מַעֲרָב
maʻărâb · mah-ar-awb'
the west (as a region of the evening sun)
Lexicon
Derivation: or (feminine) מַעֲרָבָה; from H6150 (עָרַב), in the sense of shading;
the west (as a region of the evening sun)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: west.
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
14 occurrences · 14 OT · 0 NT · 13 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- westward2 · 14%
- and from the west2 · 14%
- from the west2 · 14%
- and westward1 · 7%
- and toward the west1 · 7%
- the lot came forth westward1 · 7%
- to the west side1 · 7%
- on the west side1 · 7%
- nor from the west1 · 7%
- is from the west1 · 7%
- thee from the west1 · 7%
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.