ארנב

Hebrew

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ʔarnab-, attested in the Bible only in the feminine. Compare Aramaic ארנבא (`arnava), Arabic أَرْنَب (ʔarnab).

Pronunciation

• (Biblical Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʔarˈnaːb/
• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʔarˈnɔːv/, [ʔɑrˤˈnɔː.ɔv]
• (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʔarˈnɔv/, [ʔarˈnɔːv]
• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʔaʁˈnav/

• Audio (Modern Israeli Hebrew):

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Noun

אַרְנָב • (arnáv) m (plural indefinite אַרְנָבִים, plural construct אַרְנְבֵי־, feminine counterpart אַרְנֶבֶת)

1. rabbit (a mammal of most genera of the family Leporidae, with long ears, long hind legs and a short, fluffy tail)
2. (countable) hare (any of several plant-eating mammals of the genus Lepus, similar to a rabbit, but larger and with longer ears)

Declension

Declension of אַרְנָב

	isolated forms		with possessive pronouns
Number:	State:	form	Person:	singular		plural
				m	f	m	f
singular	indefinite	אַרְנָב	first	אַרְנָבִי		אַרְנָבֵנוּ
	definite	הָאַרְנָב	second	אַרְנָבְךָ	אַרְנָבֵךְ	אַרְנַבְכֶם	אַרְנַבְכֶן
	construct	אַרְנַב־	third	אַרְנָבוֹ	אַרְנָבָהּ	אַרְנָבָם	אַרְנָבָן
plural	indefinite	אַרְנָבִים	first	ארנביי / אַרְנָבַי		אַרְנָבֵינוּ
	definite	הָאַרְנָבִים	second	אַרְנָבֶיךָ	ארנבייך / אַרְנָבַיִךְ	אַרְנָבֵיכֶם	אַרְנָבֵיכֶן
	construct	אַרְנָבֵי־	third	אַרְנָבָיו	אַרְנָבֶיהָ	אַרְנָבֵיהֶם	אַרְנָבֵיהֶן

References

• H768 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• "ארנב" in the Noun Declension Tables of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Further reading

• ארנב on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he