מַעֲרָב
maʻărâb · mah-ar-awb'
traffic; by implication, mercantile goods
Lexicon
Derivation: from H6148 (עָרַב), in the sense of trading;
traffic; by implication, mercantile goods
- traffic
- by implication, mercantile goods
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: market, merchandise.
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- 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 › to see and know › the head, the highest › the house, what is within
Water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to see and know of the head, the highest of the house, what is within.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מַעֲרָב 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
9 occurrences · 9 OT · 0 NT · 7 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- thy merchandise3 · 33%
- in thy market2 · 22%
- were in thy market1 · 11%
- of thee in thy market1 · 11%
- of thy merchandise1 · 11%
- and of thy merchandise1 · 11%
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.