the _midst _of_of _you they _will _fall in_the_heart _of the_seas in/on_day your _downfall _of_your.

Sense 4: to mortgage, to pawn

Semantic domains: Non-Possess (002003002019)

Core domains: Loan (102)

Definition: = action by which humans pledge property as security for a debt

Forms: vbqal-

NEH 5:3: RV NEH 5:3 · LV NEH 5:3 · Read together NEH 5:3

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OET-RV NEH 5:3

3 Others said, “We are mortgaging our fields and vineyards, and our houses so we can get grain during this famine.”

OET-LV NEH 5:3

3 And_there_were those_who were_saying fields _of_our and_vineyards _of_our and_houses _of_our we are_mortgaging and_we _will _get grain in_famine.

Sense 5: to make a wager, bet

Semantic domains: Vow (002004001009013)

Definition: = action by which humans promise property or something of value to other humans, dependent upon the particular outcome of a future event

Forms: vbhit-

KI2 18:23: RV KI2 18:23 · LV KI2 18:23 · Read together KI2 18:23

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OET-RV KI2 18:23

23 “So now ask your king if he’ll make a deal with my master, the king of Ashur (Assyria): He’ll give you two thousand horses, on the condition that you can supply two thousand horsemen who can ride them.

OET-LV KI2 18:23

23 And_now make _a _wager please with my_master with the _king _of ʼAshshūr and_let _me _give to/for_yourself(m) two _thousand horses if you _will _be _able to_put to/for_yourself(m) riders on_them.

ISA 36:8: RV ISA 36:8 · LV ISA 36:8 · Read together ISA 36:8

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OET-RV ISA 36:8

8 “So now, make a deal with my master, the Assyrian king. Let me give you two thousand horses if you can find that many riders for them.

OET-LV ISA 36:8

8 And_now make _a _wager please with my_master the_king of _ʼAshshūr and_let _me _give to/for_yourself(m) two _thousand horses if you _will _be _able to_put to/for_yourself(m) riders on_them.

Form 2

Part of speech: vb

Related lemmas: עֵרֶב · עָרֹב

Sense 1: to be mixed

Semantic domains: Mixed (002003001012)

Definition: = state in which different substances are combined to form a single mass

Forms: vbpael; vbhtpa

DAN 2:41: RV DAN 2:41 · LV DAN 2:41 · Read together DAN 2:41

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OET-RV DAN 2:41

41 And as you saw the feet and toes, a mixture of iron and potter’s clay, it will be a divided kingdom—some of the iron’s strength will be in it, just as you saw iron mixed with the soft clay.

OET-LV DAN 2:41

41 And_that you _saw the_feet and_the_toes mmm were_clay of a _potter and were_iron a _kingdom divided it _will _be and_from the_firmness of the_iron it _will _be in_it as_to because that you _saw the_iron mixed with_the _clay _of the _clay.

DAN 2:43: RV DAN 2:43 · LV DAN 2:43 · Read together DAN 2:43

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OET-RV DAN 2:43

43 As you saw the iron mixed with soft clay, so various peoples will make alliances with each other, but they won’t stick together just as iron doesn’t integrate with clay.

OET-LV DAN 2:43

43 And_that you _saw the_iron mixed with_the _clay _of the _clay mixing they _will _be with_the _offspring _of (the)_humankind not they _will _be clinging this with this HERE like (the)_iron not is_mixing with (the)_clay.

Sense 2: to mix, to mingle

Semantic domains: Associate (002003002003)

Core domains: Relationship (142)

Definition: = action by which humans join in or associate other humans; used to describe the combinations of different groups of peoples, suggesting social and religious confusion

Forms: vbhit-; vbhtpa

EZR 9:2: RV EZR 9:2 · LV EZR 9:2 · Read together EZR 9:2

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OET-RV EZR 9:2

2 Instead, they’ve taken women from those peoples as wives for themselves and their sons, so they’ve diluted their sacred heritage with the anti-God customs of those peoples. But the worst is that it’s our leaders and officials that have been at the forefront in this unfaithfulness.”

OET-LV EZR 9:2

2 If/because they _have _taken some_of_their _daughters to/for_them and_for_sons _of_their and_ the _offspring _of (the)_holiness _they _have _mixed _themselves with_the _peoples _of the _lands and_the _hand _of the _leaders and_the_officials it _has _been in_unfaithfulness the_this first.

PSA 106:35: RV PSA 106:35 · LV PSA 106:35 · Read together PSA 106:35

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OET-RV PSA 106:35

35 Instead they mingled with those other groups,
⇔ and imitated their ungodly activities

OET-LV PSA 106:35

35 And_they _mixed _themselves with_nations and_they _learned deeds _of_their.

All 5 recorded passages for this sense

EZR: RV EZR 9:2 · LV EZR 9:2 · Read together EZR 9:2

PSA: RV PSA 106:35 · LV PSA 106:35 · Read together PSA 106:35

PRO: RV PRO 20:19 · RV PRO 24:21 · LV PRO 20:19 · LV PRO 24:21 · Read together PRO 20:19 · Read together PRO 24:21

DAN: RV DAN 2:43 · LV DAN 2:43 · Read together DAN 2:43

Sense 3: to share

Semantic domains: Engage (002003003010)

Definition: = action by which a person experiences an event with another participant or other participants

Forms: vbhit-

PRO 14:10: RV PRO 14:10 · LV PRO 14:10 · Read together PRO 14:10

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OET-RV PRO 14:10

10 A person holds their own bitterness inside,
⇔ ≈ and they don’t share their happiness with a stranger either.

OET-LV PRO 14:10

10 A _heart is_knowing the _bitterness _of its _own _self _of_his and_in_joy _of_its not a _stranger he _shares.

Form 4

Part of speech: vb

Related lemmas: עֶרֶב

Sense 1: to become evening

Semantic domains: Time (002002002010)

Core domains: Light and Darkness (100)

Definition: = process by which day comes to end, becoming late afternoon and evening; associated especially with the fading of daylight towards night

Forms: vbqal-

JDG 19:9: RV JDG 19:9 · LV JDG 19:9 · Read together JDG 19:9

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OET-RV JDG 19:9

9 When the man stood up to go with his slave-wife and his young man, his father-in-law said, “Listen, the day’s coming to an end soon. Please stay the night. See, it’ll be getting dark soon. Spend the night here and be happy. Then make an early start tomorrow for your journey home.”

OET-LV JDG 19:9

9 And_he/it _rose _up the_man to_go he and_concubine _of_his and_servant _of_his and_he/it _said to_him/it father-in-law _of_his the _father _of the _young _woman HERE please the_day it _is _sinking to_become _evening spend _the _night please HERE the_day to _decline spend _the _night here and_ heart _of_your _let _it _be _good and_you(pl)_will _rise _early tomorrow for_journey _of_your(pl) and_you _will _go to_tent _of_your.

Sense 2: to grow dark, to fade > to end

Semantic domains: Complete (002001003003)

Core domains: Stage (168); Time (180)

Definition: literally: to grow dark, become evening; hence = process by which an event comes to an end ◄ as the day comes to an end when daylight fades

Forms: vbqal-

ISA 24:11: RV ISA 24:11 · LV ISA 24:11 · Read together ISA 24:11

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OET-RV ISA 24:11