מַאֲרָב
maʼărâb · mah-ar-awb'
an ambuscade
Lexicon
Derivation: from H693 (אָרַב);
an ambuscade
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: lie in ambush, ambushment, lurking place, lying in wait.
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › strength, the leader › the head, the highest › the house, what is within
Water, chaos, the mighty deep of strength, the leader of the head, the highest of the house, what is within.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מַאֲרָב above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
5 occurrences · 5 OT · 0 NT · 4 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- to lie in ambush1 · 20%
- that were with him, from lying in wait1 · 20%
- caused an ambushment1 · 20%
- and the ambushment1 · 20%
- in the lurking places1 · 20%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.